by Peter Venetoklis | May 13, 2019 | Economics, Politics
Park Slope, Brooklyn, is one of those neighborhoods that all Brooklynites (I am one, born and raised) know of, both in location and reputation, even if they’ve barely ever set foot there. Its current reputation is as the epicenter of new-monied NYC wokeness (the...
by Eugene Darden Nicholas | May 12, 2019 | Drug Policy, Economics, Health, Politics, Taxation
Working as a paramedic, I’ve seen systemic failures in our way of managing homeless that combine ineffectuality with breathtaking expense. I’ve known individual homeless people whose use of the emergency services have cost the taxpayers hundreds of...
by Peter Venetoklis | May 11, 2019 | Education, Politics
Question: What do you get when you have a clown car’s quantity of Presidential aspirants under the Democratic Party banner? Answer: A cavalcade of giveaway and spending promises. Kamala Harris, perhaps feeling left out in the cold by the loss of her front-runner...
by Peter Venetoklis | May 10, 2019 | Economics, Politics
Sure as the sun rises in the morning, the nattering ninnies that have been stretching the Overton Window leftward produce pandering policy proposal after pandering policy proposal. Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, dubbed the Nutty Professor and Bronx...
by Peter Venetoklis | May 8, 2019 | Guns, Politics
One of the inevitable results of a massively crowded Presidential candidate field is the proclamation of audacious and outrageous policy positions, as hopefuls compete for attention and to differentiate themselves from each other. The latest in-your-face,...
by Peter Venetoklis | May 8, 2019 | Drug Policy, Economics, Education, Health, Opinion, Politics
… and I’m here to help. Ronald Reagan famously declared these the most terrifying words in the English language. His quip embodied his form of conservatism, and ably summarized the repeated (and, as most libertarians will tell you, inevitable) failures of...
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