by Peter Venetoklis | Jan 5, 2021 | Culture, Opinion, Politics
We find, in many religions and the lore of many cultures, unusual beings, beasts, and creatures. Considered from a secular viewpoint, these translate into archetypes, to be either emulated or shunned. In contemporary pop culture, many are often adapted into fantasy...
by Eugene Darden Nicholas | Jan 4, 2021 | Election, Opinion, Politics
Last month, the Supreme Court refused to take up a challenge to Pennsylvania’s voting process put forth by Texas, a decision I roundly criticized. That decision is, I fear, even worse than originally posited, with the country breaking at the seams, culturally,...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jan 4, 2021 | Culture, Election, Opinion, Politics
The New York Post runs a “Career Coach” column every monday, wherein a couple readers’ letters are answered. This week, the column included a letter from someone who works for a recruiting firm, who noted that his boss instructed him not to refer any...
by Eugene Darden Nicholas | Dec 26, 2020 | Election, Opinion, Politics
One rarely hears “frivolous lawsuit” and “Supreme Court of the United States” spoken together, yet that is the position we find ourselves in. The President’s lawyers promised to “unleash the Kraken” of proof of widespread...
by Peter Venetoklis | Dec 23, 2020 | Culture, Health, Opinion, Politics
A COVID-19 vaccine arrived, a product of human ingenuity motivated by crisis. In months, not years. Then, a second. Soon, a third. And, now, the politics. It was inevitable that there’d be debates about who should get immunized first. In a rational society, the...
by Peter Venetoklis | Dec 22, 2020 | Culture, Economics, Election, Health, Opinion, Politics, Taxation
Many of us have a bipolar relationship with social media. On the one hand, I think it’ll go down in history as a horribly corrosive influence on human interaction and cultural advancement. On the other hand, it offers us the opportunity to “meet” and...
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