by Peter Venetoklis | Apr 15, 2019 | Opinion, Politics
I can hear your groans now. “What, another Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez piece?” It’s an open question, in chicken-or-egg fashion, whether AOC’s notoriety is the result of the Left’s vocal, in-your-face adulation or of the Right’s...
by Peter Venetoklis | Apr 14, 2019 | Health, Immigration, Opinion, Politics
The gaggle of geese that is the current slate of Democratic presidential hopefuls has, with rare exception, been honking a far-left, progressive fantasy list of policy ideas in unison, or perhaps in round, in obeisance to the ironically-named Justice Democrats led by...
by Eugene Darden Nicholas | Apr 11, 2019 | Education, Opinion, Politics
Several seemingly unrelated policies being instituted in New York City illustrate the same cycle: the elimination of “color blind” testing for elite schools, the restricting of charter schools, and the restricting of smartphone ride-sharing. Their...
by Peter Venetoklis | Apr 10, 2019 | Culture, Education, Opinion, Politics
A “you couldn’t make this up” imbroglio has been roiling in New York City this year. It involves Mayor De Blasio’s efforts to change the way admissions to New York City’s handful of “elite” public high schools – the gems...
by Peter Venetoklis | Apr 8, 2019 | Culture, Opinion, Politics
The crowded field of Democratic presidential candidates, whose number (25 as of this drafting) seems to be growing as quickly as the number of genders, is rather interesting in its lack of diversity. Oh, it certainly checks off many of the identity boxes: (race,...
by Eugene Darden Nicholas | Apr 7, 2019 | Opinion, Politics
Greater use of impeachment, to balance the President’s outsized power, is not necessarily a bad idea. Especially when contrasting the office’s scant accountability; with presidential precedents of causing havoc, with examples of incompetence, like the Iraq...
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