by Peter Venetoklis | Apr 30, 2020 | Economics, Environment, Opinion, Politics
Political filmmaker Michael Moore’s new movie Planet of the Humans contains a refreshing bit of honesty: that wind and solar are not the enviro-panacea that greens, carbon-haters, climate catastrophists, and various other enviro-fetishists have long claimed....
by Peter Venetoklis | Apr 24, 2020 | Health, Opinion, Politics
We will learn many lessons, in the coming months, from the COVID-19 pandemic. While I have been circumspect in drawing hasty or premature conclusions, in believing particular models or projections, or in concluding whether Policy A or B or C has been good or...
by Peter Venetoklis | Apr 21, 2020 | Health, Opinion, Politics
The COVID-19 lockdown has driven many of us into the waiting arms of Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, and other streaming services, as we seek replacements for our social gathering habits. My current binge is the new season of Bosch on Amazon Prime, which premiered this...
by Peter Venetoklis | Apr 20, 2020 | Economics, Health, Opinion, Politics
Thomas Mann, writer, philanthropist, social critic, and Nobel Laureate, told us, nearly a century ago, that “everything is politics.” COVID-19 and the response to it are no exception. I have little doubt that every action taken in response to the pandemic...
by Peter Venetoklis | Apr 7, 2020 | Culture, Health, Opinion
Some friends and I have been jokingly wondering about how the anti-vaxx crowd will react when a COVID-19 vaccine becomes available. My bet is that most will continue their baseless and histrionic caterwauling (if you didn’t know my opinion on the matter, you do...
by Peter Venetoklis | Apr 4, 2020 | Culture, Economics, Opinion, Politics
I’ve been taking my own advice, and doing my darnedest to avoid proffering half-baked opinions on the Coronavirus matter, a matter that’s producing new (and often conflicting) information every day. There are, however, countless others who are seizing on...
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