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Author Archives: Joe Benning
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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Are the Brains of Men and Women Different?
JFB
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Tagged John Stossel, Neuroscience, political correctness, Reason Magazine, Science
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John Stossel & Star Parker on The Lie of the Left
JFB
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Tagged christianity, left, Libertarianism, politics, public policy, religion, tradition, welfare state
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The Supposedly Moderate Mr. Biden
Former Vice President Joe Biden got into a shouting match, not unlike others he has had, with a Michigan auto worker at a campaign stop. The subject was 2nd amendment rights. Biden is being presented as Everyman, the proverbial nice … Continue reading
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Tagged 2nd Amendment, Gun Control, Joe Biden, Michigan
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Now What?
Campaign Finance Recent events have proved to be clarifying if unedifying. Michael Bloomberg did us the enormous favor of spending over $500 million in an effort to win the Democratic Presidential nomination. For his efforts he won a total of … Continue reading
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Tagged abortion politics, campaign, Chuck Schumer, Democrats, demonstration, Joe Biden, Mike Bloomberg, money in politics, President Obama, President Trump, primary, protest, Supreme Court
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What Do Democrats Believe?
A long time ago in a faraway place—the United States circa 2016–Democrats rightly criticized Republicans for tolerating Donald Trump’s appalling behavior. Despite—or maybe because of said behavior—Trump managed to squeak past Hillary Clinton in the electoral college to win the … Continue reading
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Tagged abortion politics, Ben Sasse, Democrats, Elizabeth Warren, Filibuster, policy, Republicans, Senate
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The Nanny State Strikes Again
See the video below to see the Nanny State in action. JFB
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Tagged Big Government, John Stossel, KIds, Nanny State, Parenting
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Stopping Bernie
After Mike Bloomberg imploded onstage pretty much throughout the entirety of Wednesday night’s Democratic primary debate in Nevada, panic set in among the Party establishment. Keep in mind that Bloomberg was the perfect candidate for the pooh-bahs that run the … Continue reading
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Tagged Bernie Sanders, Bloomberg, Democratic Party, Mayor Bloomberg, Nevada, President Trump, Primary Debate, Progressives, Trump
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