by Henry Oliner | Mar 29, 2021 | Politics, Progressivism
From Andy Kessler at Wall Street Journal, Inequality by Way of Government: “Are capitalism and free markets the reasons for income inequality? Or are misguided government interventions to blame?” He quickly rattles off poor schools, occupational licensing, land-use...
by Henry Oliner | Mar 28, 2021 | Politics
Some reactions to the hypocrisy and hyperbole greeting the Georgia Election reform bill. It pays to get the whole story though this rarely happens in our partisan world ruled by narratives rather than facts. Blue State Voter Suppression. by Karl Rove in WSJ (paywall)...
by Henry Oliner | Mar 24, 2021 | Uncategorized
Every tax increase is not a socialist threat. Every act to improve law enforcement is not a fascist threat. Every disparity in outcome is not the fault of systemic racism or white or male privilege. Every effort to make voting more honest and accountable is not a...
by Henry Oliner | Mar 10, 2021 | Media
What Orwell feared were those who would ban books. What Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book, for there would be no one who wanted to read one. Orwell feared those who would deprive us of information. Huxley feared those who would give us so...
by Henry Oliner | Mar 10, 2021 | Politics, Progressivism, Uncategorized
from Bari Weiss at City Journal, The Miseducation of America’s Elite: Woe betide the working-class kid who arrives in college and uses Latino instead of “Latinx,” or who stumbles conjugating verbs because a classmate prefers to use the pronouns they/them....
