by Eugene Darden Nicholas | Dec 6, 2017 | Politics
EDITOR’S NOTE: This essay is a follow-up to October’s Oh, Catalonia! Let’s look at questions of state legitimacy as a series of Matryoshka dolls, working down to the level of Catalan desires for independence. The outside doll: the function of the...
by Peter Venetoklis | Dec 1, 2017 | Opinion, Politics
Nineteen years ago, a Russian professor named Igor Panarin predicted the disintegrtion of the United States “within a few years,” perhaps by 2010. He expected the nation to fracture into six parts. Obviously, his prediction didn’t come true, but the...
by Peter Venetoklis | Nov 30, 2017 | Guns
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is one of a series of articles on gun rights. Each addresses a common anti-gun trope. “Oh, please! No one wants to take your guns away!” When gun rights defenders resist calls for more “sensible” gun regulation,...
by Peter Venetoklis | Nov 17, 2017 | Uncategorized
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is one of a series of articles on gun rights. Each addresses a common anti-gun trope. “Thinking that you need guns to protect you from the government is stupid. America will never become Nazi Germany!” The history and origin of...
by Peter Venetoklis | Nov 3, 2017 | Culture, Opinion, Politics
Ever wonder why the Left is so adamant about defending Islam, despite the latter’s decidedly illiberal attitudes towards matters of prime importance to the Left (e.g. gay rights, women’s rights, marriage, abortion)? Ever wonder why, when a Muslim commits...
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