by Henry Oliner | Jul 4, 2020 | Politics, Progressivism
The American Revolution of 1776 can best be understood by comparing it to the French Revolution of 1789; one led to a political document that empowered the rise of a great nation and the other led to a reign of terror and centuries of devastation. Both claimed liberty...
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 | Jun 1, 2020 | Politics, Progressivism
“Taken on its own terms, pragmatism’s folly is that it separates intelligence from wisdom. Its greatest sins are arrogance and deceit, including self-deceit. It is arrogant because it assumes the individual—particularly the expert—can know everything he needs to know...
by Henry Oliner | Oct 27, 2019 | Politics, Progressivism
From National Review, George Will writes Weak Political Parties Smooth the Way for Demagogues: Rauch’s thesis is that increased polarization has little to do with ideas and much to do with hostile feelings — “negative partisanship” — about others. “It’s not so much...
by Henry Oliner | May 17, 2018 | Economics, Politics, Progressivism
Episode 38 of the Remnant Podcast is a discussion between the host, Jonah Goldberg and guest Russ Roberts from Econtalk. I strongly recommend this series and I encourage you to read Goldberg’s latest, The Suicide of the West, and Liberal Fascism (2008). In the...
