by Peter Venetoklis | Aug 7, 2019 | Economics, Guns, Health, Opinion, Politics
The El Paso and Dayton mass shootings look like they might “succeed” where previous iterations did not in spurring the government to “do something.” While liberals are broken-record demanding an assault weapon ban (despite the last one...
by Peter Venetoklis | Aug 6, 2019 | Culture, Guns, Opinion, Politics
Movie naughtiness in the pre-MPAA era. “Jazz musicians,” code for black entertainers who smoked pot. Elvis Presley’s hips. Comic book salaciousness. The Beatles’ mop tops. Jim Morrison saying “get much higher” on Ed Sullivan....
by Peter Venetoklis | Aug 5, 2019 | Culture, Opinion, Politics
We witness, yet again, the horror of innocents going about their daily routines murdered en masse by a piece of human garbage. Twice in one day, in El Paso and Dayton. The history of such events cautions us to take our time in our pursuit of understanding, to avoid...
by Peter Venetoklis | Aug 5, 2019 | Culture, Guns, Health, Opinion, Politics
Two more mass shootings, and an entirely predictable spectrum of responses and proposed remedies from the usual sources. Politicians, both from the Rahm Emanuel angle and as a general rule, leap immediately to advance the solutions that fit their ideologies....
by Peter Venetoklis | Jun 13, 2019 | Culture, Economics, Opinion, Taxation
MacKenzie Bezos, now-ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, made headlines when she got $36 billion as her divorce settlement, and then promptly made more headlines when she joined the Giving Pledge, an initiative whereby the world’s wealthiest promise to give a...
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