by Henry Oliner | Apr 21, 2019 | Politics, Progressivism
In short, like the theory of evolution itself, success in the historical struggle had proved the rightness of the cause. Lincoln, who had tried to preserve a regime of civil and religious liberty based on the principle of human equality, was celebrated by Progressive...
by Henry Oliner | Apr 17, 2019 | Uncategorized
from National Review, Defend the American Experiment by Protecting the Constitution by James Buckley: In my view, the serious problems we face these days are in major part the result of our abandonment of the Constitution’s limits on federal authority. American...
by Henry Oliner | Apr 10, 2019 | Politics, Progressivism
Unmasking the Administrative State by John Marini dives deep into the weeds to uncover the principles and history that underlies early Progressivism and its first-generation offspring, the Administrative State. At the core is the rejection of the theory of natural...
by Henry Oliner | Mar 30, 2019 | Politics, Progressivism
I am barely into Unmasking the Administrative State by John Marini. It is a slow read and a deep look in the shift from a constitutional to an administrative government, the legacy of the Progressive Era. It is ironic that the movement that heralded greater...