by Peter Venetoklis | May 21, 2019 | Environment, Politics
New York State, helmed by a governor hell-bent on demonstrating his progressive-green bona fides, is propelling itself head-long into a wholly avoidable energy crisis. Con Edison and National Grid, the suppliers of natural gas service to the city and its suburbs, have...
by Peter Venetoklis | May 20, 2019 | Culture, Not Politics, Opinion, Politics
Like many others, I found myself rather disappointed in the unfolding of the eighth-and-final season of Game of Thrones. But, like many others, I wasn’t about to walk away after ten years and 70+ episodes, and miss out on the long-awaited reveal as to the winner...
by Eugene Darden Nicholas | May 19, 2019 | Politics
Political anti-semitism is on the rise across the West’s Left. Britain’s Labor party seemingly embraces it, France’s is notoriously virulent and persistent, and now the pathogen is in the USA. Minnesota’s Congresswoman Ilhan Omar has made a...
by Peter Venetoklis | May 19, 2019 | Economics, Education, Opinion, Politics
Karl Marx theorized that socialism was a next evolutionary step after capitalism, intended to destroy and supplant capitalism, and set the stage for the emergence of communism. This “next step” belief suggests that socialism is a more advanced form of...
by Peter Venetoklis | May 16, 2019 | Culture, Opinion, Politics
Get into an argument for any length of time with a progressive on matters economic, and (in the spirit of Godwin) your probability of hearing some form of “not-real-socialism,” either in dismissal of past failures or in disconnect from the formal...
by Peter Venetoklis | May 15, 2019 | Drug Policy, Health, Politics
One of the fine folks at the superb Volokh Conspiracy (now hosted by Reason) did a yeoman’s job elucidating the libertarian position regarding the liberal/pro-abortion mantra “My Body, My Choice!” I’ve summarized and expanded on that list here....
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