by Peter Venetoklis | Sep 22, 2016 | Election, Politics
Hillary Clinton recently claimed, in rather incendiary language, that ISIS would rather have Trump elected President than her. Her suggested reason is that Trump will be a “a recruiting sergeant for the terrorists.” This is both too clever by half and...
by Peter Venetoklis | Sep 21, 2016 | Election, Opinion, Politics
As sure as water is wet, a presidential election trots out the “wasted vote” bullies. Any time someone declares intent to vote for a minor party candidate, a demonic chorus of dyspeptic partisans chants a hymnal full of of hackneyed hosannas in response....
by Peter Venetoklis | Sep 15, 2016 | Health, Politics
Conventional wisdom has, for decades, informed us that foods high in cholesterol increase our blood cholesterol levels. As it turned out, conventional wisdom is wrong. Not for the first time, and not for the last. We shouldn’t be distressed by this. It is the...
by Peter Venetoklis | Sep 10, 2016 | Culture, Election, Politics
Stories about people’s Trump signs and placards being stolen have become so common that only the ones with “bonus” features are bothering to register in the zeitgeist nowadays. One man electrified his signs after seven were stolen and after video...
by Peter Venetoklis | Sep 8, 2016 | Economics, Health, Politics
The attached graphic crossed my browser screen today. As you can see, it’s an OMG BIG PHARMA IS EVIL graphic from the Bernie Sanders camp. It asserts that a particular drug is four times more expensive in America than it is in three nations that have socialized...
by Peter Venetoklis | Sep 4, 2016 | Opinion, Politics
A wonderful quote appeared in my newsfeed the other morning: Progress cannot be plotted and blueprinted in advance; that is why it is progress. It reminded me of an anecdote from my engineering days. In an all-hands meeting regarding the technology project I was...
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