by Eugene Darden Nicholas | Jul 23, 2019 | Culture, Drug Policy, Politics, Taxation
Prevalent in the Presidential debates was publicity over “The Talk” candidate Bill De Blasio’s had to have with his son Dante. The Mayor needed to warn his mixed-race, African-looking son of the dangers of an encounter with his own NYPD. Evidently,...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jul 23, 2019 | Culture, Opinion
My recent post about Trump’s tweet aimed at the four freshmen congresswomen now dubbed ‘the squad’ began as a musing on the nature of equality and racism in our society today. As J.R.R. Tolkien commented, the “tale grew in the telling,”...
by Karl Wright | Jul 22, 2019 | Culture, Opinion, Politics
I was given a very informative assignment this weekend: specifically, reading up on the newest definition of racism that is popular in left-wing circles. You may be familiar with the previous definition of racism, which is often abbreviated as “racism =...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jul 22, 2019 | Culture, Opinion, Politics
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is an opinion piece I came across, years ago. It is written about a specific topic, described in the title, but the value of the article FAR transcends the “metal scene” in its insightful history, explanation, and analysis of...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jul 21, 2019 | Culture, Opinion, Politics
Half a century ago, President Lyndon Johnson decided that he would make the Democratic Party the champion of minorities and the oppressed. In doing so, he upended the party’s long history and broke with the segregationists in its ranks. He was successful, at...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jul 20, 2019 | Culture, Election, Politics
Presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg, seeking to pander as hard as the rest of his clown-van cohorts, recently played the race card in an interview on NPR. Namely, he asserted that: Systemic racism [is] all around us. It’s the air we breathe. I’m struck...
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