by Peter Venetoklis | Jun 2, 2020 | Culture, Guns, Opinion, Politics
The response to the killing of George Floyd by police has morphed from protests to violence. Looting is rampant across the nation. Reports (and videos) of assaults on shopkeepers and bystanders are swamping social media. Protestors, police officers, and unlucky...
by Peter Venetoklis | May 31, 2020 | Culture, Drug Policy, Guns, Politics
The protests (warranted) and riots (unjustifiable) prompted by the horrific death of George Floyd under the knee of a police officer produce all sorts of stupidity masquerading as truth-to-power armchair wisdom. This morning, I found my email in-box loaded with half a...
by Peter Venetoklis | May 30, 2020 | Economics, Opinion, Politics, Taxation
Joe Biden was born on November 20, 1942. Donald Trump was born June 14, 1946. Barring a seismic shift in the political landscape, America’s next president will be either 78 or 74 on Inauguration Day 2021. This will be a record, breaking the previous record (that...
by Eugene Darden Nicholas | May 29, 2020 | Economics, Health, Opinion, Politics
A core mission of the World Health Organization (WHO) is to serve as the world’s pandemic alarm system. In this, it failed, badly. The cause of this failure can be traced to a common theme: the nature of bureaucracy itself. It’s a common theme on this...
by Peter Venetoklis | May 29, 2020 | Opinion, Politics
There’s an interesting thing happening in the wake of the collapse of the Mueller probe and the Russian collusion narrative. The curtains are being pulled aside, bit by bit, and we are learning of misdeeds and shenanigans at the highest levels of government and...
by Peter Venetoklis | May 16, 2020 | Economics, Health, Opinion, Politics
All over the landscape, whether it be real or virtual, the debate about re-opening the economy grows louder every day. The player-archetypes are both apparent and expected. At the extremes are the hypochondriacs and the hoaxers, and their excesses tend to drown out...
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