by Peter Venetoklis | Jan 12, 2018 | Immigration, Opinion, Politics
Today’s installment of the Trump side show is the sturm-und-drang around his alleged description of Haiti and some African nations as “shitholes,” in regard to a proposal to offer special protections for immigrants from those countries. Trump...
by Eugene Darden Nicholas | Jan 10, 2018 | Opinion, Politics
A year since the election of the Trump administration, amid florid allegations, we get a few morsels of grounded accusations from courts of law, with all appropriate evidence. Mostly: Paul Manafort, the once-head of the Trump Presidential campaign, failed to pay...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jan 9, 2018 | Opinion, Politics
A somewhat ambling text chat with a political friend yesterday coalesced around Trump, upcoming elections, and the Left’s goals and strategy – as in “What are they?” It’s easy to figure out what they’re against (anything Trump), and...
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...
by Peter Venetoklis | Dec 29, 2017 | Economics, Politics, Taxation
If I were to tell you that the loudest deficit hawks of today are Democrats, you’d probably snort your coffee. Yet that’s the bizarro-world reversal of talking points that has ensued from the passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Yes, it remains that a...
by Peter Venetoklis | Dec 26, 2017 | Culture, Opinion, Politics
Ah, the art of the meme! How to present an idea or talking point in a visual form appealing enough to cause viral propagation. Memes are visual, and thus engage our brains differently than phrases, sentences, or paragraphs do. They follow the old adage that a picture...
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