by Peter Venetoklis | Mar 31, 2018 | Economics, Politics
We can understandably pity today’s New York City cab driver. His prosperity, and indeed his job itself, is under existential threat from the technology disruption of ride-sharing services Uber, Lyft, et al. This is even more the case if he owns his medallion....
by Peter Venetoklis | Mar 22, 2018 | Opinion, Politics
Consider this adage, from writer Carl Shirky: Institutions will try to preserve the problem to which they are the solution. Now, consider the laundry list of social problems that have lingered for decades, despite the best efforts of big government, advocacy groups,...
by Peter Venetoklis | Mar 15, 2018 | Health, Opinion, Politics
Liberty lovers found a kernel of positivity in Trump’s 2018 State of the Union address in his support for legislation allowing terminally ill patients the “right to try” experimental treatments. The embedded principle is controversial (obviously,...
by Peter Venetoklis | Feb 26, 2018 | Economics, Opinion, Politics
Public unions appear to be in a cold sweat over this week’s Supreme Court case, Janus vs AFSCME, Council 31, a case that focuses on whether an employee can be forced to pay dues to a union. Current law in some states mandates that a non-union employee...
by Peter Venetoklis | Feb 24, 2018 | Culture, Guns, Opinion, Politics
The public debate – at least what passes for debate in 2018 – over the Parkland school shooting and what to do about it, continues to evolve. Responses (I won’t call them solutions, because most of them won’t make a hill-of-beans difference to...
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