by Peter Venetoklis | Oct 8, 2019 | Opinion, Politics
It should be a difficult thing to go to war. The decision to engage the nation’s military in a conflict, where death and destruction are not only certain, but the actual goal, should never be taken lightly or casually. And, I’m sure that our leaders, past...
by Peter Venetoklis | Oct 4, 2019 | Politics
People, in general, prefer easier over more difficult, even if the former doesn’t align with their job or their values. People that work for the government are no different than you and I in this regard. The latest example is found in a letter from Attorney...
by Peter Venetoklis | Oct 3, 2019 | Politics
50 States. Such a nice, round number. Even makes for a good looking flag. Sure, the WWII-era 48-state flag offers a greater appeal to the rectilinearly-obsessed, but the 6-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6 array has both symmetry and artistic appeal. 50 States also gives us 100...
by Peter Venetoklis | Oct 2, 2019 | Economics, Politics
Almost every day, I read a story of another restaurant forced to close its doors due to a minimum wage increase. None of these stories, however, seem to penetrate the progressive zeitgeist, as evinced by the near-universal support for a national $15 minimum wage (or...
by Peter Venetoklis | Sep 28, 2019 | Culture, Guns, Opinion, Politics, Taxation
A friend shared a meme today. “Jamie,” sporting a hammer-and-sickle next to her name, posits a question about magically solving hunger, climate change, and broken homes by curtailing millionaires’ and billionaires’ power and money, and dares...
by Peter Venetoklis | Sep 27, 2019 | Election, Opinion, Politics
The Bible tells us that “there is nothing new under the sun,” and indeed that adage is reflected in the world around us. Pop culture tells us the same stories time and again, stories that themselves are rooted in tropes, i.e. ‘commonly recurring...
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