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They Shall Not Die Old. A Review.

February 11, 2019Joe Benning Leave a Comment

“Woe to the statesman whose reasons for entering a war do not appear so plausible at its end as at its beginning.” Otto von Bismark   They Shall Not Die Old. Directed by Peter Jackson In directing the documentary film… Continue Reading →

Film Review

Virginia’s Democrats

February 10, 2019Joe Benning Leave a Comment

Two women have come forward to accuse Virginia’s African-American Lieutenant Governor, Justin Fairfax, of sexual assault. This, while the white Governor and Attorney General are embroiled in controversy over wearing blackface over 3 decades ago. To boot, the Governor first… Continue Reading →

Politics

The Progressive Governor Northam

February 3, 2019Joe Benning

Ralph Northam was elected governor of Virginia in 2017. During the campaign Northam routinely denounced his Republican opponent, Ed Gillespie, accusing him of being a racist. Now an incendiary photo of two men has surfaced from Northam’s medical school yearbook.… Continue Reading →

Culture, Politics

The Most Important Election of Your Life

November 2, 2018Joe Benning

“This is the most important election of your life.” That’s what they always say. “The only poll that counts is the one on election day.”  The candidate who is behind in the polls always says that, too.  Truth be told,… Continue Reading →

Politics

Justice Denied

September 29, 2018Joe Benning

The race to the bottom proceeds apace. Now Donald J Trump has some serious competition for being the most contemptible politician of the year.  That competitor is the ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Diane Feinstein (D, CA).  While the… Continue Reading →

Politics

Freedom Matters

August 28, 2018Joe Benning

“We fight to be free.” George Washington “Freedom’s just another word for nothing left to lose”  Me and Bobby McGee, written by Kris Kristofferson, made famous by Janis Joplin in her “Pearls” album.      Judging from the adulation that… Continue Reading →

Political Philosophy, Politics

The Beginning of the End?

August 23, 2018Joe Benning

The Fat Lady may not be singing yet, but she is clearing her throat. If Michael Cohen is to be believed, Mr. Trump probably committed a raft of crimes when he directed Cohen to buy the silence of women with… Continue Reading →

Politics

The New (Old) Puritans

August 11, 2018Joe Benning

If there is any question that the new puritans of the regulatory state are a bunch of fanatics, this video from John Stossel should remove all doubt.   JFB

Culture, Politics

Richard Milhous Trump

July 24, 2018Joe Benning

The political commentariat has spilled a lot of ink trying to understand what the Trump phenomenon is all about. But no one has come up with a convincing story about why it is that candidate, and then President Trump has… Continue Reading →

Culture, Politics

SCOTUS Watch

July 6, 2018Joe Benning

The Federalist Society, scourge of the “living Constitution” and defender of liberty, provided in 2016 a list of 25 candidates it preferred as nominees for the Supreme Court. Whereupon candidate Trump announced, with a lot of fanfare and a little… Continue Reading →

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    Join the mob and support the ‘victim.’ Or the mob will come for you.
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    Isn’t the Associated Press in the business of seizing on facts?
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    The problem is the madness, not the opposition to it.
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  • Correction  February 18, 2019
    India’s “Emergency” happened under Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, not under her Italian-born daughter-in-law Sonia Gandhi.
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  • Regular Order February 17, 2019
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    A New York City with a functional subway system and schools you wouldn’t mind sending your children to wouldn’t need to bribe Amazon to set up shop there.
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  • Political Conversation, 2019 February 14, 2019
    Now, imagine this conversation as led by Elizabeth Warren or Kamala Harris at the national level.
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  • Conscription February 14, 2019
    To write that soil may be conscripted is to imply that soil has a will, choices, agency, and personality.
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    We don’t lack resources. What we lack is a constructive way to engage with the question of poverty.
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