by Henry Oliner | Feb 19, 2019 | Politics, Progressivism
Scott Grannis at Calafia Beach Pundit notes that Kevin Williamson is “one of today’s greatest philosopher-journalists”. I agree and RY readers will find many excerpts from his articles in my posts. From The Democrats’ new puritanism will lead to...
by Henry Oliner | Nov 25, 2018 | Social
From an interview with Camille Paglia at Quillette, It’s Time for a New Map of the Gender World: What I see in both the Women’s March and #MeToo is an atavistic rediscovery by Western women of the joy of their own mutually nurturing solidarity—a primary feature of...
by Henry Oliner | Nov 20, 2018 | Philosophy, Politics, Social
From an interview with Camille Paglia at Quillette, It’s Time for a New Map of the Gender World: Paglia: The headlong rush to judgment by so many well-educated, middle-class women in the #MeToo movement has been startling and dismaying. Their elevation of emotion and...
by Henry Oliner | Oct 12, 2018 | Politics, Progressivism, Uncategorized
A thoughtful look at why this even coalesced the right more than past conflicts; The Kavanaugh hearing has united the GOP for now. But why? The outrage and anger from both wings of the Republican Party was tremendous. But the far right of the party is often outraged...
by Henry Oliner | Oct 11, 2018 | Politics
From Victor Davis Hanson at National Review, Kavanaugh Casualties: The Kavanaugh hearing was the ultimate but logical continuation of the Duke Lacrosse and Rolling Stone travesties. The #MeToo excess was even likely to have pleased the ogre Harvey Weinstein — a sexual...