National Review- Quillette
- History Uprooted September 22, 2026A new exhibition at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg peddles PLO myths about Israel’s war for independence in 1948.Jeffrey Herf
- I, Victim September 21, 2026Pascal Bruckner’s book about victimhood culture invites us to choose liberation, and to move from resentment to a secular kind of grace.Marilyn Simon
- Australia Is Sick: Misha Saul on What Went Wrong September 21, 2026Investor Misha Saul joins Claire Lehmann to discuss Australia’s declining productivity, immigration policy, and the political choices shaping the country’s future.Claire Lehmann
- History Uprooted September 22, 2026
- Jay Nordlinger
- ‘True Patriot Love’ May 15, 2025Love of country in the time of Trump.
- WFB & Co. May 12, 2025My time at NR has now come to an end. God bless you all.
- The Conundrum of China Trade May 7, 2025A longstanding question, whose end is nowhere in sight.
- ‘True Patriot Love’ May 15, 2025
Author Archives: Joe Benning
Minneapolis–Progressive Paradise
Minneapolis has long been one of, if not the, most progressive city in America. It also is the city where George Floyd was killed in police custody. And it is home to one of the widest income gaps between white … Continue reading
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Tagged John Stossel, Minneapolis, policy, politics, Progressive, Progressive Failure, racism
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Jonathan Haidt: Viewpoint Diversity on Campus
Jonathan Haidt is a psychologist and professor at New York University. His research includes a great deal of cutting edge work applying moral psychology to the study of politics and business ethics. Currently he is the Thomas Cooley Professor of … Continue reading
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Tagged Academe, Social Justice, Truth, Viewpoint diversity
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The Other Hitchens–Peter, not Christopher
Before his untimely passing Christopher Hitchens developed quite a following. Hitchens, a one-time Trotskyite who remained a man of the left until his passing, was a brilliant writer and polemicist who pulled no punches. He was a student and admirer … Continue reading
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Tagged academia, authoritarianism, Cancel Culture, dissent, Free Speech, Peter Hitchens, Philosophy, political correctness, politics
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Cancel Culture is Out of Control
There was a time not so long ago when leftists routinely charged that the radical right, roughly defined as anybody who didn’t agree with leftist orthodoxy, consisted largely of a bunch of Neanderthal book burners. Well, look who the book … Continue reading
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Tagged Cancel Culture, freedom of speech, John Stossel, liberal values, Reason Magazine, social justice warriors
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The Great Awokening
America has had several waves of Awakening in its history, characterized by intense religious enthusiasm and social activism. These waves stemmed from American Protestantism, often accompanied by a profound sense of conviction and redemption. They tended to be evangelistic, with … Continue reading
We’ve Seen this Movie Before
By now it should be clear to all sentient beings that protests over the killing of George Floyd have been hijacked by left wing radicals. Moreover, they (the radicals) mean to transform America by any means necessary, including the use … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill de Blasio, Black Lives Matter, BLM, Herbert Marcuse, Marxist, Progressives, SDS, Students for a Democratic Society, Weather Underground, Weathermen
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Defunding the Police
People misunderstand what “activists” mean by “defund the police”. It doesn’t mean the abolition of policing. It does mean moving the jurisdiction of policing to another larger political entity—for instance moving the jurisdiction (and management responsibility) from the city to … Continue reading
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Tagged defund, failure, Minneapolis, police, policy, politics, Progressives
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Wealth, Poverty and Politics: A Discussion with Dr. Thomas Sowell
One of the problems we face in the public square is that “argument” consists largely of assertions without regard to facts, evidence, or logic. It is commonly assumed, for instance, that differences in outcomes result from unequal treatment, and that … Continue reading
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Tagged discrimination, Great Society, Hoover Institution, Peter Robinson, policy, politics, poverty, Thomas Sowell, wealth
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Don’t Know Much about History…
“Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.” Jean-Jacque Rousseau “Those who don’t know history are doomed to repeat it.” Edmund Burke. There is a great philosophical divide between classical liberalism and utopian socialism. It is this divide … Continue reading
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Tagged classical liberalism, David Starkey, Philosophy, politics, utopian socialism, woke culture
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The Week Trump Lost the Election
When the history books of the 2020 election are written they will most likely say that this was the week that Donald J Trump lost his bid for re-election. Not because of the economy; not because of the killing of … Continue reading