by Eugene Darden Nicholas | Apr 5, 2018 | Culture, Economics, Opinion
The annals of history tell us that, across millennia, income redistribution flows upward, from the poor to the rich (like the economics of most of Africa today). The poor, today, would be better off opposing income redistribution, here and now in America, in how their...
by Peter Venetoklis | Apr 3, 2018 | Culture, Opinion, Politics
The title of this essay is, in essence, the driving force of at least the last decade’s worth of politics and social movement. Consider: Obama was elected to “transform” the nation i.e. stick it to the bitter clingers with their God, guns, and...
by Peter Venetoklis | Apr 1, 2018 | Culture, Opinion, Politics
Thomas Jefferson wrote “that all men … are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” These are, indeed, unalienable (or inalienable, in modern spelling) rights, i.e....
by Peter Venetoklis | Mar 30, 2018 | Culture, Drug Policy, Economics, Politics
A tidbit found in a Reason.com article about the unintended consequences of War on Drugs tactics illustrates both the vapidity and destructiveness of “show-off” responses to societal issues. An effort to tackle cocaine use included an initiative to pay...
by Peter Venetoklis | Mar 25, 2018 | Culture, Guns, Opinion, Politics
Or… Giving Away The Rights They Don’t Think Matter Yesterday, protestors marched all over the world to protest gun violence and demand more gun control be imposed on America’s citizens. These marches, led by the young, captured national headlines...
by Peter Venetoklis | Mar 10, 2018 | Culture, Opinion, Politics
A few weeks ago, “The View” co-star Joy Behar mocked Vice President Mike Pence’s Christian beliefs, and in particular the idea that God speaks to him: “It’s one thing to talk to Jesus, it’s another thing when Jesus talks to you. … That’s...
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