by Henry Oliner | Feb 6, 2022 | Media
From Kevin Williams in National Review, Sarah Palin vs The New York Times: Our friends in the media who bemoan the rise of Donald Trump and Trump-style politics — which is to say, the politics of lies — have some penance of their own to do, because it was not...
by Henry Oliner | Nov 25, 2021 | Politics, Progressivism
From Bret Stephens at The New York Times, Can Liberalism Survive Progressivism? If you permit petty vices and crimes to flourish, greater ones will usually follow. If you refuse to police quality-of-life infractions like public drug use or aggressive panhandling,...
by Henry Oliner | Apr 29, 2021 | Politics, Progressivism
Bulverism is a great word coined by C.S. Lewis in the 1940s that describes identity politics. An argument is not to be addressed by its evidence, reason or logic but by the identity of the proponent or opponent. That identity may be the sexual desire or psychological...
by Henry Oliner | Mar 6, 2021 | Media
From Jonah Goldberg at The Dispatch, Toxic Asininity: The other day, Jim Geraghty lamented the conservative “habit of showing up and opening with the tenth step of a ten-step argument.” I think that’s very apt. But I also think it describes a broader phenomenon. I’d...
by Henry Oliner | Dec 29, 2020 | Media, Politics, Progressivism, Uncategorized
From What Does Liberalism Even Mean Anymore? There are a number of reasons the mainstream news media refused him that praise even for policies they should have applauded. For starters, the media realized in 2015 that hating on Trump was really, really good for...
