by Henry Oliner | Oct 6, 2018 | Politics, Progressivism
In his biography Righteous Indignation, Andrew Breitbart recalled the pivotal moment in the Clarence Thomas hearings, watching three ‘privileged’ white men; Ted Kennedy, Joe Biden, and Howard Metzenbaum, assault a black justice from humble roots with unsubstantiated...
by Henry Oliner | Jan 4, 2010 | Economics, Philosophy, Politics
There are those who see our financial problem as a moral failure. In one sense it is, but not in the sense those who wish to frame it in moral tones believe. To blame greed for the meltdown is simplistic and irrelevant. Greed has been with us forever. Why would it...
by Henry Oliner | Nov 25, 2009 | Media
When Charlie Gibson with ABC News acted ignorant of the booming ACORN corruption story while it was breaking, the pundits on the right were stunned that a major new anchor could be so insulated that he could miss such a story. The rumors of John Edward’s...