by Eugene Darden Nicholas | Dec 12, 2021 | Opinion, Politics
On reading about the British scandal involving Owen Paterson, Minister of Parliament (pictured), I yelled “Pikers!” Then I just wanted to pat them on the head, innocents as they are to political grifting: the British are undone with shame by behavior that...
by Peter Venetoklis | Nov 26, 2021 | Culture, Election, Opinion, Politics
Ron DeSantis, governor of Florida and probable Presidential aspirant, recently signed a set of bills banning the mandating of COVID vaccines by schools and businesses. That he did so in the town of Brandon, population 100K and nearly a 5 hour drive from the state...
by Peter Venetoklis | Nov 5, 2021 | Culture, Education, Election, Opinion, Politics
Sixteen years ago, at the height of the George W. Bush presidency, columnist Thomas Frank published What’s The Matter With Kansas, wherein he basically posited that the Democrats lost the heartland because they didn’t focus sufficiently on promising...
by Peter Venetoklis | Oct 28, 2021 | Culture, Opinion, Politics
I did a bit of streaming service surfing last weekend, searching for a new television show to watch. I typically gravitate to original content by the streamers and some of the more “quality” cable channels, having found that the broadcast networks’...
by Peter Venetoklis | Oct 26, 2021 | Culture, Education, Opinion, Politics, Taxation
“We probably will have a wealth tax,” said Nancy Pelosi on Sunday. The Democrats are in a mad scramble to cobble together a Frankenstein’s-monster tax-and-spend bill they’ve laughably labeled “Build Back Better.” They are reaping...
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