by Peter Venetoklis | Jan 31, 2021 | Culture, Economics
As is probably true for most Internet surfers, I sometimes go “on safari” on the Web, letting my nose and the various algorithms take me where they will. Sometimes, those safaris do nothing more than kill time. Other times, though, I intersect something...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jan 26, 2021 | Culture, Education, Opinion, Politics
While looking for the exact wording of a Stalin quote, I found this nugget on a Wikipedia page: [E]specially in Stalin’s Soviet Union, Mao’s China and Pol Pot’s Cambodia, a fanatical certainty that socialism could be made to work motivated communist...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jan 25, 2021 | Culture, Opinion, Politics
I’m sure you’ve heard it time and again: Biden and his people asserting that they’re going to ‘follow the science’ and ‘listen to the experts’ in setting policy and making decisions. To those who’ve been paying...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jan 24, 2021 | Culture, Economics, Opinion
Two headlines caught my eye this morning: “Why Vaccines Alone Will Not End The Pandemic” – The New York Times “COVID-19 will likely be with us forever. Here’s how we’ll live with it.” – National Geographic Both articles...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jan 22, 2021 | Culture, Election, Immigration, Opinion, Politics
Biden inaugurated his presidency with a bang, or more aptly, a torrent of executive orders, and in doing so, established a particular tone of governance. Sad to say, it’s not what I had hoped, although I can’t even remotely say I’m surprised. First...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jan 16, 2021 | Culture, Election, Opinion, Politics
There was a man, of libertarian leanings, who found that he enjoyed talking politics. His business being business, he was a subscriber to the Wall Street Journal, and in time found himself drawn to the editorials published daily therein. He soon discovered that the...
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