by Eugene Darden Nicholas | Aug 27, 2016 | Culture, Drug Policy, Opinion
PART I: The People’s Juice That an individual will cheat for glory tells us nothing new or interesting about the human condition. Aristotle, The Bible, and Shakespeare told us all about it before there was a “Western World” to have a conversation...
by Peter Venetoklis | Aug 26, 2016 | Culture, Education
In a refreshingly counter-current move, the University of Chicago sent a letter to incoming freshmen informing them that the University does not do trigger warnings, safe spaces, or the disinvitation of speakers based on content or reputation. In doing so, it declares...
by Peter Venetoklis | Aug 24, 2016 | Culture, Election, Politics
For Hillary Clinton, the hits just keep on coming. The Associated Press, not exactly known for hostility directed at the Clintons, broke the story that “More than half the people outside the government who met with Hillary Clinton while she was secretary of...
by Peter Venetoklis | Aug 23, 2016 | Culture, Education, Opinion
This essay’s title, so hackneyed and obvious that it belongs on the cover of the New York Post, is a blunt assessment of the latest bit of garbage generated by one of the nation’s elite universities. It seems that Princeton University, one eighth of the...
by Peter Venetoklis | Aug 22, 2016 | Culture, Politics
As I watched American athletes win gold in both the men’s and women’s 4×400 meter relay races the other night, and as I saw them celebrate by draping American flags over their shoulders and pose for group photos while holding them proudly aloft, I...
by Peter Venetoklis | Aug 19, 2016 | Culture
As they have done with so many other words, the perpetually aggrieved have muddied the word “tolerance” and turned it into a term that agitates and divides. That sad realization came to me as I was walking around the concessions courtyard of the Nikon...
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