by Henry Oliner | Jun 28, 2020 | Politics, Progressivism
Every day I read threads of friends from both sides of the aisle and profess the futility of trying to engage in meaningful political discourse and pledge to devote my time to better pursuits and projects. Efforts to puncture the blue bubbles or the red bubbles are...
by Henry Oliner | May 20, 2020 | Media
I have often quoted Peggy Noonan’s observation in her book Patriotic Grace of the great media shift. In the days before cable and internet we had fewer sources, but we all read the same news, heard the same stories and generally with the same frequency; a story did...
by Henry Oliner | Dec 29, 2017 | Consumer, Ethics
Apple has taken some heat for the story that they intentionally throttled performance on their older phones. In the rush for those who always seek sinister motives from large companies, this is the rest of the story. Upgrades tend to use more power as new features are...
by Henry Oliner | Jun 27, 2017 | Uncategorized
from Matthew Continetti at National Review, They’re Wrong About Everything The fact is that almost the entirety of what one reads in the paper or on the web is speculation. The writer isn’t telling you what happened, he is offering an interpretation of what happened,...
by Henry Oliner | Mar 4, 2017 | Media
Wise investors learn to ignore the daily fluctuations and the daily stock market news. I am amused at the market reports at the end of the day explaining why the market went up or down. It would have been much more useful to have divulged this insight before the...
