by Peter Venetoklis | Mar 15, 2016 | Election, Politics
The press continue to wring their collectiv(ist) hands over the popularity and ascendance of Donald Trump. Some question how they could have been so wrong in their prognostications that he’d have faded by now. Others either wonder at or openly deride the...
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 3, 2016 | Culture, Politics
Life lessons can sometimes appear in the oddest places. Today, it occurred to me that the movie Trading Places, the 1983 comedy starring Dan Aykroyd as a blue-blood snob and Eddie Murphy as a street hustler (and one I’ve watched many times), provides superb and...
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...
by Peter Venetoklis | Feb 24, 2016 | Election, Politics
Yesterday’s Republican primary in Nevada, despite being only the fourth of 50, did a lot to clarify the presidential election picture. Trump won, handily, as the polls predicted, and embracing a “Trump will fade” belief is increasingly falling into...
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