Josh Benner

Category: Politics

  • Enemies for deserters: a botched swap

    Now! They had to do it now! The administration couldn’t waste time. Laws? THERE’S NO TIME TO FOLLOW LAWS! This hero is dying! He’s too sick, he must be released NOW! Negotiating with terrorists? We’re not negotiating with terrorists, we don’t even have time to think about what that means, we have to release him…

  • Not guilty, not surprising

    I would like to think that any reasonable person can agree that the fact that Travon Martin was fatally shot in an altercation with George Zimmerman on February 26, 2012 is truly tragic. On Saturday night, George Zimmerman was found to be not guilty. In the Trayvon Martin case, I believe that so many people…

  • Biden’s debate antics were smoke in mirrors

    As I think about last night’s vice presidential debate, part of me wonders if Biden’s goal wasn’t so much to win the debate but if it was to “not lose.” I think it’s tough to say who a clear winner was. I know many think that Biden dominated. But how? On what points did he articulate…

  • Former Ohio governor misquotes Bible, criticizes Romney

    Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney has come under fire at the Democratic National Convention for investing abroad. Yesterday, Ted Strickland, the former governor of my home state of Ohio used the Bible in his criticism of Romney. Strickland said: Mitt Romney has so little economic patriotism that even his money needs a passport. It summers…

  • Wait, so we had guns going to Mexico? Fast and Furious explained

    Photo courtesy of Flickr Creative Commons and property of the USDAgov We keep seeing reports of this “Fast and Furious” story. What are we to make of it? Guns were being sent into Mexico. The republicans want answers. The democrats view this as a witch hunt and the republicans merely playing politics. Wait a minute.…