by Peter Venetoklis | Jul 18, 2020 | Culture, Economics, Health, Opinion, Politics
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the third of a recurring (and likely irregular) series of quick-hits. Because, not everything needs a thousand words. Thanks for reading! An Odd Hill A few readers took umbrage at my use of salty language in asking (yes, asking, I made no...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jul 15, 2020 | Culture, Health, Opinion, Politics
Have you noticed that our dear leaders have been all over the map regarding the wearing of masks or face coverings as part of the public response to the COVID-19 pandemic? Yeah, me too. First, masks were useless. Turns out that was a lie meant to ensure that...
by Eugene Darden Nicholas | Jul 12, 2020 | Culture, Economics, Health, Opinion, Politics
The CHOP (Capital Hill Occupation Protest) in Seattle, has come and gone (to the surprise of no one). What can be learned? Mainly: The United States of America is actually the most socialist country in the world (the voluntary variant of socialism, that is). Until...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jun 5, 2020 | Guns, Health, Politics
The riots (and more germanely, the looting) that have come to dominate the George Floyd story have added to a societal paradigm shift initiated by the COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing lockdowns. People’s easy complacency about daily life is being shattered, and...
by Eugene Darden Nicholas | Jun 4, 2020 | Culture, Health, Politics
I have friends in the NYPD who describe to me constantly being approached by “youths” that make a finger gun at them and say something like “turn your back on me, piggie, and see what you get.” A lot of the cops have strapped on extra guns...
by Eugene Darden Nicholas | May 29, 2020 | Economics, Health, Opinion, Politics
A core mission of the World Health Organization (WHO) is to serve as the world’s pandemic alarm system. In this, it failed, badly. The cause of this failure can be traced to a common theme: the nature of bureaucracy itself. It’s a common theme on this...
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