by Peter Venetoklis | Aug 10, 2018 | Culture, Environment, Opinion, Politics
In the movie that put him on the Hollywood map, Matt Damon, as “Good” Will Hunting, lambasted a Harvard pseudo-intellectual for reading “the wrong ***ing books.” He then proceeds to inject garbage politics into the movie by citing Howard...
by Peter Venetoklis | Aug 9, 2018 | Economics, Opinion, Politics
The advent of the information age has created countless new types of jobs and careers. It has also fostered new types of labor freedom for earners, including the ability to work from home, the ability to contract tech services from the other side of the world, and to...
by Peter Venetoklis | Aug 7, 2018 | Economics, Opinion, Politics
If you’re a libertarian, you’ve heard this before. If you’re a reflexive basher of libertarianism who lurks in libertarian neighborhoods, you’ve probably used it. If you’re neither, well, read on… A libertarian Facebook page...
by Peter Venetoklis | Aug 2, 2018 | Guns, Politics
In a textbook combination of “late to the party” and “seize the moment,” a number of our liberal politicians have suddenly gone nonlinear over 3D printed guns. Their histrionics would be laughable if they weren’t so insidious, because...
by Eugene Darden Nicholas | Aug 1, 2018 | Drug Policy, Politics
EDITOR’S NOTE: This essay is the second in a series on the Drug War. Part 1: Science In the [first part of this argument][1], the proposal was made that medicine should be given all latitude to study medical issues, drug addiction being one. It posited that with...
by Peter Venetoklis | Aug 1, 2018 | Economics, Immigration, Politics
After a couple years of constant exposure to Trump’s speeches, statements, off-the-cuff remarks and, especially, tweets, it behooves the prudent observer to avoid taking every word literally… AND, to avoid waving off everything he says as “serious...
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