by Eugene Darden Nicholas | Jan 25, 2017 | Culture, Drug Policy
As will increasingly be a question: the great baseball players whose careers coincided with the peak of the steroid era are being considered for admission into the Hall of Fame. Are they worthy? Like any debate on ethics, the answers are clear to child’s logic...
by Peter Venetoklis | Oct 28, 2016 | Election, Opinion, Politics
The attached graphic popped up in one of my political pages today. It posits a suggestion I’ve seen repeatedly – that Trump’s campaign has been, all along, a grand conspiracy to ensure Clinton gets elected President. And, in some versions, to destroy...
by Peter Venetoklis | Oct 3, 2016 | Environment, Opinion
Humans often pride themselves on their individuality, on their standing “apart from the crowd, and on their self-professed superiority to the unwashed masses of humanity. Humans are, however, quite common and predictable in their behaviors, especially when it...
by Peter Venetoklis | Aug 8, 2016 | Culture, Environment
The Zika virus outbreak, coinciding with the start of the Olympics in Brazil, reminded me of a simple fact that humanity has known for thousands of years. It’s best summarized as: Mother Nature Wants To Kill You The history of human civilization has been one of...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jul 5, 2016 | Culture, Opinion
Most of us understand that there are limits on the protection offered by the Constitution for speech, and most of us have heard of the shouting Fire! in a crowded theater exception. We rarely specify, but generally understand, that it is only when the announcement is...
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