Monthly Archives: December 2019

The Moderate Mr. Biden

Posted on December 30, 2019 by Joe Benning

A lot of Democratic Party primary voters are desperately looking for a “moderate” who can beat Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders in the contest for the nomination, and then go on to beat Donald Trump in the general election. The … Continue reading →

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The Ever Changing Story

Posted on December 21, 2019 by Joe Benning

She is at it again. Nancy Pelosi, the Speaker of the House who famously said we have to pass this bill to see what’s in it, has issued a conditional “never mind” in the matter of the Trump impeachment. Consider … Continue reading →

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Progressive Failure

Posted on December 19, 2019 by Joe Benning

The current imbroglio over the impeachment of Donald J Trump, and the various investigations associated with it combine to present a text book example of why progressivism, better described as managerial socialism, is doomed to failure. Like all forms of … Continue reading →

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Climate Hysteria

Posted on December 17, 2019 by Joe Benning

The latest hysterical outbursts about climate change make two assertions: (1) that we have only 12 years before climate catastrophe is irreversible and that (2) as a result we are facing mass extinction. John Stossel recently attempted to moderate a … Continue reading →

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Mistakes Were Made

Posted on December 16, 2019 by Joe Benning

The systematic mishandling of the FBI’s investigation into the charge that candidate Trump colluded with Russia in order to win the 2016 presidential election suggests more than administrative sloppiness combined with routine government incompetence. One need not be a Trump … Continue reading →

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Landslide

Posted on December 14, 2019 by Joe Benning

Boris Johnson, who will inevitably be tagged as BoJo by the tabloids, won a huge victory in Thursday’s snap elections. When the dust settled the Tories wound up with a 78 seat majority in Parliament. Also, the Scottish Nationalist Party … Continue reading →

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Chilling Effects

Posted on December 12, 2019 by Joe Benning

CNN is reporting that “current and former FBI officials tell CNN they’re concerned that the harsh rhetoric coming from Trump and Barr has only worsened the bureau’s already tenuous standing with the President, leaving them wondering whether federal agents could … Continue reading →

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Seriously?

Posted on December 11, 2019 by Joe Benning

Rivals for the 2020 Democratic Presidential nomination Senator Elizabeth Warren (D. MA) and “Mayor Pete” Buttigieg (D. South Bend IN), have taken to firing at each other over the issue of transparency. Each is busy pretending that other has failed … Continue reading →

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Odds and Ends…12/10/2019

Posted on December 10, 2019 by Joe Benning

The most important near term test vote for U.S. Presidential politics is not the pending pre-ordained impeachment of Mr. Trump by the Democratic House, soon to be followed by acquittal by the Republican Senate. Nor is it the fast approaching … Continue reading →

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Art and Culture

Posted on December 9, 2019 by Joe Benning

Politics is downstream from culture in that politics is shaped by culture. Famous writers like George Orwell (1984), Arthur Koestler (Darkness at Noon) and Mario Vargas Llosa (The War of the End of the World) have ruminated on this and … Continue reading →

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