by Peter Venetoklis | Nov 9, 2015 | Drug Policy, Election, Politics
Hillary Clinton recently chimed in on the issue of marijuana legalization, likely in response to Bernie Sanders’ stated position that he’d remove marijuana entirely from the federal government’s list of banned drugs. Hillary indicated that...
by Peter Venetoklis | Nov 8, 2015 | Election, Politics
Two months ago, I offered up some predictions, specifically, that Biden would throw his hat in the ring and that Bush would accumulate the support of those who were backing the also-rans in the GOP primary. Wrong on both counts. The former surprised me, and I suspect...
by Peter Venetoklis | Oct 21, 2015 | Election, Guns, Politics
Some political issues have short lives. Some tend to linger, or pop up from time to time before fading to the background. Some are timeless, seemingly never resolved to the point where the players and partisans accept that an outcome has evolved. Among those is the...
by Peter Venetoklis | Oct 19, 2015 | Economics, Politics
Last night, I watched my New York Mets battle through another game in the post-season. I sat, heart thumping, as the Mets pitchers faced off against a Chicago Cubs lineup full of home run hitters, hitters that could change the tone of the game in the blink of an eye....
by Peter Venetoklis | Sep 18, 2015 | Election, Politics
Completely off the cuff and with full expectation that I’ll be wrong… Joe Biden will throw his hat into the ring for the Dem nomination. He’ll have put on a show of reluctance and careful contemplation. A groundswell of clamoring from his...
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