Author Archives: Joe Benning

Christopher Hitchens on Reparations

Posted on May 10, 2019 by Joe Benning

Christopher Hitches was a writer and polemicist with extraordinary talents who, in December of 2011, died much too early at age 62. An iconoclast throughout his adult life, Hitchens eventually drifted away from the left — early on he was … Continue reading →

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The Constitutional Crisis That Wasn’t

Posted on May 10, 2019 by Joe Benning

“We are now in a Constitutional crisis” — Jerry Nadler (D, NY). So said House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler after the committee proceeded to vote along strict party lines to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress. Nadler’s … Continue reading →

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State of Play: Trump, Progressives and the U.S. Abortion Regime

Posted on April 29, 2019 by Joe Benning

The usual suspects are up in arms over President Trump’s assertion that some women and doctors are in the business of “executing” new born babies. Ilhan “It’s all about the Benjamins” Omar, in a Tweet, asked rhetorically if a deranged … Continue reading →

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Biden Jumps in. Again.

Posted on April 25, 2019 by Joe Benning

In announcing his third run for the Presidency, former Vice President Joe Biden had this to say. “In that moment, I knew the threat to this nation was unlike any I had seen in our lifetime”. The moment to which … Continue reading →

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The Problem with Capitalism

Posted on April 8, 2019 by Joe Benning

It is often said that the problem with socialism is socialism, while the problem with capitalism is capitalists. Ray Dalio, founder of Bridgewater Associates the world’s largest hedge fund, is only the latest to prove the case. Lately he has … Continue reading →

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Joe Biden Meets the Social Justice Warriors

Posted on April 1, 2019 by Joe Benning

Just the other day, Joe Biden, who lives in a fact free zone, urged Americans to tackle a “white man’s culture” that he claimed allowed violence against women to perpetuate. He went on to say that “We all have an … Continue reading →

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It’s Mueller Time

Posted on March 26, 2019 by Joe Benning

For the last two years the Democratic Party has been engulfed in hysteria over charges that Trump’s shambolic campaign “colluded” with the Russian government to tilt the 2016 election in Donald Trump’s favor. Add to this some breathless reporting (by … Continue reading →

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Lotteries and Politics—Bad Reasoning and Bad Reasons

Posted on March 21, 2019 by Joe Benning

From The Patch–a Primer in Bad Reasoning “You have a better chance of hitting the jackpot if you let the computer pick your numbers, according to the Multi-State Lottery Association, which operates the Powerball game and reports that about 75 … Continue reading →

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Are They or Aren’t They?

Posted on March 19, 2019 by Joe Benning

Donald Trump insists that the Democrats are embracing socialism. Senior Democrats running for the Party’s presidential nomination call themselves socialists. We would seem to have a rare moment of bipartisan agreement.  But…Chris Edelson, an assistant professor of Government at American … Continue reading →

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Here They Go Again

Posted on March 14, 2019 by Joe Benning

There is ignorance, and then there is invincible ignorance.  So far Progressives are putting on a remarkable display of the latter. How else are we supposed to interpret the behavior not only of progressive backbenchers, but also the political positioning … Continue reading →

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