by Peter Venetoklis | Sep 27, 2014 | Culture
Pay even a little attention to any left-liberal protest, and you will hear diatribes against the 1% and against big corporations. These twin and overlapping pillars of malevolence are, we are told, the source of all that’s wrong in our society. They’re the...
by Peter Venetoklis | Aug 20, 2014 | Economics, Politics
• In Washington State, someone who wishes to braid hair for a living needs a cosmetology license. This license requires 1600 hours of education, not one hour of which involves braiding. This training requirement exceeds that required for emergency medical technicians...
by Peter Venetoklis | Aug 15, 2014 | Culture, Politics
A week ago, the New York Times Magazine published a lengthy piece titled Has the ‘Libertarian Moment’ Finally Arrived? Yesterday’s Wall Street Journal had an op-ed Libertarian, Liberal Lawmakers Share Concerns About Police Tactics in Ferguson. Drudge...
by Peter Venetoklis | Aug 13, 2014 | Culture, Politics
The first sentence of Chapter 1 of Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense” reads: Some writers have so confounded society with government, as to leave little or no distinction between them. It’s astounding to consider that, 238 years later, it remains...
by Peter Venetoklis | Aug 12, 2014 | Culture
I am only one of countless millions who were shocked and saddened by the death, apparently by suicide, of Robin Williams. I grew up listening to his comedy albums (to the point where I can recite some of his bits verbatim) and watching him on television, and as an...
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