Category Archives: Political Philosophy

Comrade HRH Donald J Trump

Posted on January 13, 2026 by Joe Benning

The New York Times has done a real public service. It has printed an extraordinary interview with president Trump that begins on the front page. The interview was lightly edited for length and to  provide confidentiality for discussions that were … Continue reading →

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Donald J Trump and Cory Booker: Two Peas in a Pod

Posted on January 10, 2026 by Joe Benning

The shooting of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis is the latest event to bring to the surface the absurdities and contradictions of the political moment in which we live. As soon as the shooting took place … Continue reading →

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Fascism etc.

Posted on October 27, 2024 by Joe Benning

It is a time honored quadrennial. In the weeks leading up to the vote for the US Presidency, there is the traditional rending of garments over the mere possibility that a Republican will win the race. At which point Democratic  … Continue reading →

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The Myth of “Learning How to Think”

Posted on August 30, 2024 by Joe Benning

An enduring myth has taken hold among a lot of people who are concerned about the state of higher education. The myth is that universities are failing when it comes to the prime directive of teaching their students how to … Continue reading →

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Modern v. Classical Liberals

Posted on June 16, 2024 by Joe Benning

“Governments are living things and operate as organic wholes.  Moreover, governments have their natural evolution and are one thing in one age, another in another. The makers of the Constitution constructed the federal government upon a theory of checks and balances … Continue reading →

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Are Liberalism and Progressivism Compatible?

Posted on May 13, 2024 by Joe Benning

Robert Frost , the American poet, once observed that “A liberal is a man too broadminded to take his own side in a quarrel”. Which brings up an interesting question. Can American liberals differentiate their traditional brand of liberalism from … Continue reading →

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Useful Idiots

Posted on January 13, 2024 by Joe Benning

Ours is an age that places a great deal of emphasis on authenticity. Coupled with the inherent relativism of popular phrases like “my truth”  and “lived experience” it is meant to obliterate the idea that there is an objective reality. … Continue reading →

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The West and its Enemies

Posted on October 17, 2023 by Joe Benning

With the Israelis still sifting through the rubble looking for victims of Hamas’s savage attack, the global left has responded by backing the Hamas killers. In so doing they have stepped out from behind the mask to show their true … Continue reading →

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Socialist Destructionism

Posted on October 27, 2020 by Joe Benning

Ludwig von Mises, a founder of the Austrian School of Economics served as a professor of economics at New York University from 1945 through 1969. He was a towering intellect who was influenced by and associated with some of the … Continue reading →

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Is Voting Rational?

Posted on October 23, 2020 by Joe Benning

See the video below by the editor-in-chief of Reason Magazine, Katherine Mangu-Ward. JFB

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