by Henry Oliner | Oct 25, 2020 | Uncategorized
From Kevin Williamson at National Review, The Decline and Fall of the 9/11 Republicans: One of the paradoxes of American conservatism is that one of the things American conservatives seek to conserve is American liberalism, which is rooted in the Anglo–Protestant...
by Henry Oliner | Nov 21, 2019 | Politics, Progressivism
from David French; ‘Nationalist’ Is How a Republican Spells ‘Progressive.’ Before I critique Rubio and Hawley, let me offer a word or two of unreserved praise. They are exactly right to highlight the American crisis of deaths of despair, they are exactly right to...
by Henry Oliner | Aug 17, 2019 | Politics, Progressivism
Identity Politics is just a politically correct form of racism. We should not be surprised to hear more accusations of racism in response to greater reliance on identity politics as a political strategy. The more that racism is used as a political weapon the less...
by Henry Oliner | Mar 30, 2018 | Philosophy, Politics, Progressivism
by Henry Oliner The seduction of reform is that the ideas circulating lack the empirical flaws of the problems faced. Crisis reaches for the untried ideas. Think tanks serve to explore ideas, waiting for the next crisis to enact. Our founders studied the history of...
by Henry Oliner | Mar 29, 2018 | Politics, Progressivism
Henry Oliner The Constitution tried to restrain the abuses of both democracy and central power. This was an incredible task for government and the Constitution, while imperfect, was a supreme test of this organizational theory and structure. Progressivism tried and...
