by Eugene Darden Nicholas | Nov 13, 2021 | Opinion, Politics
Much is being made of our “abandoning” Afghanistan (they abandoned us, when they did not “cowboy-up” to defend themselves, is how I see it). Well: Civilized world governments have a doctrine against assaults on human rights of the kind the...
by Peter Venetoklis | Oct 22, 2021 | Culture, Economics, Education, Environment, Opinion, Politics
The Art Institute of Chicago recently announced an end to its 60 years-running docent program. 122 volunteers, averaging more than 15 years experience, who gave “tours to millions, including more than 100,000 schoolchildren each year, many from the city’s mostly...
by Eugene Darden Nicholas | Oct 6, 2021 | Opinion, Politics
Most Americans are convinced the nation has gone off the rails. The proofs: a mountain of debt (with much more to come) with no Marshal Plan leaps over normal market evolutions to show for it (and with none coming); our political system devolved into tribal warfare...
by Peter Venetoklis | Sep 27, 2021 | Culture, Opinion, Politics
Consider the bipolar nature of our society today. Modern society, thanks to the new tool that is social media, has created an enormous reward system for people who manage to stand above the crowd, who get themselves noticed, who are exceptional enough to attract...
by Peter Venetoklis | Sep 18, 2021 | Culture
There’s a litmus test applied by social justice types in their endless hunt for discrimination and oppression. It’s a simple one: they look at a profession, or an industry, or an economic stratum, or a town/neighborhood, or some other parseable segment of...
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