by Peter Venetoklis | Jul 13, 2020 | Culture, Opinion, Politics
The loony-Left’s censorship follies have run so amok that a passel of leading liberal voices gathered (virtually, I presume) to sign an open letter “on justice and open debate, which just ran in Harper’s Magazine. Needless to say, the cancelniks were...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jun 28, 2020 | Culture, Opinion, Politics, Taxation
I caught a chunklet of an Internet conversation the other day, wherein a couple obviously left-leaning (and intersectional) commenters offered a perfunctory dismissal of Thomas Sowell (and Clarence Thomas and Ben Carson, because Black Non-Liberals are all the same,...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jun 23, 2020 | Culture, Opinion
On my current reading list is a series of essays by libertarian writer George H. Smith on freethought and liberty. The ninth such essay discusses Deism, a form of religious belief that rests on a view of God as a non-interventionist “clockmaker.” One of...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jun 20, 2020 | Culture, Opinion, Politics
The American system of government has been described as a “great experiment,” given how radically different it was from how the world operated at time of its inception. It was a huge success and inspired many imitators. That was a couple hundred years ago....
by Peter Venetoklis | Jun 17, 2020 | Culture, Education, Opinion, Politics
The BLM movement, which has emerged as the “voice” of the George Floyd protests, has chosen to embrace the mantra “Defund The Police” as its remedy to the problems and factors that have resulted in unjustified killings of civilians by law...
Loading ...
on We Condemn Bigotry, Except When We Celebrate It 9+
on Trump’s Bullies 7+
on Gun Rights Lesson #551 – Sensible Gun Regulation 6+
on Let The Squirming Begin 5+on Clinton The Bulletproof 5+
on Fact-Checking Trump 5+on Is the Earth’s Climate in Trouble? 4+
on Congratulations, Democrats! 4+
on Whence Morality? 4+
Active Comment Threads
Most Commented Posts
Universal Background Checks – A Back Door to Universal Registration
COVID Mask Follies
When Everything Is Illegal…
An Anti-Vax Inflection Point?
“Not In My Name”
The Great Social Media Crackup
War Comes Through The Overton Window
The First Rule of Italian Driving
Most Active Commenters