by Henry Oliner | Nov 7, 2018 | Politics
The net results were not far from predictions. Conservatives are happy to have a slight improvement in the Senate, Democrats are happy to take the House. We have moved back to ‘productive gridlock’; harder to get things done, also harder to do stupid things. This...
by Henry Oliner | Jul 18, 2017 | Economics, Health Care, Politics
from Kevin Williamson at National Review, Apartment Fires and Health Insurance The problem for health insurance is the same as the problem for condominium sprinklers: The benefits are desirable, but they are not free, and many people, given a choice, would spend...
by Henry Oliner | Feb 20, 2017 | Health Care
From Daniel Greenfield at Sultan Knish, The Right to Be Better People: Free people fight for independence. But the left’s revolutions are struggles for tyranny. They protest for better masters. They violently agitate for rulers who will run their lives better....
by Henry Oliner | Feb 29, 2016 | Politics, Progressivism
I would describe my voting pattern as a soft Republican. For most of my life I have tolerated objectionable segments of the GOP. I have never felt comfortable with the evangelical movement and their ethnocentrism even after they shifted to become the largest supporter...
by Henry Oliner | Feb 8, 2016 | Politics
Worth noting: Cruz stood against the ethanol special interest and still won Iowa. Rubio was smoked by Christy for sounding simplistic and scripted. But I remember a 45 minute unscripted interview from the Miami Herald in 2010 when he was unheard of and given no chance...
