by Peter Venetoklis | Jan 19, 2019 | Opinion, Politics
As we close out the fourth week of the government shut-down, with negotiations seemingly non-existent and replaced by petty, tit-for-tat squabbles between Trump and Pelosi, it seems apt to contemplate the potential loss of a golden opportunity for the Democrats on the...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jan 15, 2019 | Politics
A social media conversation I had the other day, regarding the estate tax, provided this little gem: Concentrations of wealth are indispensable for the existence of a civilization. My fellow converser is correct. Without concentrations of wealth, that is to say...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jan 14, 2019 | Opinion, Politics
There is a central contradiction in the philosophy of socialism that is both essential to its “success” and completely at odds with its purported mission. Briefly stated: Socialism is predicated upon an utter indifference to the life of any particular...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jan 10, 2019 | Opinion, Politics
The two years since Trump’s election have done little to abate the bleating about the Electoral College, the Senate, the over-representation of smaller states in Congress, and other such folderol. Indeed, the newly-drunk-with-power House Democrats have...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jan 7, 2019 | Culture, Economics, Opinion, Politics
A giant, ominous, sensationalizing headline on Drudge (shocking, I know) inadvertently punches a few well-deserved holes in a few long-running but fallacious/deflective narratives. For that, we might actually thank the repressive Saudis, who forced Netflix to...
by Eugene Darden Nicholas | Jan 6, 2019 | Opinion, Politics
Impeachment is in the air. The Democrats, as they prepare to take up the House, promise a “cannon of subpoenas.” I’ve discussed the impeachment possibilities in President Trump’s many imbroglios here. Today, let’s take a look at other...
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