Politics

The Danger and Dishonesty of Woke Capitalism

Posted by on April 2, 2023 at 6:34 pm

“Stakeholder capitalism poisons democracy, partisan politics poisons capitalism, and in the end we are left with neither capitalism nor democracy.” — Vivek Ramaswamy, Woke, Inc. As predicted, I have another lengthy quote for you from GOP primary candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, specifically citing his book Woke, Inc.. In this section from early in the book, Ramaswamy […]

Benson Fact-Checks Trump’s Anti-DeSantis “Truth” Storm

Posted by on March 26, 2023 at 6:39 pm

“I wish my governor was 1/100th as ‘average’ as Ron!” — Twitter commenter I’ve never been blind to Trump’s shortcomings, but his recent attacks on Gov. Ron DeSantis are just sad and disappointing. Apparently, DeSantis was interviewed the other day by Piers Morgan, and Trump couldn’t help putting out a public statement in response, in […]

The Woke Industrial Leviathan

Posted by on March 19, 2023 at 6:24 pm

“The modern woke-industrial complex preys on our innermost insecurities about who we really are as individuals and as a people, by mixing morality with commercialism.” — Vivek Ramaswamy, Woke, Inc. Who the heck is Vivek Ramaswamy? Ramaswamy is a second-generation Indian-American (though I’m not sure he uses that term) who earned a biology degree from […]

An African-American Response to Bryan Cranston

Posted by on March 12, 2023 at 6:12 pm

A FB acquaintance shared this on his page the other day, and I “stole” it to share with you all. It is in response to comments made by actor Bryan Cranston (“Breaking Bad”) in an interview on CNN. I don’t know where Whitlock, a sports journalist, originally shared his “letter” — e.g., on his podcast […]

U.S. Intelligence Failures Re China: Not Just Spy Balloons

Posted by on February 26, 2023 at 7:04 pm

Sure, we all know about the recent Chinese surveillance balloon that the Biden administration finally shot down after it had collected and relayed information from across our nation. And that there have been other violations of our sovereign airspace. And… well, tempted as I am, I’m not going to delve into that whole mishegoss. But, […]

Is the War on Gas (Stoves) Real?

Posted by on February 12, 2023 at 8:10 pm

“Did you know that it’s a lot harder for the government to arbitrarily cut off your access to power if you’re using gas as opposed to electric? Or is that really the point?” — Nick Freitas, Virginia state Delegate Some on the Left are trying to convince the American public that this whole we-want-to-outlaw-gas-stoves narrative […]

Biden’s Crimes and the Loyalty of the Left

Posted by on January 24, 2023 at 9:54 pm

“[T]hey deny or downplay a mountain of misdeeds by Joe Biden, as they also did with Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, and Hillary Clinton.” — Jeff Davidson, columnist In a recent article, Jeff Davidson writes about the obvious Hollywood bias in the film She Said, about the New York Times investigation of Harvey Weinstein. The film […]

Pros and Cons of DeSantis 2024

Posted by on January 15, 2023 at 6:30 pm

“2024 is the whole enchilada, and it is too important to play it by ear. We must be strategic, and we must select the candidate most likely to win in the general. That means assessing both good points and bad points. And we must undertake the process for Donald Trump as well as his number […]

Pros and Cons of Trump 2024

Posted by on January 7, 2023 at 10:32 pm

“The fact is that Donald Trump 2024 has a reasonable chance to beat anyone the Democrats launch at him.” — Kurt Schlichter, trial lawyer/writer/commentator Last year, Kurt Schlichter wrote a few columns about likely and potential Republican candidates for U.S. President in 2024. I wanted to do a quick review of what he said about […]

Top 10 (OK, 12) Posts, 2021-2022

Posted by on January 1, 2023 at 6:31 pm

Ladies and gentlemen, it is time for a bi-annual “Top 10” list, in which I briefly preview and link to my favorite posts from this blog — this time, from 2021 and 2022. (Last such post was here.) In particular, they are typically ones in which I did more than just quote a big block […]