by Peter Venetoklis | Jan 24, 2019 | Opinion, Politics
A recent “she’s awesome because everyone hates her” hagiography in Rolling Stone about the newly minted Congresswoman and current political it-girl Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, written by leftist screech owl Matt Taibbi, proved the old saw that even a...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jan 20, 2019 | Culture, Opinion
In a recent interview with Ben Shapiro, political columnist Heather Mac Donald skewered some college kids’ pursuit of ever-more-granularized identity group badges: … all the various gender identities that are being rapidly crafted by desperate students who...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jan 16, 2019 | Culture, Education, Opinion
My continuing exposure to the culture wars and the political skirmishes of present-day prompts occasional “aha!” moments. Today’s is the conclusion that progressivism and identity politics are, despite their fixation on creating more and more and...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jan 15, 2019 | Politics
A social media conversation I had the other day, regarding the estate tax, provided this little gem: Concentrations of wealth are indispensable for the existence of a civilization. My fellow converser is correct. Without concentrations of wealth, that is to say...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jan 14, 2019 | Opinion, Politics
There is a central contradiction in the philosophy of socialism that is both essential to its “success” and completely at odds with its purported mission. Briefly stated: Socialism is predicated upon an utter indifference to the life of any particular...
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