by Henry Oliner | Aug 21, 2022 | Politics, Progressivism
The right often mistakenly identifies republicanism at the founding as a conscious distinction from democracy. For the founders it was a distinction from monarchy and aristocracy. The idea of an unfiltered or unrestrained democracy was too unserious to consider....
by Henry Oliner | Aug 15, 2022 | Politics, Progressivism
Liberal Fascism by Jonah Goldberg, Authoritarianism is not limited to the right wing. Fascism and socialism sprang from the same intellectual waters of historicism and the revolutionary theology of the French Revolution. Both believe that central planning is superior...
by Henry Oliner | Aug 7, 2022 | Philosophy, Politics, Progressivism
Principles are how the world works. Ideologies are how we want the world to work or how we accept the reality of how we want the world to work. Principles are not accountable to ideologies; ideologies are accountable to principles. Solutions that become principles...
by Henry Oliner | Aug 7, 2022 | Economics, Politics, Progressivism
From Kevin Williamson at National Review – Real Trouble: If policy-makers in Washington could be sure that their policies would consistently, reliably, and predictably have the desired effect, then there would be no economic issues in politics, because there...
by Henry Oliner | Aug 7, 2022 | Economics
From Kevin Williamson at National Review – Real Trouble: There are a number of important factors that drive real-wage performance. The urgent and critical problem right now is — unusually — one that is mostly within the power of policy-makers to manage, and that...
