by Peter Venetoklis | Jun 10, 2016 | Culture, Politics
Consider the word “liberal.” Nowadays, in America, calling one’s self a liberal conveys certain information with regard to political and social beliefs. Average folks in normal conversation will have a pretty consistent understanding of what the word...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jun 8, 2016 | Culture, Drug Policy
Today’s New York Post offered an article blaring the headline American women are more obese than ever before, which noted that 40% of American women are overweight. I had to dig into the source material to find the historical data to discover what more obese...
by Peter Venetoklis | May 30, 2016 | Culture, Drug Policy, Health
The nation is in the midst of an opioid painkiller epidemic. At least, that’s what we’re being told by a hyperventilating press and a passel of politicians. If you want to cut through the chaff to some facts, start with this article over at Reason and then...
by Peter Venetoklis | May 26, 2016 | Culture, Opinion
I recently had a fun little argument with a couple Italian friends about pasta and pizza. It started out with a post about one friend’s horror at taking someone to a good Italian restaurant only to witness him order spaghetti and meatballs. A dish that, I have...
by Peter Venetoklis | May 23, 2016 | Culture
Much is made today of “cultural appropriation,” the act of emulating styles, behaviors, language, cuisine, etc that are rooted in or traditionally associated with other cultures. It’s the latest battlefield of the social justice warriors, who went so...
by Peter Venetoklis | May 18, 2016 | Culture, Opinion
A poster in a political page I follow shared an article about vocational training today. It fits into the on-going story line regarding the lack of trades-skilled workers, the educational shift away from anything “manual,” and the long-running and...
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