by Peter Venetoklis | Aug 6, 2021 | Health, Opinion, Politics
Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves. — William Pitt The Younger Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program -– Milton Friedman So this is how liberty dies…...
by Peter Venetoklis | Aug 2, 2021 | Health, Opinion, Politics
As the Delta variant of COVID-19 wends its way through the populace, our alarmist class feels the standard twitch-reflex of those who wield power, i.e. “DO SOMETHING!” It is spurred on by those in the electorate who allow themselves to be driven by the...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jul 31, 2021 | Economics, Opinion, Politics
Trump was right. Yes, that’s a cheap ploy to capture your attention, no matter if you love the guy, hate his guts, are sick and tired of all things Trump, or fall somewhere in between the poles of that triangular spectrum. What was he right about?...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jul 28, 2021 | Culture, Opinion, Politics
I recently dubbed “great” the it-word of the day. That proclamation served my thoughts of that moment, but does short shrift to the tomes worth of other it-words and phrases that relentlessly assault our eyes and ears in these modern, turbulent times. One...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jul 27, 2021 | Culture, Opinion, Politics
A couple decades back, I briefly dated a British woman who, in a political conversation whose specific subject is lost to memory, voiced the phrase: Because we’re smarter than they are. That, as opposed to the particulars of our discussion, seared itself in my...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jul 24, 2021 | Culture, Economics, Immigration, Opinion, Politics
Day in and day out, I’m informed that America’s leftists (they are not liberals, and I shall no longer soil that word by association) are not Marxist, or communists, or old-school socialists, or even fascists. Day in and day out, I’m scolded about...
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