by Henry Oliner | Oct 14, 2023 | Anti Semitism, Israel
First, I was shocked at the surprise, the scale, intelligence lapse, and the ingenuity of the invaders. Soon I was enraged at the savagery. Attacks on civilians is nothing new to Israelis, but the brutal murders of the most vulnerable children and elderly changes our...
by Henry Oliner | Jan 9, 2023 | Politics
From Notable and Quotable in WSJ (12/27/20022). From “The most underdiscussed fact of the 2022 election: how historically close it was” by Harry Enten for CNN.com, Dec. 26: An examination of the data reveals that 2022 was a historically close election in a...
by Henry Oliner | Oct 11, 2021 | Politics, Progressivism
George Will on Nikki Haley’s defense of capitalism: Speaking in a manner bracingly unusual in this city, Haley minced no words: “The American system is capitalism.” Although “the Founders never used the word, they gave us capitalism in all but the name,” because...
by Henry Oliner | Jul 30, 2021 | Law, Politics, Progressivism
From The Wall Street Journal, The Temptation of the ‘Common Good’ by David Rivkin and Andrew Grossman: But originalism and textualism defer to the morality wrought in the law by those who enacted it. The duty of a judge in a system of self-government is to...
by Henry Oliner | Jul 19, 2021 | Politics, Progressivism
From Holman Jenkins at the WSJ, Progressives Punish ‘Honorary Whites’ but Aren’t Helping Blacks (7/16/21) One premise of critical race theory is certainly correct: Today is built on a foundation of yesterdays. On the foundation of slavery, Jim Crow and housing...
