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- Addressing the Academic Skew April 8, 2026Higher education needs intellectual—not political—conservatives.Jesse Smith
- Letters to the Editor April 7, 202627 March – 3 April 2026Quillette
- Podcast #332: The Historical Case for Israel April 7, 2026In a new book, US District Court Judge Roy Altman traces Jews’ indigenous presence in the holy land over the last 3,231 years.Quillette
- Addressing the Academic Skew April 8, 2026
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- ‘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
The State of Play
There are plenty of things to rue about the Biden Administration. There is, for instance, old fashioned incompetence, an equal opportunity employer. But the Administration’s slipping-on-a-banana-peel habit has become so routine that even its most enthusiastic defenders (AKA the press) … Continue reading
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Corporate Welfare
Regulations are typically framed as necessities designed to protect consumers. Except that in reality they are often designed to protect existing businesses from competition, thus making consumers worse off. The video below produced by John Stossel provides a good look … Continue reading
James Earl Biden
With each passing day the magnitude of the U.S. defeat in Afghanistan is sinking in. In an attempt to reduce the domestic political damage, the Administration of James Earl Biden is furiously trying to reframe the discussion. For instance, the … Continue reading
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On Charter Schools
John Stossel recently produced a short video on charter schools. It is well worth watching. See below. JFB
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Culture Wars
One of the things that makes the culture wars so vicious is that the attack on Western culture is a thinly disguised attack on Western civilization posing as progress. The “right side of history” and all that mindless propaganda. We … Continue reading
The Voting Rights Scam
Where to begin? Let’s start with President Joe Biden’s over-the-top rhetoric about Republican resistance to H.R.1, the constitutionally dubious “For the People” Act the House passed that among other things nationalizes elections. Its dubious constitutionality partly owes to Section 4 … Continue reading
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Tagged First amendment, Joe Biden, Stacy Abrams, voting rights
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The Road to Hell…
As we all know, the road to hell is paved with good intentions. But it seems to be a lesson social planners never seem to learn. Ever. Here below is a YouTube video produced by Reason that illustrates just a … Continue reading
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Helplessly Hoping Progressives
The absurdity of progressive politics is now on full display. Let us consider just two of the many inherently contradictory initiatives championed by the Biden-Schumer-Pelosi axis. What these initiatives share is the preposterous notion that a huge centralized bureaucracy is … Continue reading
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Tagged CRT, Ibram Kendi, NEA, Progressives, Randi Weingarten
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Indicting The Trump Organization
In the matter of the indictment of both the Trump Organization and its CFO Allen Weisselberg, the Wall Street Journal reports that Mr. Weisselberg is charged with illegally avoiding taxes on $1.76 million he allegedly received in benefits over 15 … Continue reading
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Tagged Cyrus Vance, Donald Trump, Indictment, Letitia James
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John Stossel Demolishes Popularly Believed Myths about Capitalism
It is sad but true that most people believe that free markets represent a zero sum game. Winners only win to the extent that other people lose. In reality, nothing could be further from the truth. In a free market, … Continue reading
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Tagged capitalism, John Stossel
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