by Peter Venetoklis | Nov 16, 2016 | Election, Opinion, Politics
Wall Street Journal columnist Bret Stephens summed up my current attitude towards President-Elect Trump: “It should be a rule in democracies that candidates for high office should be judged guilty till proven innocent, while the winners deserve to be held...
by Peter Venetoklis | Nov 14, 2016 | Culture, Election, Opinion, Politics
Safety pins? Seriously? Has the Left collectively turned its brain off? In case some of you aren’t paying attention to the social justice scene, I’m referring to the latest bit of virtue signaling embraced by liberals i.e the wearing of safety pins, as...
by Peter Venetoklis | Nov 13, 2016 | Opinion, Politics
Political campaigns, like advertising campaigns, can live and die with slogans, sound bites and catch-phrases. They also, increasingly, engage in battles over the meanings of particular words and phrases. Consider the argument over what Bernie Sanders’...
by Peter Venetoklis | Nov 12, 2016 | Election, Politics
Like Opening Day of the baseball season, like the first weekend of the NFL season, the transition period between presidents is where we can embrace our highest hopes. Unlike sports, however, where acknowledgment that our team just doesn’t have the chops to win...
by Peter Venetoklis | Nov 11, 2016 | Election, Politics
The historic milestone election of Barack Obama eight years ago was not just about breaking the ultimate color barrier in America. It was the elevation of an almost messianic figure in the eyes of many. It was about starry-eyed “Hope and Change,” it was...
by Peter Venetoklis | Nov 10, 2016 | Election, Politics
That Donald Trump’s surprise victory on Election day elicited shock, disbelief, anger, tearful sadness and hyperbolic proclamations of the demise of the republic is no surprise. That the follow-up to these initial reactions is saturated with rage and equally...
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