by Peter Venetoklis | Mar 20, 2016 | Election, Politics
A story that popped up in my news feed this morning provides a good take on the underpinnings of the current Republican fracture and ably assesses the possibility of a fundamental breakdown of the Republican party into distinct subgroups. In particular, it notes that...
by Peter Venetoklis | Mar 14, 2016 | Election, Opinion
Arizona Senator Jeff Flake (R) has been a long-time advocate for lifting the travel ban and embargo on Cuba, and in a recent interview makes the case that the last half century of US policy towards that little pocket of communism in the Caribbean has stood in the way...
by Peter Venetoklis | Mar 5, 2016 | Environment
I’m currently reading a series of books, collectively known as the Iron Druid Chronicles They are tales of, you guessed it, a “druid,” in this case a worshiper of the Earth aka Gaia, set in present-day. This puts the books into the category of Urban...
by Peter Venetoklis | Mar 4, 2016 | Election, Politics
Fans of the rock/heavy metal band Black Sabbath will likely recognize the title’s reference, a play on the full title of the band’s magnificent anti-war opus. The song, commonly known as War Pigs, has as a full title War Pigs/Luke’s Wall and the...
by Peter Venetoklis | Mar 2, 2016 | Election, Politics
Donald Trump, Jr. appeared yesterday on the Opie radio show on SiriusXM, and presented both himself and his father in reasonable tones and with reasonable statements. As I listened to the interview/discussion, I found myself wondering if I shouldn’t soften my...
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