by Henry Oliner | Apr 22, 2025 | Politics
In every election the voters teach the candidates a lesson that they never seem to learn. Every victory is not a mandate IN FAVOR of the victor; it can also be a mandate AGAINST the losing party. Maybe the only mandate you really got was not to be the other party....
by Henry Oliner | Dec 10, 2017 | Politics
from David French at National Review, Public Servants, Your Responsibilities Trump Your Right to Partisan Participation As for me, I’m done with giving government employees the benefit of the doubt. Want me to have confidence in your fairness, prudence, and good...
by Henry Oliner | Jan 17, 2017 | Politics
from The Worst Perversion, by Kevin Williamson at National Review: A liberal society with decent government requires that the pursuit of political power be insulated from the exercise of political power. That is why we have a Hatch Act and why the various dreams of...
by Henry Oliner | Sep 15, 2016 | Ethics, Politics
William McGurn makes a great and scary point, more worrisome than the ethical abuses and lies that surround the Clintons- from the Wall Street Journal, Even Worse Than Clinton’s Emails It’s a disturbing pattern, and unfortunately it’s not limited to State. There have...
by Henry Oliner | Jul 6, 2015 | Politics
from The Jewish World Review, The Process is the Punishment by Mark Steyn: excerpt: Let us also overlook the excellent treatment received from the IRS by members of the president’s family. Although acting commissioner Steven Miller apologized for the...