by Peter Venetoklis | Dec 22, 2014 | Culture, Politics
This past weekend, two NY City police officers, one asian and one latino, were murdered in what appears to be a premeditated and unprovoked act of payback for the deaths of two black men in two unrelated incidents in two different cities. The firestorm of tension,...
by Peter Venetoklis | Dec 2, 2014 | Culture, Health, Politics
Michael Bloomberg, former mayor of New York City and self-appointed nanny of its more irresponsible residents, famously failed to impose a limit on the serving size of sugary beverages that restaurants and convenience stores could offer. He succeeded, however, in...
by Peter Venetoklis | Nov 22, 2014 | Culture, Environment
A recent edition of the NY Post had an opinion piece wherein the author took to task some scolds who had issues with the message of the movie Interstellar. The basic plot of the movie (I haven’t seen it) is that the Earth is dying and astronauts are sent out to...
by Peter Venetoklis | Oct 18, 2014 | Politics
With another Election Day rolling around, and a couple close Senate races already forecast to be affected by Libertarian Party (LP) candidates, some finger-waggers are already loosening their knuckles up in case a GOP candidate loses to a Democrat because (and under a...
by Peter Venetoklis | Oct 2, 2014 | Economics, Politics
Isolationism. It’s a dirty word. It evokes images of a head in the sand. It suggests detachment from the outside world, from the reality of what’s going on elsewhere. It implies callousness, indifference, or even stupidity. It’s also a common attack...
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