Author Archives: Joe Benning

It isn’t Over Until the Fat Lady Sings

Posted on January 26, 2024 by Joe Benning

After winning New Hampshire’s Republican primary, Donald Trump put on a characteristic display of magnanimity. He referred to Nikki Haley as “Birdbrain”. He proceeded to follow up by announcing on the comically misnamed “Truth Social” that any future contributors to … Continue reading →

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The Rematch

Posted on January 24, 2024 by Joe Benning

With their respective primary victories in New Hampshire last night, ex President Donald J Trump and current President Joe Biden set the stage for a rematch of their desultory 2020 election contest. Consequently the 2024 campaign will pit two of … Continue reading →

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The March for Life

Posted on January 20, 2024 by Joe Benning

Mostly they were young women. And they came by the thousands despite the cold and  wind and snow. At first it seemed like a trickle, but within an hour the trickle turned into a torrent. The Federal Triangle and Smithsonian … Continue reading →

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Trump Wins Big in Iowa

Posted on January 16, 2024 by Joe Benning

There is just no sugarcoating it. By garnering 51% of the vote, Trump won in a romp. Not only did he win, the vote totals of the two runners-up (Ron DeSantis 21% and Nikki Haley 19%), were close enough to … Continue reading →

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Useful Idiots

Posted on January 13, 2024 by Joe Benning

Ours is an age that places a great deal of emphasis on authenticity. Coupled with the inherent relativism of popular phrases like “my truth”  and “lived experience” it is meant to obliterate the idea that there is an objective reality. … Continue reading →

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The State of Play

Posted on January 10, 2024 by Joe Benning

Question: What are the serious challenges the United States currently faces? Hint: The answer does not include specifying pronouns. The answers should be more than obvious. (1) America faces perhaps the most important foreign policy challenges it has ever faced. … Continue reading →

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Free Speech

Posted on December 10, 2023 by Joe Benning

A bipartisan group of 74 Congressman urged Harvard, MIT and UPenn to dismiss their respective presidents a few days after their Congressional testimony on campus antisemitism. Representatives  Elise Stefanik (R., NY) and Jared Moskowitz (D., Fla) actually co-authored a letter … Continue reading →

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The War on the West

Posted on December 4, 2023 by Joe Benning

It seems that a lot of people view the recent explosion of antisemitic activity on the campuses of elite universities and western cities as a sort of anomaly. After all, haven’t Jews been a reliable partner in many causes dear … Continue reading →

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The Argentinian Election

Posted on November 20, 2023 by Joe Benning

The New York Times today published a fairly typical hit piece. Typical in that it does most of its work by innuendo and guilt-by-association. The object of the piece is Javier Milei, the victor in Argentina’s presidential race.  The Times … Continue reading →

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Hamas Has Declared War on the West

Posted on November 13, 2023 by Joe Benning

The savage attack Hamas launched on October 7 against Israel, like Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, was an attack on Western civilization itself.  Perhaps even more shocking than the attack on Israel has been the response of cultural elites. Across the … Continue reading →

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