by Henry Oliner | Jun 16, 2017 | Politics, Progressivism
from The Weekly Standard, Camille Paglia: On Trump, Democrats, Transgenderism, and Islamist Terror by Jonathan Last In summary: to have any hope of retaking the White House, Democrats must get off their high horse, lose the rabid rhetoric, and reorient themselves...
by Henry Oliner | Mar 6, 2017 | Education, Politics, Progressivism
Intolerance and demonization of dissent is too common on American college campuses and the despicable behavior at Middlebury in Vermont to the speaking engagement of Charles Murray is indicative of a cultural and intellectual rot from much of the left. Read about...
by Henry Oliner | Oct 24, 2016 | Politics, Progressivism
From The Weekly Standard, The Roots of Campus Leftism by Warren Treadgold “Progressivism,” the term campus leftists seem to like best, is not very helpful for defining the ideology’s intellectual content. Just about all of us favor what we consider...
by Henry Oliner | Sep 24, 2016 | Politics, Progressivism
From The Weekly Standard, The Roots of Campus Leftism by Warren Treadgold The absence of reasoned argument is in fact one of campus leftism’s sources of strength. Refusing to supply ideological definitions leaves the impression of a viewpoint that depends not on...
by Henry Oliner | Jan 1, 2016 | Politics
From The Weekly Standard, What Explains the Vicious Left? by David Gelernter: excerpts: It’s not just a question of civility versus rudeness—which of course is no small thing in itself. The deeper problem is that the left seems to have lost its taste for democracy....
