by Peter Venetoklis | Oct 15, 2016 | Culture, Education, Opinion
I caught a recent interview between magician Penn Jillette and libertarian journalist Nick Gillespie (and broke my no-listening rule because I wanted to hear Penn’s thoughts on Trump, given his extensive first-hand contact with him). The interview ranges far and...
by Peter Venetoklis | Oct 13, 2016 | Culture, Politics
Pop quiz. What do gun control, Planned Parenthood, and the minimum wage have in common? Got an answer? Now, add pot prohibition to the list. Does that change your answer? The essay title, of course, gave the answers away. The first three are high priority issues for...
by Peter Venetoklis | Oct 2, 2016 | Culture, Opinion
A chess tournament may seem an odd place to find a cautionary tale about political correctness and appeasement, yet the World Chess Federation’s upcoming tournament in Iran offers just that. Since Iran requires all women, including foreigners and non-Muslims, to...
by Peter Venetoklis | Sep 20, 2016 | Culture, Immigration, Opinion
This past weekend brought us yet more reminders of the stark realities of radical Islam. In St. Cloud, Minnesota, eight people were stabbed by a Somali man who made references to Allah. In New York, a bomb exploded in a dumpster in Chelsea, injuring 29 people. Another...
by Peter Venetoklis | Sep 18, 2016 | Culture, Guns, Opinion
An American woman set a record at this year’s Olympic games. She became the first woman and the first summer Olympian to medal in six consecutive Olympics. Only one other athlete in the entire history of the Games has matched this feat (an Italian man who...
by Peter Venetoklis | Sep 14, 2016 | Culture, Election
In reading a defense of Hillary Clinton’s “deplorables” statement, I came across an interesting argument. The author, Jonathan Chait (who self-identifies as a “liberal hawk”), noted that: A plurality of Republicans supported Trump’s claim...
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