by Henry Oliner | Oct 25, 2020 | Uncategorized
From Kevin Williamson at National Review, The Decline and Fall of the 9/11 Republicans: One of the paradoxes of American conservatism is that one of the things American conservatives seek to conserve is American liberalism, which is rooted in the Anglo–Protestant...
by Henry Oliner | Oct 11, 2020 | Science
A great essay from Matt Ridley in the weekend WSJ, What the Pandemic has Taught us About Science: excerpts; Seeing science as a game of guess-and-test clarifies what has been happening these past months. Science is not about pronouncing with certainty on the known...
by Henry Oliner | Oct 11, 2020 | History
from Bret Stephens at The New York Times, The 1619 Chronicles: excerpts But ambition can be double-edged. Journalists are, most often, in the business of writing the first rough draft of history, not trying to have the last word on it. We are best when we try to tell...
by Henry Oliner | Oct 9, 2020 | Politics, Progressivism
From National Review, Bulverism at The Bulwark by Dan McLaughlin Trump, after all, is an essentially weak and personally indolent president, unfamiliar with how the levers of power work. At every turn, when he does good things or bad things, he finds himself thwarted...
by Henry Oliner | Oct 8, 2020 | Politics, Progressivism
From the Wall Street Journal, The Cancel Mob Comes Back for More by Bruce Gilley; Another benefit: Watching this latest boxcar roll by in the sorry train of cancel culture may finally convince my center-left friends that the situation is dire. In recent years, many...
