by Henry Oliner | Dec 30, 2018 | History, Personal, Philosophy, Politics, Progressivism
I avoid year end resolutions because I am not good at them. Changes should be few and worthy of serious commitment. Discipline is less of a chore when it becomes a habit, and a habit requires some motivation or pleasure or some sort of psychological disorder. If there...
by Henry Oliner | Jan 7, 2017 | Personal, Philosophy, Politics
from Declination: Do You Want to be Right, or True? Something changed over time. Call it maturity, or wisdom, or understanding of self. Or call it, as I do, a certain intellectual exhaustion. Whatever it is, I just stopped caring about appearances. I didn’t care to...
by Henry Oliner | Jan 25, 2016 | Personal, Philosophy, Politics, Progressivism
Henry Oliner 2016.01.25 I recall years ago, reading a marketing newsletter call Towers about focus. The author whose name I do not recall advised to spend 20 minutes a day reading on a narrowly focused and defined topic so that within 2 years you would possess enough...
by Henry Oliner | Jan 8, 2012 | Personal
This entry marks post # 2,000 on Rebel Yid. When Erick Erickson of Red State spoke at my Rotary Club in Macon, Ga. 5 years ago, I had no idea what a blog was. I had filled several notebooks with thoughts and quotes, and the idea of a blog just seemed like a public...
by Henry Oliner | Jul 17, 2008 | Personal
My first wife, Renee, died in 1995. In the 1980’s she played a very small part in the Neil Simon movie, The Slugger’s Wife, starring Michael O’Keefe and Rebecca de Mornay. Renee was one of the baseball player’s wives and sat in the box next to...
by Henry Oliner | Jul 11, 2007 | Personal
I appreciate a good waiter or waitress, but here are my most common peaves: Gets too familiar. Too friendly to the point of intruding on the relationship with your fellow diner. I appreciate the service, but if there is going to be a relationship here, be sure the...
