by Peter Venetoklis | May 27, 2015 | Culture, Health, Politics
There’s a meme bouncing around the political blogosphere that says we need to demand the minimum wage be raised because Walmart. The rationale goes like this: The government provides various safety nets regarding health care and other basics, including programs...
by Peter Venetoklis | May 22, 2015 | Culture, Health
I’d like to propose an effort to disseminate some critical, woefully under-reported information about a dangerous chemical substance that many of us consume daily. Given the power of petitions and the heed that combined voices are given by politicians,...
by Peter Venetoklis | May 16, 2015 | Culture, Opinion, Politics
It was announced yesterday that the jury considering the penalty for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the recently convicted Boston Marathon bomber, elected to sentence him to death. The reaction I’ve read on social media has been overwhelmingly favorable, with many...
by Peter Venetoklis | May 15, 2015 | Culture
Late last year, Rolling Stone magazine published a story written by Sabrina Rubin Erdely, titled “A Rape On Campus,” that described how a woman, identified as “Jackie,” was raped by several members of a fraternity at the University of Virginia...
by Peter Venetoklis | May 5, 2015 | Culture
There was a shooting yesterday in Garland Texas. Two men who were allegedly offended by an intentionally provocative “Draw Mohammed” event showed up at that event with body armor, rifles and murderous intent. They exchanged fire with police and security,...
by Peter Venetoklis | Apr 1, 2015 | Culture, Politics
Buried within the hyperventilating about Indiana’s recently enacted religious freedom law – a law that says (per USA Today): the government cannot “substantially burden” a person’s ability to follow their religious beliefs, unless it can...
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