by Henry Oliner | Oct 8, 2020 | Politics, Progressivism
From the Wall Street Journal, The Cancel Mob Comes Back for More by Bruce Gilley; Another benefit: Watching this latest boxcar roll by in the sorry train of cancel culture may finally convince my center-left friends that the situation is dire. In recent years, many...
by Henry Oliner | Aug 5, 2020 | Politics, Progressivism
from Bret Stephens at The New York Times, Why Edmund Burke Still Matters At the core of Burke’s view of the revolution is a profound understanding of how easily things can be shattered in the name of moral betterment, national purification and radical political...
by Henry Oliner | Jul 7, 2020 | Politics, Progressivism
from Greg Weiner at National Review, Edmund Burke and Abraham Lincoln, ‘All in All’: There is a Yiddish saying: When a man wears a white coat, a speck of dust makes it look dirty. That is true enough, especially if one lives in a world devoid of nuance, where heroes...
by Henry Oliner | Jul 24, 2018 | Carter, Politics
from Jonah Goldberg at National Review A New World Disorder Civilization isn’t the opposite of nature, any more than a boat is the opposite of a river. Sailors harness the wind and adapt to the currents to make their progress forward. But if you ignore maintaining the...
