by Peter Venetoklis | Sep 9, 2020 | Culture, Economics
My morning news perusals brought me a nifty little snippet from the increasingly moribund Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), an organization seemingly unable to balance its reliance on the masses to which it provides entertainment against the giant...
by Peter Venetoklis | Aug 31, 2020 | Culture, Opinion
Back in 2014, a “writer, editor, and agitator” named Vicky Osterweil wrote an essay titled “In Defense of Looting,” and published it during the unrest following the death-by-cop of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri (for the record, the local...
by Peter Venetoklis | Aug 29, 2020 | Culture, Economics, Health, Politics, Taxation
A long-running hallmark of progressive politics is urban planning – the idea that the Best-and-Brightest (TM) should organize our physical lives in a fashion that advances certain goals. Those goals are purported to include efficiency, environmental stewardship,...
by Eugene Darden Nicholas | Aug 28, 2020 | Culture, Opinion, Politics
The aftermath of George Floyd’s death under the knee of a police officer has cast a much-needed light on over-policing in our communities. The philosophical basis for that over-policing is the “broken windows” theory, which holds that degradation in...
by Peter Venetoklis | Aug 19, 2020 | Culture, Health, Opinion, Politics
Every morning I wake up, holding my breath while I turn on my phone to see the latest news. I think to myself, ‘It can’t be worse than yesterday.’ But when the news loads, I think, ‘Ohhhhh, yes, it is worse.’ Thus spake Barbra Streisand,...
by Peter Venetoklis | Aug 19, 2020 | Culture, Opinion, Politics
Ponder the meme above. What do you see? Is it violent and thuggish government agents dispersing a peaceful protest? Or is it properly equipped law enforcement officers protecting individual and property rights from a violent mob? The meme’s author is looking to...
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