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- AI and the Wiki Wars April 11, 2026The Wikipedia knowledge monopoly is not ready for the Grokipedia threat.Russell T. Warne
- Foreign Power, Local Politics April 9, 2026Where local collaboration is absent, foreign intervention imposes enormous costs or simply stalls. Where it exists, intervention can succeed with surprising velocity.Pablo Policzer
- Podcast #333: The Search for Truth April 9, 2026Managing Editor Iona Italia talks to Michael Shermer, the author of a number of works on critical thinking, epistemology, and ethics, about his new book, 'Truth: What It Is, How to Find It, and Why It Still Matters.'Quillette
- AI and the Wiki Wars April 11, 2026
- Jay Nordlinger
- ‘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
An Interview with Peter Thiel
Peter Theil, a famously successful technology investor, is the founder of PayPal and the first outsider to take a stake of Facebook. He eventually sold PayPal in 2002 to eBay for $1.5 Billion and later sold his 10.2% stake in … Continue reading
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Tagged Hoover Institution, Peter Thiel, Philosophy, politics
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Ben Sasse Interviewed by Peter Robinson
In the video below Peter Robinson of the Hoover Institution interviews Senator Ben Sasse (R,NE) about his latest book, entitled “The Vanishing American Adult”. In 2016 Sasse announced that he would not support Donald Trump for President if he won … Continue reading
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Kim Strassel on the Coronavirus, the Media and Donald Trump
Kim Strassel, an unapologetic defender of capitalism, is a Princeton educated author and journalist who writes for the editorial page of the Wall Street Journal. In the video below she is interviewed by Peter Robinson of the Hoover Institution. It is … Continue reading
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Tagged coronavirus, COVID19, economy, Hoover Institution, Kim Strassel, lockdown, Peter Robinson, politics, public policy, Trump, Wall Street Journal, WSJ
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A Conversation with Dr. Jay Bhattacharya
Dr. Jay Bhattacharya is a Professor of Medicine at Stanford University. He is also a PhD economist and research associate at at the National Bureau of Economic Research and a senior fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research. … Continue reading
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Tagged Covid-19, Hoover Institution, Medicine, public policy, Stanford
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Joe Biden: Super Hero
It is hard to imagine that anyone could figure out a way to be more juvenile and petty than Donald J. Trump. But the Democrats have managed to do it. They are going to blame the COVID19 crisis on Donald … Continue reading
What Do We Really Know about COVID-19?
A fascinating conversation between Reason Magazine’s Nick Gillespie and Science Correspondent Ron Bailey. See below. JFB
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Tagged Corona Virus, Covid-19, Libertarianism, Nick Gillespie, pandemic, Public Health, public policy, Reason Magazine, Ron Bailey, Science
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Why is there a Shortage of Medical Equipment to Fight COVID-19?
Gary Becker, a Nobel Prize winning economist from the University of Chicago was once asked what government’s mainly produces. “Lines” he replied. So here we are in March 2020 with the economy screeching to a halt and citizens staying in … Continue reading
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Tagged bureaucracy, Corona Virus, Covid-19, health care, John Stossel, pandemic, Red Tape, video
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Democrats are Behaving Disgracefully
For the second time in 2 days the Democratic caucus in the Senate voted unanimously (except for Doug Jones, D. AL) to refuse to allow a vote by the full Senate on a $2 trillion bill designed to cushion the … Continue reading
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Tagged Chuck Schumer, Congress, COVOD-19, Democrats, emergency, Financial Markets, Senate
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Judge Napolitano on Teddy Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson and the Constitutional Order
With each passing day the failure of the welfare state to accomplish its stated objectives becomes more and more obvious. Needless to say failure hasn’t dimmed progressive enthusiasm for the politics of command and control. The progressive project, still lauded … Continue reading
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Tagged Constitution, freedom, Judge Napolitano, Libertarianism, Nanny State, Nick Gillespie, Reason Magazine, Teddy Roosevelt, welfare state, Woodrow Wilson
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The Narrative
One of the more disheartening developments in what we laughingly call public debate has been the extraordinary emphasis placed on “the narrative”. The whole point of “the narrative” is issue framing. Instead of facts like who, what, where, why and … Continue reading
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Tagged CDC, Corona Virus, Covid-19, emergency, health care, narrative, politics, President Trump, Reason Magazine, virus
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