Author Archives: Joe Benning

Progressive Good Crime

Posted on June 11, 2021 by Joe Benning

Coinciding with the Biden Administration’s push for higher taxes on wealthy individuals and a greatly expanded IRS, ProPublica published documents that purport to show private tax information of several high profile billionaires including Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, Michael Bloomberg and … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, Policy, Politics, Public Finance | Tagged , , , | Comments Off on Progressive Good Crime

Peak Biden?

Posted on June 2, 2021 by Joe Benning

When President Biden released his budget proposal this past Friday he listed his priorities in the following statement. (The budget document can be found here.) Biden’s list of priorities is typical in that it studiously avoids talking about trade-offs. Everything is … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, Politics | Tagged , | Comments Off on Peak Biden?

Magical Thinking

Posted on May 29, 2021 by Joe Benning

Republicans complain that Democrats are hypocrites. Democrats reply that Republicans are hypocrites. They are, of course, both correct in a generic sense. All politicians routinely say things they know or suspect to be false, especially if they think it affords … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments Off on Magical Thinking

The Unbearable Incompetence of Mr. Biden

Posted on May 22, 2021 by Joe Benning

During the presidential campaign of 2020 the argument was being made that candidate Joe Biden was at heart a moderate who would guide the ship of state back to normalcy. Biden, who ran as not-Trump, asserted that all the talk … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | Tagged , | Comments Off on The Unbearable Incompetence of Mr. Biden

The Liz Cheney Affair

Posted on May 9, 2021 by Joe Benning

In 1860, on reading Darwin’s Origin of the Species, it was reported that the wife of the Bishop of Worcester said “Let is hope it is not true, but if it is, let us pray that it will not become … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off on The Liz Cheney Affair

About Those Student Loans

Posted on May 7, 2021 by Joe Benning
Posted in Politics | Comments Off on About Those Student Loans

The $6 Trillion Dollar Man

Posted on April 29, 2021 by Joe Benning

It has always been obvious to the more astute observers of the political scene that Joe Biden is a party man, a partisan hack, and not a very bright one at that. Regrettably, some people actually fell for the line … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | Tagged , | Comments Off on The $6 Trillion Dollar Man

NYU Prof Warns of Growing Leftist Authoritarianism in the West

Posted on April 21, 2021 by Joe Benning

In an interview with the Epoch Times, former NYU Professor Michael Rectenwald warns of the dangers of cancel culture and the growing authoritarianism of the Social Justice Warriors. We should take heed. JFB

Posted in Politics | Tagged , , | Comments Off on NYU Prof Warns of Growing Leftist Authoritarianism in the West

Incompetence v. Catastrophe

Posted on April 18, 2021 by Joe Benning

The Biden Administration is not (yet) a calamity, but it seems determined to get there. After all, the Administration appears to be taking a whole host of progressive policy proposals seriously, a prospect that ought to dampen the spirits of … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | Tagged , , | Comments Off on Incompetence v. Catastrophe

The Deplatforming Problem

Posted on April 13, 2021 by Joe Benning

Deplatforming has become one of the weapons of choice for the command-and-control crowd that will fight to the death for your right to agree with them. Their ability to successfully deploy this strategy depends, among other things, on their ability … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | Tagged , , | Comments Off on The Deplatforming Problem