by Henry Oliner | Jan 6, 2021 | Politics
The Georgia Senate runoffs were unusual and here is my take on what happened. Republicans rationalized the dangerous Hail Mary of contesting the official electoral college vote in order to appease the Trump fanatics who they feared would not turn out if the GOP did...
by Henry Oliner | Sep 30, 2020 | Politics, Uncategorized
I have no idea if Trump will win reelection, but for those who despise him one has to wonder why it is even as close as it is. The same question was ignored in 2016; why was an ‘inexperienced ignorant buffoon’ winning over a well-connected experienced...
by Henry Oliner | Oct 14, 2019 | Politics
From the WSJ, Bobby Jindal’s Trump Wins Every Democratic Debate: Many voters will be happy to vote for Mr. Trump because they approve of what he’s accomplished—cutting taxes, deregulating the economy, unleashing domestic energy production, investing in the...
by Henry Oliner | Oct 4, 2019 | Politics
from Conrad Black: Why Donald Trump will win big in 2020 Canadians liked Obama because he was non-white, fluent and suave, leftish and undemanding of “allies.” But GDP growth per capita in the U.S. declined from 4.5 per cent under Reagan to 3.9 per cent under Clinton,...
by Henry Oliner | Apr 30, 2019 | Anti Semitism
The New York Times publication of the blatantly anti Semitic cartoon is not to be dismissed lightly. It was described by Bret Stephen in A Despicable Cartoon in The Times: It did so in the form of a cartoon, provided to the newspaper by a wire service and published...
