by Henry Oliner | Feb 8, 2021 | Politics
From Charles Cooke at National Review, Our Illiberal Moment: To be adequately maintained, classical liberalism demands three key virtues. Humility, so that each of society’s competing factions might comprehend that it will not always hold power. Tolerance, so that the...
by Henry Oliner | Apr 27, 2019 | Politics, Progressivism
I assess potential support for a political candidate based on demographics, philosophy or ideology, competence and character- in that specific order. By demographics I do not mean race but realistic electability. I may feel ideologically aligned with a Libertarian...
by Henry Oliner | Oct 6, 2018 | Politics
The illiberalism, intolerance and political correctness that invaded our college campuses has clearly spread to the Potomac. Students were allowed to shout down and disinvite speakers they disagreed with. To their credit Barak Obama and Michael Bloomberg and others on...
by Henry Oliner | Jul 31, 2018 | Education
from Victor Davis Hanson at National Review, The Origins of Our Second Civil War But if campus materialism was at odds with classroom socialism, few seemed to notice. Instead, the idea grew up that one had no need to follow concretely the consequences of his abstract...
by Henry Oliner | May 24, 2018 | Politics
If I had passed out from shock last November on election day and just woke up I would observe a booming economy and stock market, a strong dollar, a substantial tax cut, corporations repatriating billions of dollars, record low unemployment, the lowest black...