by Henry Oliner | Aug 14, 2015 | Politics
from Why democracy can’t be democratic all the way down – and why it matters by Ilya Somin in The Washington Post: One of the standard rationales for the idea that we have a duty to obey democratically enacted laws is that, thanks to the right to vote, we have...
by Henry Oliner | Dec 12, 2013 | Politics
“People cannot think unless they are free to think. Government rules and regulations literally prevent thought and prevent experimentation. A free market is a massive experiment in competing ideas, the most productive of which win out. Most of the experiments fail,...
by Henry Oliner | Sep 5, 2010 | Politics
We faced a financial collapse that was brought about by a toxic blend of public sector and private sector policies designed by some of the most educated in our country. It is not surprising that a different candidate such as President Obama would be welcomed as a...
by Henry Oliner | Feb 28, 2010 | Politics
The following was a reader’s comment to my article in American Thinker, “Why Elitists Fail” Human beings can exist in one of only two modes: by controlling nature, or by controlling those who control nature. Those in the first category survive by...
by Henry Oliner | Feb 23, 2010 | Politics
From “Why Elitists Fail” in American Thinker, January 30, 2010 Even the brightest minds cannot escape emotional impediments to a rational conclusion. Combining such emotional rationalism with a focus on theories detached from the verification of practical...
