Monthly Archives: June 2016

Quick Hits: Terror and Trade

Posted on June 29, 2016 by Joe Benning

While at the Aspen Ideas Festival, Secretary of State John Kerry says ISIS attacked Istanbul Airport because they are desperate and know they are losing. “If you are desperate and if you know you are losing, and you know you … Continue reading →

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The Day (or Two) After Brexit

Posted on June 25, 2016 by Joe Benning

The sullen driver sits behind the wheel of his car while a policeman writes a ticket. In protest the driver points to the tree blocking his view of the Stop sign he just ran. He argues that no one was … Continue reading →

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The Progressive Attack on the Bill of Rights Continues

Posted on June 23, 2016 by Joe Benning

When the U.S. Supreme Court held in Heller (2008) that the second amendment means exactly what it says, namely that the people have a constitutional right to bear arms, it provoked a howl of outrage from progressive quarters. The intensity … Continue reading →

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Quick Hits 2

Posted on June 23, 2016 by Joe Benning

House Democrats, led by James Clyburn, seized the floor in a sit-down in violation of the rules to demand votes on proposed gun control legislation that is clearly unconstitutional. Similar legislation has already gone down to defeat in the Senate … Continue reading →

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Brexit: Will They Stay or Will They Go?

Posted on June 21, 2016 by Joe Benning

By all accounts the polls are very tight—within the margin of error—on whether Britons will vote to exit the European Union (EU) come June 23. The uncertainty has financial markets on edge and the usual cast of grandees is weighing … Continue reading →

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Donald Trump’s Alternate Reality

Posted on June 18, 2016 by Joe Benning

The panic in Republican ranks picks up steam as Trump insinuates that President Obama secretly sympathizes with ISIS. JFB

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Edmund Burke and the Trump Problem

Posted on June 18, 2016 by Joe Benning

The conventional wisdom has had it that another terrorist attack along the lines of San Bernardino would put Donald Trump in a strong position to capture the White House. But in the aftermath of the Orlando attack, Trump’s poll numbers … Continue reading →

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Enter the Libertarians

Posted on June 15, 2016 by Joe Benning

The Libertarian Party held its convention over the Memorial Day weekend and nominated credible candidates for the Presidential elections. For President they chose Gary Johnson, a 2-term Republican governor of New Mexico who served in that post from 1995 to … Continue reading →

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Quick Hits…Republican Officeholders Supporting Trump

Posted on June 12, 2016 by Joe Benning

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan said that Donald Trump’s comments about a federal judge constituted “the textbook definition of a racist comment” – but then Ryan went on to say that he would back Trump anyway.   Meanwhile Senate … Continue reading →

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Hillary Clinton Gets One Right… Well Sort of

Posted on June 4, 2016 by Joe Benning

On June 2, 2016 Hillary Clinton made a speech in San Diego that was billed as a major foreign policy address. But it wasn’t really a foreign policy address so much as an attack on Donald Trump. The attack is … Continue reading →

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