by Henry Oliner | Aug 21, 2023 | Politics, Progressivism
from Kevin Williamson at The Dispatch, Curb Your Enthusiasm: (Likely firewalled if you are not a subscriber, and I encourage you to subscribe. Jonah Goldberg has created a wonderful new resource. Both Goldberg and Williamson used to be must reads at National Review ,...
by Henry Oliner | Aug 10, 2023 | Economics
Presidents get too much credit and blame for an economy as if it turns on a dime the moment they are elected. The right want to credit Trump for the sharp rise since he was elected, but attributes no credit to Obama for the long rise during his tenure. In both cases...
by Henry Oliner | May 7, 2023 | Economics, Politics
From Kevin Williamson at The Dispatch, Five Words of Wisdom: You don’t have to love the Wall Street guys, but you should try to understand what it is they do and how that helps make the rest of us richer. If you want to build a factory, what are you going to do? Save...
by Henry Oliner | May 7, 2023 | Uncategorized
Kevin Williamson has moved from National Review to The Dispatch. It is well worth subscribing. from Three Ways of Looking at the Debt Ceiling: If you put me in a philosophy class, I am a pretty radical libertarian, but if you ask me how I want the government of these...
by Henry Oliner | Oct 9, 2022 | Philosophy, Politics
From Marginal Revolution, Tyler Cowen interviews Walter Russell Mead Excerpt: COWEN: How would you change or improve the training that goes into America’s foreign policy elite? MEAD: Well, I would start by trying to draw people’s attention to that, over the last 40...
