by Henry Oliner | Mar 2, 2017 | Politics, Progressivism
From Jonah Goldberg at National Review, The Science of Intellectual Tribalism There’s a long progressive tradition in America to think that intellectuals must be liberal, and therefore intellectualism equals liberalism. If you believe that intellectualism requires...
by Henry Oliner | Sep 1, 2011 | Economics
I find books like Tyler Cowen’s The Great Stagnation to be refreshing and valuable not because they are right or wrong but because they offer a different perspective that what we are commonly fed. Much of our policy from both sides is an opinion of how to return to a...
by Henry Oliner | Sep 1, 2010 | Business, Economics, Economy, Foreign policy, Israel, Politics, Random
We mortals pride ourselves as rational beings, but we act emotionally. We get attached to previous positions, and will discount or filter evidence rather than change our minds. We read the news for confirmation rather than information. We are so inundated with...
by Henry Oliner | Jul 25, 2010 | Culture
“If you want to see what I mean by arbitrariness of categories, check the situation of polarized politics. The next time a Marian visits earth, try to explain to him why who those favor allowing the elimination of a fetus in the mother’s womb also oppose capital...
by Henry Oliner | Jun 25, 2010 | Culture
“Whenever you hear a snotty (and frustrated) European middlebrow presenting his stereotypes about Americans, he will often describe them as “uncultured,” “unintellectual,” and “poor in math” because, unlike his peers, Americans are not into equation drills and the...
