by Eugene Darden Nicholas | May 1, 2017 | Politics
Part 1 – On The One Hand…. The phrase, “Make the world safe for Democracy,” Shakespearean in its ubiquity in America’s philosophical framework on foreign policy, sincere and cynical, wise and reckless, was President Woodrow Wilson’s...
by Peter Venetoklis | Apr 30, 2017 | Culture, Opinion, Politics
This week, the streaming network Hulu premieres its original adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s best-selling novel The Handmaid’s Tale. The novel, a dystopian near-future tale about an America that has descended into theocratic patriarchy, reflected fear...
by Peter Venetoklis | Apr 29, 2017 | Election, Politics
The 100th day of a new administration is always considered symbolic, a time for assessment and retrospection. Today, Trump’s 100th day, and by extension the 100th day of the current incarnation of one-party governance, it’s worth noting that, once again,...
by Peter Venetoklis | Apr 17, 2017 | Politics
Sharyl Atkisson, an investigative journalist formerly of CBS News, compiled this timeline of events and instances regarding government surveillance of Americans during the Obama years. Read it. Consider the high hopes that came in with Obama. Consider the long history...
by Peter Venetoklis | Apr 15, 2017 | Culture, Politics
Recently, as part of the seemingly endless war in Afghanistan, the US military dropped a massive, 22,000 lb munition on an ISIS tunnel complex. The munition, formally named GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB), but happily dubbed “Mother Of All...
by Peter Venetoklis | Apr 10, 2017 | Culture, Politics
Hollywood wunderkind and vocal anti-Trump activist Joss Whedon offered up a lulu of a tweet a couple days ago, where he suggested that the reported kidnapping and murder of a number of gay men by authorities in Chechnya is a prelude of what will happen in America if...
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