by Henry Oliner | May 13, 2020 | Politics, Progressivism
Historically Progressivism appears as an evolution of populism from the late 19th Century, but even though it sought many of the same ends progressivism used entirely different means, establishing a government by the elite manage populist goals. Hofstadter considers...
by Henry Oliner | Jan 1, 2018 | History, Politics, Progressivism
A few thoughts on 2017. In times like these I have found history be to be illuminating and mollifying. Perhaps that is why there have been so many excellent histories to hit the market. It may also explain why Hamilton is such a monstrous hit. My favorite reads of...
by Henry Oliner | Dec 15, 2016 | Politics, Progressivism
We have been a politically fragmented country since its founding. That is the nature of a Federalist republic where power is dispersed and checked, and it is the genius of our constitution. A two-party system requires a coalition of interests, sometimes in conflict,...
by Henry Oliner | Jan 18, 2016 | Education, Philosophy, Politics
Henry Oliner 2106 01 19 Richard Hofstadter’s Anti- Intellectualism in America is often used by liberals to explain why conservatives vote as they do. Hofstadter was motivated to expand on the subject by the rejection of Adlai Stevenson to the candidacy of Dwight...
