Gary Benoit, Author at The New American
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Follow the Leader?

“Congress must get rid of, or extend out to, perhaps, 2029, the ridiculous Debt Ceiling. Without this, we should never make a deal.” Who said that? Surely not a...

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Is the Pope Catholic?

I remember being asked that question going back to my childhood. It struck me as a silly way to respond to a question where the answer was yes —...

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The True Meaning of Thanksgiving  

There is much more to Thanksgiving than eating turkey and watching football. First and foremost, Thanksgiving is giving thanks to God. This understanding, once widespread, needs to be rekindled...

“What’s Past Is Prologue”

The above line, from Shakespeare’s The Tempest, explains as well as anything Donald Trump’s recent election-day triumph. Trump was not supposed to win last month, just as he was...

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Will RFK Jr. Make America Healthy?

Donald Trump will nominate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services and make America healthier. Americans’ collective health decline is the subject of...

No, It’s Not All About Trump

The headline on our cover is, of course, a derivative of “Make America Great Again.” That slogan is now associated with Donald Trump. But Trump was not the first...

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The Siren Song of Democracy

The word “democracy” has a nice ring to it — who would oppose majority rule? But the truth is that democracy leads to despotism, which is why the Founding...

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