by Eugene Darden Nicholas | Jan 7, 2017 | Election, Politics
The Russians are coming! The Russians are coming! Rumors consume the news cycle that the Russians have stolen our electoral legitimacy, and as is typical, partisan battle lines are drawn long before a semblance of facts are in. The irony would be rich, if it did not...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jan 5, 2017 | Politics
Had I written or uttered such a phrase before November 8, 2016, most of you would have laughed your asses off and mirthfully mocked me. It is quite the oxymoron. Yet, in another example of how the election of Donald J. Trump has turned corners of the political world...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jan 4, 2017 | Culture, Election, Politics
Since I typically have a low opinion of those who have high opinions of themselves, I tend to tune out celebrities’ and artists’ political squawkings. The evidence of Trump’s election suggests that many others do, as well, and it’s typically...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jan 1, 2017 | Opinion, Politics
The desire to standup up for the disadvantaged and the oppressed is a driving force for many in the social justice movement. Consider me not too surprised, then, to bear witness to the latest bit of bizarreness in a time that’s chock-full of them: someone...
by Peter Venetoklis | Dec 31, 2016 | Culture, Opinion, Politics
Political correctness and social justice are complicated and ever-evolving movements, but they can be distilled down to a simple, Manichean dualism: You are either oppressor or oppressed. What you are depends on demographic markers: race, gender, ethnicity, sexual...
by Peter Venetoklis | Dec 28, 2016 | Election, Opinion, Politics
The defeated, in their denouement, have a choice to make. They can accept defeat with grace, or they can raze the crops, salt the field and scorch the earth. They might choose the former either to show their morality or in the hopes of a future comeback. They might...
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