by Henry Oliner | Feb 28, 2022 | Politics, Progressivism
From Persuasion at Substack, The Contradictions of American History by Michael Walzer: It’s a mistake to deny the contradictions of our history, but it isn’t easy to live with them. We (some of us, anyway) long for the Founding Fathers as we once saw them: Washington...
by Henry Oliner | Jan 7, 2022 | Media
When the news media or echo chamber of social media blocks someone who offers an opinion they deem ‘dangerous’ they do not silence them, they amplify them for two reasons. The first reason is that they can find outlets elsewhere they can not control. Joe...
by Henry Oliner | Jun 6, 2021 | Uncategorized
From Leighton Woodhouse at Substack, The New Clerisy: At every such juncture, we’ve been admonished to “believe the science.” But this is not science; it’s politics. Science demands a reflexive posture of skepticism toward received wisdom, tempered by trust in...
by Henry Oliner | May 6, 2021 | Politics, Progressivism
From Erick Erickson on substack: Critical Race Theory In his History of the Church, Eusebius noted that the early church’s writings and apologetics changed in AD 100. In that year, the Apostle John died. With him, the last living friend of Jesus faded to history. It...
