by Henry Oliner | May 10, 2023 | Politics
From the Wall Street Journal, The Deep State is all Too Real by David Bernhardt: During my 12 years in government I often saw career bureaucrats push their preferred policy passions irrespective of agencies’ rules, federal regulations or the law. This included career...
by Henry Oliner | Oct 22, 2022 | Politics
The push for ESG and DEI may resonate with the wealthy white woke, but it also seems to correlate with a great shift of minority voters to the Republicans. I often find the publicized push for DEI to be patronizing and undermining to the real accomplishments of...
by Henry Oliner | Jul 15, 2022 | Economics, Politics, Progressivism
Political Notes 2022 07 15 Biden has become a scapegoat Much of the inflation was baked into the economy before his inauguration. In panic mode from the pandemic, we dropped too much money on an economy while constraining supply in a massive way never seen. He may...
by Henry Oliner | Jan 19, 2022 | Politics
There are several headwinds to Democratic control: High crime in the major cities under decades of Democratic control. This resonates beyond the local districts, making democrats look generally incompetent. Covid mandates. Trust has so deteriorated that persuasion...
by Henry Oliner | Mar 28, 2021 | Politics
Some reactions to the hypocrisy and hyperbole greeting the Georgia Election reform bill. It pays to get the whole story though this rarely happens in our partisan world ruled by narratives rather than facts. Blue State Voter Suppression. by Karl Rove in WSJ (paywall)...
