by Henry Oliner | Jun 2, 2020 | Philosophy, Politics, Progressivism
“The result is an ideology that doesn’t know why it upholds and cherishes its ideas. And if you don’t know why you cherish your ideas, you’re going to have a hard time recognizing when it’s time to move on to something else. As William Voegeli puts it in his...
by Henry Oliner | Sep 17, 2016 | Politics
“The modern undergraduate assigned The Federalist Papers usually makes the reasonable assumption that faction is dangerous because political fragmentation and contentiousness are to be avoided. The real point of Federalist 10 is counterintuitive: Republicanism is...
by Henry Oliner | Oct 20, 2015 | Philosophy, Politics, Progressivism
From Never Enough by William Voegeli “The broader social problem was that the alleviation of poverty, whether from government programs or the advance of capitalism, had liberated people to pursue private goals, which, though not necessarily antisocial, were apt to be...
by Henry Oliner | Oct 19, 2015 | Democrats, Economics, Politics, Progressivism
From Never Enough by William Voegeli “According to Sidney Milkis, “FDR’s deft reinterpretation of the American constitutional tradition” gave “legitimacy to progressive principles by embedding them in the language of constitutionalism and interpreting them as an...
by Henry Oliner | Oct 17, 2015 | Philosophy, Politics, Progressivism
From Never Enough by William Voegeli “Etymologically, “compassion” means to suffer together. “Together,” however, is different from “identically.” Compassion is not the same as selflessness, and not really the opposite of selfishness. Rather, it provides a...
