by Peter Venetoklis | Jan 27, 2019 | Opinion, Politics
Amidst all the fallout of the “reveal” that the initial story about the Covington High School students was grossly misleading is the qualified mea culpa from many who rushed to judgment and condemnation. It takes the form of “well, I got it wrong,...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jan 26, 2019 | Culture, Drug Policy, Guns, Health, Opinion, Politics
Major cities around the nation have an ever-increasing, and in some cases dire, homeless problem. New York, Los Angeles, Seattle, San Diego, DC, San Jose, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Boston, and Philadelphia rank one through ten in homeless populations, and combined...
by Eugene Darden Nicholas | Jan 25, 2019 | Health, Opinion, Politics
A disclaimer: To preserve confidentiality, this patient’s name has been changed, and “she” is a composite of several people,. The incidents affirmed here are otherwise factual as witnessed directly by the author. This article will be followed up at a...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jan 24, 2019 | Opinion, Politics
A recent “she’s awesome because everyone hates her” hagiography in Rolling Stone about the newly minted Congresswoman and current political it-girl Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, written by leftist screech owl Matt Taibbi, proved the old saw that even a...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jan 21, 2019 | Culture, Opinion, Politics
If you are a regular consumer of political news, or if you are on social media and have some politically minded likes and friends, you’ve no doubt heard the outrageous story about the MAGA hat wearing Catholic high school student confronting a Native American at...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jan 19, 2019 | Not Politics, Opinion, Politics
Way, way back around the turn of the century, I caught a fun little indie film called The Tao of Steve. It relates the tale of Dex, an overweight stoner who, against any rational expectation, has a knack for seducing women, and his encounter with a woman who turns the...
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