by Peter Venetoklis | Jan 4, 2017 | Culture, Election, Politics
Since I typically have a low opinion of those who have high opinions of themselves, I tend to tune out celebrities’ and artists’ political squawkings. The evidence of Trump’s election suggests that many others do, as well, and it’s typically...
by Peter Venetoklis | Dec 31, 2016 | Culture, Opinion, Politics
Political correctness and social justice are complicated and ever-evolving movements, but they can be distilled down to a simple, Manichean dualism: You are either oppressor or oppressed. What you are depends on demographic markers: race, gender, ethnicity, sexual...
by Peter Venetoklis | Dec 21, 2016 | Culture, Environment
A common and long-running theme among statist big thinkers is that people are having too many babies and thereby overtaxing the planet. We first heard such negativity from Thomas Malthus nearly 250 years ago, but have yet to witness the famine and resource depletion...
by Peter Venetoklis | Dec 17, 2016 | Culture, Not Politics, Opinion
The comedian and television auteur Louis CK once observed that he didn’t let his kids onto social media, because social media lacks the immediate feedback that personal interactions provide. A kid that hurts another’s feelings face to face can instantly...
by Peter Venetoklis | Dec 15, 2016 | Culture, Opinion
Two weeks ago, an 18 year old NY Muslim woman, Yasmin Seweid, reported being attacked by three drunks who called her a terrorist and tried to steal her hijab. Today, it turns out that she fabricated the story in order to cover for being out past curfew. She is now...
by Peter Venetoklis | Dec 10, 2016 | Culture, Politics
Liberal journalist/blogger Matthew Yglesias jumped into the recent “fake news” fray with a tweet that blamed capitalism: Fake news is the natural manifestation of financial capitalism in the media industry. If he wrote “is a” instead of...
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