by Henry Oliner | Nov 11, 2023 | Progressivism
In George Will’s excellent essay in National Review, The Consciousness Project, he touches on the importance of three fundamental principles supporting our constitution: Human nature is both flawed and permanent. It has been interesting to note that governments...
by Henry Oliner | May 16, 2023 | Politics
From Erick Erickson: Our republic requires trust and order, and trust in that order. Where January 6th breached the order of our republic’s institutions, the Durham report reveals federal agents breached the trust of the system. It is bad. If people are outraged about...
by Henry Oliner | May 7, 2023 | Taxes
From National Review, Charlie Cooke’s The Democrats Have a Tax Problem: As any economist will tell you, the dirty little secret of taxing-and-spending is that the real money lies in the middle. In England, the 40 percent income-tax rate kicks in at £50,271...
by Henry Oliner | Sep 17, 2022 | Philosophy, Politics, Progressivism
Dan McLaughlin expresses a perspective of cultural ‘wokeness’ and its counter reaction in The New Republicanism in National Review. Republicanism in America was represented as an alternative to monarchy, but the role of monarchy in its relation to...
by Henry Oliner | Aug 21, 2022 | Politics, Progressivism
The right often mistakenly identifies republicanism at the founding as a conscious distinction from democracy. For the founders it was a distinction from monarchy and aristocracy. The idea of an unfiltered or unrestrained democracy was too unserious to consider....
