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 | Jul 15, 2022 | Economics, Politics, Progressivism
Political Notes 2022 07 15 Biden has become a scapegoat Much of the inflation was baked into the economy before his inauguration. In panic mode from the pandemic, we dropped too much money on an economy while constraining supply in a massive way never seen. He may...
by Henry Oliner | Jun 29, 2022 | Politics, Progressivism
From Kevin Williamson at National Review, The Uses and Abuses of Democracy: Democracy, meaning “rule by the people,” is a word that entered English in the late 16th century to describe a contrast with the other main forms of government in the Western...
