by Henry Oliner | Oct 24, 2018 | Politics, Progressivism
We will always have a ruling class. Our economy and nation are just too large to manage without delegated authority. Our great experiment with democracy is about whether the people can be trusted to select their leaders wisely. The aristocracy of Europe ruled based...
by Henry Oliner | Jun 22, 2018 | Business, Economics, Taxes
The Supreme Court just ruled that states can collect sales taxes from internet sales and shipments. Previous sales taxes could only be collected from a business with a physical presence in that state. The 5-4 majority decided this was simply a recognition of the...
by Henry Oliner | May 13, 2018 | Politics, Progressivism
The Great Revolt – Inside the Populist Coalition Reshaping American Politics – by Salena Zito and Brad Todd looks deeply into the Trump vote in the Midwestern counties that swung the vote to Trump. Salena Zito was noted for her astute observation that Trump’s...
by Henry Oliner | Jun 19, 2017 | Law
from Kenneth Stars in the WSJ, Gorsuch Gets Comfortable in Scalia’s Chair: When Scalia ascended to the high court in 1986, he saw the danger of a runaway judiciary, as embodied in the Warren Court and to a lesser extent the Burger Court. The judges were “making...
by Henry Oliner | Oct 26, 2016 | Law
Probably the most objectionable statement from HRC (and this is quite a list) was in the second debate in how she would select justices for the Supreme Court. The transcript: QUESTION: Good evening. Perhaps the most important aspect of this election is the Supreme...
