by Henry Oliner | Aug 22, 2019 | Politics, Progressivism
from Today’s WSJ, We Liberals Need Self-Criticism by Ioannis Gatsiounis: Rather than figuring out a way to beat an unpopular president in 2020, most have spent the past 2½ years blaming everyone but themselves— Hillary Clinton, Russia, the Electoral College,...
by Henry Oliner | May 11, 2019 | Politics, Progressivism
Was Donald Trump’s 2016 victory a rejection of Hillary Clinton or an ideological change? In The Great Revolt Selena Zito noted critical districts in the Midwest that had voted with substantial margins for Obama voted for Donald Trump with similar margins. Does this...
by Henry Oliner | Apr 8, 2019 | Politics, Progressivism
In only a few months as the majority in the House we have been treated to an avalanche of bad ideas ranging from the unserious Green New Deal to the dangerous abolition of the electoral college, taxing unrealized gains, wealth tax, packing the Supreme Court, asserting...
by Henry Oliner | Mar 14, 2019 | Uncategorized
from Victor Davis Hanson in National Review, Never What? Like it or not, most Americans do not always have the choice to vote for presidents largely on the basis of their personal comportment rather than on the issues the candidates embrace and the likelihood that...
by Henry Oliner | Mar 10, 2019 | Politics, Progressivism
My initial outrage over the anti-Semitism expressed by Ilhan Omar quickly dissolved not into acceptance but into expectation. The Democrats’ weasel worded statement refusing to hold her personally accountable and diluting the act with every other hatred is not...
