by Peter Venetoklis | Dec 14, 2018 | Opinion, Politics
The Supreme Court, earlier this week, announced its docket of upcoming cases. Among those to which it granted certiorari is Kisor v Wilkie, a “boring” case that could have massive implications for the administrative state. The case, about a Marine seeking...
by Peter Venetoklis | Dec 10, 2018 | Culture, Economics, Politics
Forty years ago, a Democrat did an interesting thing. On October 14, 1978, then-president Jimmy Carter signed a bill that, among other things, deregulated the beer industry by legalizing home-brewing. At the time, there were 44 breweries in the country. Old Milwaukee,...
by Peter Venetoklis | Dec 9, 2018 | Economics, Opinion, Politics
The oft-memed and oft-mocked Congresswoman-Elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez apparently got her feathers ruffled by Donald Trump, Jr. the other day. Junior tweeted a meme that depicted AOC asking “why are you afraid of a socialist economy?” and Daddy Trump...
by Peter Venetoklis | Dec 9, 2018 | Culture, Opinion
Way, way back in 1987, Steve Martin starred with Daryl Hannah in a fun little movie called Roxanne. The story, based on the play Cyrano de Bergerac, is a romance between a smart, clever, and spirited small-town fire chief in the Pacific Northwest and a beautiful...
by Eugene Darden Nicholas | Dec 8, 2018 | Opinion, Politics
Impeachment is in the air as the Democrats take up the House. They promise a “cannon of subpoenas.” The nation will soon grapple with the precedents of properly relieving a President of duty. The precedents are not encouraging, with regard to dressing up...
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