by Peter Venetoklis | Apr 14, 2019 | Health, Immigration, Opinion, Politics
The gaggle of geese that is the current slate of Democratic presidential hopefuls has, with rare exception, been honking a far-left, progressive fantasy list of policy ideas in unison, or perhaps in round, in obeisance to the ironically-named Justice Democrats led by...
by Peter Venetoklis | Feb 16, 2019 | Immigration, Opinion, Politics
Much hay was made about how Nancy Pelosi got the better of Trump when he agreed to end the government shut-down a few weeks ago without getting his wall money. That was a bit premature, since all they did was kick the can down the road a couple weeks. It’s now a...
by Peter Venetoklis | Feb 15, 2019 | Culture, Environment, Immigration, Opinion, Politics
An article over at Forbes attempts to answer the question “why don’t greens and progressives embrace nuclear power as a solution to global warming?” Some who actually think about things do, but they are few, and they are typically ignored. The...
by Peter Venetoklis | Nov 26, 2018 | Culture, Economics, Immigration, Opinion, Politics, Taxation
In some of the (many) arguments about socialism in which I’ve engaged, its defenders point at the successes of communes and kibbutzes as “proof” that socialism can work and as a refutation to my assertion that it is always doomed to fail. There are...
by Peter Venetoklis | Nov 25, 2018 | Economics, Immigration
Some time ago, I used to argue that the Right’s focus on illegals was misplaced (to put it mildly). Of course, that fell on deaf ears – nothing seemed to wind GOPers up more than the illegal “problem,” and I eventually gave up (mostly) spitting...
by Peter Venetoklis | Nov 25, 2018 | Immigration, Opinion, Politics
Talk to a present-day GOP die-hard about issues, and pay attention to the emotional level associated with each. Run the gamut of today’s big issues, and gauge the fervor behind each response. I’ll bet dollars to doughnuts that, in most cases, you’ll...
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