Category Archives: Politics

Did John Brennan Commit Perjury?

Posted on May 20, 2019 by Joe Benning

Evidence is beginning to emerge that suggests former CIA Chief John Brennan lied to Congress about his actions with respect to the FISA application that authorized the FBI to investigate the Trump campaign. See the interview with Judge Andrew Napolitano … Continue reading →

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Did Trump Obstruct Justice? Judge Napolitano weighs in.

Posted on May 15, 2019 by Joe Benning

Robert Mueller did not find enough evidence to charge either Donald Trump or his campaign with conspiracy in the matter of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. Trump promptly claimed he was “totally exonerated” despite the fact that prosecutors … Continue reading →

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Thomas Sowell–Discrimination and Disparities

Posted on May 11, 2019 by Joe Benning

It has become accepted wisdom that the uneven distribution of outcomes across different groups is evidence of unjustifiable discrimination based on animus. In his latest book, Discrimination and Disparities, economist Thomas Sowell, now a scholar at the Hoover Institution, blasts … Continue reading →

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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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