by Henry Oliner | Jan 14, 2022 | Politics
It has become an axiom for me that one of the most unforgivable sins in politics is contempt. Voters will forgive mistakes and honest differences but will not quickly forgive contempt. Biden’s speech in Atlanta was dripping with contempt for half of America and...
by Henry Oliner | Feb 26, 2021 | Politics, Progressivism
From the editors of the Wall Street Journal, The Censorship Party: Imagine if a pair of Donald Trump’s allies in Congress had sent a letter to cable company CEOs in 2017 blasting CNN and other progressive media outlets and asking why their content is still broadcast....
by Henry Oliner | Sep 21, 2017 | Politics
From Kimberly Strassel at The Wall Street Journal, Here’s What Really Happened to Hillary Hillary’s take on “What Happened” has unsurprisingly unleashed another round of analysis about her mistakes—Wisconsin, deplorables, email. These sorts of detailed postmortems...
by Henry Oliner | Aug 20, 2015 | Politics
from The Wall Street Journal, Trump: A Mismatch for the GOP by Kimberly Strassel: excerpt: He’s not conservative. Remember all those recent primaries in which Republican voters fired sitting legislators for being too wimpy on taxes or health care or spending? Mr....
by Henry Oliner | Jul 4, 2015 | Democrats, Politics
from The Wall Street Journal Hillary’s E-mail Story Unravels by Kimberly Strassel Excerpt: Nothing Mrs. Clinton has said so far on the subject is correct. The Democratic presidential aspirant on March 10 held a press conference pitched as her first and last word...