by Henry Oliner | Oct 4, 2019 | Politics
from Conrad Black: Why Donald Trump will win big in 2020 Canadians liked Obama because he was non-white, fluent and suave, leftish and undemanding of “allies.” But GDP growth per capita in the U.S. declined from 4.5 per cent under Reagan to 3.9 per cent under Clinton,...
by Henry Oliner | Sep 29, 2019 | Law, Politics, Progressivism
from Conrad Black: Why Donald Trump will win big in 2020 A century after the U.S. Civil War, which at the cost of 750,000 dead in a population of 31 million suppressed the southern insurrection and emancipated the slaves, the majority of African-Americans were still...
by Henry Oliner | Jul 22, 2018 | Politics, Progressivism
Jefferson was characterized as using Federal means to achieve Republican ends. Donald Trump may be similarly described as using nationalist or populist means to achieve conservative ends. This is limited to his tax cuts and court picks. Trump’s trade policies...
by Henry Oliner | Jan 1, 2018 | History, Politics, Progressivism
A few thoughts on 2017. In times like these I have found history be to be illuminating and mollifying. Perhaps that is why there have been so many excellent histories to hit the market. It may also explain why Hamilton is such a monstrous hit. My favorite reads of...
by Henry Oliner | Dec 16, 2014 | Uncategorized
Conrad Black writes Eric Garner’s America in The National Review. Excerpts: The United States has six to twelve times as many incarcerated people per capita as other prosperous democracies: Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, and the United Kingdom. This...
