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 | Oct 2, 2019 | Politics, Progressivism
an excerpt from an excellent interview with George Will on Econtalk- George Will: Well, first, there is kind of fun, because there were two Princetonians involved: James Madison of the great class of…, I believe, 1771; and Woodrow Wilson of the class of 1879....
by Henry Oliner | Aug 21, 2018 | Politics, Progressivism
From James Taranto at The Wall Street Journal, What Went Wrong With Human Rights, an interview with Aaron Rhodes: That error is the conflation of “natural law” with “positive law.” Mr. Rhodes explains the difference: “Natural law is a kind of constraint on positive...
by Henry Oliner | Feb 16, 2017 | Politics, Progressivism
From George Will at National Review, Where Justice Scalia Went Wrong: There is no philosophizing in the Constitution — until the Founders’ philosophy is infused into it by construing the document as a charter of government for a nation that is, in Lincoln’s...
by Henry Oliner | Aug 24, 2016 | History, Law, Politics, Progressivism
From National Affairs George Will writes The Limits of Majority Rule. I strongly recommend you read the entire essay. an excerpt: Another reason many conservatives favor judicial deference and restraint is what can be called the conservative populist temptation....
