by Peter Venetoklis | Feb 8, 2017 | Opinion, Politics
Trump recently dropped a couple lulus that offer stark caution to the impulse many skeptics have had to soften their concerns. In full law-and-order mode, he put forth an assertion that the murder rate is the highest it’s been in 47 years. His claim is...
by Rory Wood | Feb 4, 2017 | Economics, Politics
EDITOR’S NOTE: This guest article also appears on the Wikileaks Decrypted Blog. What do the ‘accidentally’ leaked Soros short positions tell us? The Hungarian businessman George Soros has a long history of using political influence to swing the...
by Peter Venetoklis | Feb 2, 2017 | Opinion, Politics
There’s an old Internet adage called Godwin’s Law that asserts that, if an Internet discussion goes on long enough, someone will make a Hitler reference. The time constant, i.e. the “long enough” limit, seems to have been getting shorter and...
by Peter Venetoklis | Feb 1, 2017 | Featured, Opinion, Politics
Dear Democrats. Many of you are basing declaration of figurative war against Trump’s Supreme Court nomination, Neil Gorsuch, both pre- and post- announcement, on the Senate’s failure to confirm Obama’s nomination, Merrick Garland. Some of you are...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jan 31, 2017 | Immigration, Politics
Donald Trump, proving yet again that, just when you think he’s reached the acme of outrage-inducement, gave a “these go to eleven” poke to the political beehive with his immigration ban. I disagree with the ban, for reasons I’ll go into at a...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jan 30, 2017 | Culture, Politics
Every so often, a new example of “meat” made from vegan ingredients crosses my consciousness. The latest, a vegan brisket, prompted me to ask “Why?!” Why do people who advocate veganism look to create such things? Why are scientists trying to...
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