by Peter Venetoklis | Oct 2, 2018 | Culture, Education, Opinion
I’m a semi-closeted fan of Antiques Road Show. I rarely have reason to talk about it, and don’t typically plan my schedule to view it, but if I’m channel surfing in the evenings (that’s showing my age – do young people even know of...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jul 6, 2018 | Culture, Economics, Education, Opinion, Politics
In the original illegal cross-country car race movie, The Gumball Rally, the Italian race car driver Franco, played with grand scenery-chewing excess by Raul Julia, informed the owner of the iconic Ferrari Daytona of “the first rule of Italian driving.”...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jul 5, 2018 | Culture, Economics, Education, Opinion, Politics, Taxation
I recently mentioned Jerry Seinfeld’s fun little series Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee as a prelude and “inspiration” for a discussion about the Left’s tolerance of some forms of prejudice. That same episode, featuring Bill Maher as a guest,...
by Peter Venetoklis | Apr 19, 2018 | Education, Guns, Politics
On this day, 243 years ago, the Battles of Lexington and Concord were fought. “The Shot Heard Round The World,” made legend by Ralph Waldo Emerson, was fired on that fateful day, and the American Revolution was underway. What was that day about? Why was...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jan 27, 2018 | Culture, Education, Opinion, Politics
I’ve been binge-watching an old British television series called MI-5 (or Spooks, depending where you are). One episode I watched last night, late in Season 4 (or Series 4, to use British nomenclature) included a character that was an old, unrepentant Cold War...
by Peter Venetoklis | Dec 30, 2017 | Culture, Education, Opinion, Politics
I recently had the chance to watch Blade Runner 2049, the sequel to Ridley Scott’s 1982 science fiction masterpiece Blade Runner, which in turn was based on a short story by science fiction writer Phillip K. Dick. I’m a fan of the original movie, and I...
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