by Peter Venetoklis | Oct 1, 2014 | Politics
As the war drums beat in demand for yet another US military involvement in the middle east, I can’t help but think we’ve heard this all before. As our warplanes and drones drop bombs in Syria, I’m reminded of past jingoism and loud declarations. As...
by Peter Venetoklis | Aug 25, 2014 | Culture, Environment
The English physicist Freeman Dyson, one of the great minds of our time, gave an interview at Yale a few years back about his (skeptical) views on anthropogenic global warming. In that interview, he elucidated his belief that those in the climate community who have...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jul 14, 2014 | Culture
There was a tempest recently when it was revealed that Facebook had conducted a psychological experiment on several hundred thousand users, manipulating news feeds in order to assess emotional reactions. People were outraged, of course. Nowadays, people are outraged...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jun 25, 2014 | Immigration
Way back when, in 2002, a science fiction series called Firefly premiered on Fox. It was the brainchild of writer/producer/director Joss Whedon, who has made a number of TV and movie hits. The show, which takes place about 500 years in the future, can be characterized...
by Peter Venetoklis | May 8, 2014 | Opinion
In a quarter century or so, Russia’s going to be well on the way to Detroit status. Catastrophically low birth rate, the young emigrating in droves (including some that come here on student or work visas, overstay and seek asylum), and rampant alcoholism (men...
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