by Henry Oliner | May 1, 2024 | Politics
Permanent solutions to short term problems will create new problems. Reality is not optional. Our political differences often hinge on the different meanings we assign to words. Our political differences also depend on the different priorities we assign to issues....
by Henry Oliner | Mar 3, 2024 | Politics
On a recent Real Time with Bill Maher, guest Batya Ungar-Sargon commented how the Democrats have lost the working class. Democrat Tim Ryan retorted how much the Biden has done for the working class with his spending programs and how Biden was the most pro union...
by Henry Oliner | Dec 16, 2023 | Politics, Progressivism
Kevin Williamson writes the lead article in the Saturday WSJ Review Section, Election 2024: You Asked for It America: For most of my life, the dominant myth that informed American politics was that there was too much “big money” in the system, that Washington...
by Henry Oliner | Aug 21, 2023 | Politics, Progressivism
from Kevin Williamson at The Dispatch, Curb Your Enthusiasm: (Likely firewalled if you are not a subscriber, and I encourage you to subscribe. Jonah Goldberg has created a wonderful new resource. Both Goldberg and Williamson used to be must reads at National Review ,...
by Henry Oliner | May 16, 2023 | Politics
From Erick Erickson: Our republic requires trust and order, and trust in that order. Where January 6th breached the order of our republic’s institutions, the Durham report reveals federal agents breached the trust of the system. It is bad. If people are outraged about...
by Henry Oliner | May 13, 2023 | Politics, Progressivism
From Jonah Goldberg at The Dispatch (subscription highly recommended) The Old Deal: It’s also deeply and richly ironic that the new pro-life New Dealers are constantly parroting left-wing radical talking points about “empire” and the “military industrial complex”...