by Peter Venetoklis | Sep 3, 2018 | Culture, Not Politics, Opinion
Ever miss an exit on the highway? Doesn’t it seem that the few minutes it takes to go to the next exit, cross over, find the on-ramp in the other direction, and get back to where you should have turned off in the first place seems like an eternity? Not just an...
by Peter Venetoklis | Aug 28, 2018 | Culture, Opinion, Politics
I suppose it was inevitable that political controversy would accompany the death of Senator John McCain. Even excluding the sloppy, inartful, but “why are you surprised” White House flag-lowering bit, news and social media outlets are awash in people...
by Peter Venetoklis | Aug 20, 2018 | Culture, Opinion, Politics
Have you ever written a product review on Amazon? Ever clicked a rating button on Rotten Tomatoes, or IMDb, or Netflix? Ever banged out a song, book, or movie review on iTunes? Added to Wikipedia? Commented on a news or opinion article? Given a purchase feedback on...
by Peter Venetoklis | Aug 10, 2018 | Culture, Environment, Opinion, Politics
In the movie that put him on the Hollywood map, Matt Damon, as “Good” Will Hunting, lambasted a Harvard pseudo-intellectual for reading “the wrong ***ing books.” He then proceeds to inject garbage politics into the movie by citing Howard...
by Peter Venetoklis | Aug 5, 2018 | Culture, Opinion
Back in the early 90s, I worked with a young female engineer who was a hard-core feminist and heavily involved in NOW (the National Organization for Women). We got to be friends, and she gave me a lot of insight into the movement. At the time, the rule seemed to be...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jul 31, 2018 | Culture, Economics, Health
Another summer day, another kid’s lemonade stand gets shut down by the government. This time, in upstate New York, where a 7 year old and his dad had the temerity to undercut the prices posted by vendors at a fair. Somebody narced out the kid, the health...
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