by Peter Venetoklis | Jan 15, 2014 | Economics
In doing some research on classical vs modern liberalism, I came across an interesting question: Would someone who advocates setting (and increasing) a minimum wage for laborers agree that there should be a minimum wage for artists of various sorts? Should there be...
by Peter Venetoklis | Nov 17, 2013 | Environment
I’ve been skeptical of the alarmist version of anthropogenic global warming for some time now. The roots and basis of my skepticism are fleshed out in a much longer piece that’s still in the works, but all that can be set aside in favor of a short and...
by Peter Venetoklis | Nov 12, 2013 | Culture, Opinion
While flipping through a book of aphorisms by the American philosopher Eric Hoffer, I came across this little ditty: Rabid suspicion has nothing in it of skepticism. The suspicious mind believes more than it doubts. It believes in a formidable and ineradicable evil...
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