by Henry Oliner | Feb 26, 2021 | Politics, Progressivism
From the editors of the Wall Street Journal, The Censorship Party: Imagine if a pair of Donald Trump’s allies in Congress had sent a letter to cable company CEOs in 2017 blasting CNN and other progressive media outlets and asking why their content is still broadcast....
by Henry Oliner | Feb 26, 2021 | Politics, Progressivism
“In short, starting from different conceptions of how much a given individual can know and understand, the constrained and the unconstrained visions arrive at opposite conclusions as to whether the best social decisions are to be made with the most individual...
by Henry Oliner | Feb 25, 2021 | Media, Politics
Thus, Orwell envisioned that (1) government control over (2) printed matter posed a serious threat for Western democracies. He was wrong on both counts. (He was, of course, right on both counts insofar as Russia, China and other pre-electronic cultures are concerned.)...
by Henry Oliner | Feb 23, 2021 | Politics, Progressivism
From The Woke ‘Model Minority’ Myth by William McGurn in the Wall Street Journal: To normal Americans, it makes no sense. How are Asian-Americans not “people of color”? But give the North Thurston folks credit for following progressive logic to its conclusion. Modern...
by Henry Oliner | Feb 22, 2021 | Media, Politics
What Huxley teaches is that in the age of advanced technology, spiritual devastation is more likely to come from an enemy with a smiling face than from one whose countenance exudes suspicion and hate. In the Huxleyan prophecy, Big Brother does not watch us, by his...
