by Henry Oliner | Jul 30, 2021 | Law, Politics, Progressivism
From The Wall Street Journal, The Temptation of the ‘Common Good’ by David Rivkin and Andrew Grossman: But originalism and textualism defer to the morality wrought in the law by those who enacted it. The duty of a judge in a system of self-government is to...
by Henry Oliner | Jul 24, 2021 | Politics, Progressivism
From Lance Morrow of The Wall Street Journal, The Hedgehogs of Critical Race Theory; Race is one of many big things in America. It is hardly the most important. Americans need to desanctify the subject of race—to mute its claims, which have grown absolutist and, as it...
by Henry Oliner | Jul 22, 2021 | Politics, Progressivism
Andrew Sullivan writes in his Substack link, What Happened to You? Due process? If you’re a male on campus, gone. Privacy? Stripped away — by anonymous rape accusations, exposure of private emails, violence against people’s private homes, screaming at folks in...
by Henry Oliner | Jul 20, 2021 | Politics, Progressivism, Social
From William Galston in The Wall Street Journal, A Deeper Look at Critical Race Theory: Following Gramsci’s lead, critical race theory has used mainstream concepts such as equality and inclusion to wage a highly effective war of position against liberal ideology. Some...
by Henry Oliner | Jul 19, 2021 | Politics, Progressivism
From Holman Jenkins at the WSJ, Progressives Punish ‘Honorary Whites’ but Aren’t Helping Blacks (7/16/21) One premise of critical race theory is certainly correct: Today is built on a foundation of yesterdays. On the foundation of slavery, Jim Crow and housing...
