by Peter Venetoklis | Aug 18, 2016 | Culture, Economics, Politics
A recent “bottom story of the day” illustrated a fundamental inefficiency of large organizations and, by extension why government spending is so difficult to manage. The story, about how the US Department of Agriculture is going to hold a...
by Peter Venetoklis | Aug 17, 2016 | Culture, Immigration, Opinion, Politics
Today’s head-scratching moment is brought to you by the Board of Fire Commissioners of Arlington, NY. Under the lamest of excuses, they ordered that several American flags that had been recently attached to the town fire trucks to be removed. They dubbed them a...
by Peter Venetoklis | Aug 16, 2016 | Culture, Election, Immigration, Politics
A tip of my hat to Donald Trump. He dared name that which must not be named. He dared to point out the obvious: that Radical Islam is antithetical to women, gays, Jews and Christians. He dared tread where the Left has refused. He ranked women, gays, and non-Muslim...
by Peter Venetoklis | Aug 12, 2016 | Culture, Immigration, Opinion
The civil war in Syria and the constant flux in the territory across Syria, Iraq and Turkey that is controlled by ISIS have gone on long enough to suggest that the “known” borders of those nations are destined for the dustbin of history. This new reality...
by Peter Venetoklis | Aug 9, 2016 | Culture, Guns, Opinion
The first feel-good story to come out of this year’s Olympics is that of 19 year old Ginny Thrasher, who won the first gold medal of the games. Thrasher, you see, won her medal in a very un-PC sport: shooting. Specifically, she won in 10 meter air rifle, which...
by Peter Venetoklis | Aug 8, 2016 | Culture, Environment
The Zika virus outbreak, coinciding with the start of the Olympics in Brazil, reminded me of a simple fact that humanity has known for thousands of years. It’s best summarized as: Mother Nature Wants To Kill You The history of human civilization has been one of...
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