by Eugene Darden Nicholas | Nov 21, 2018 | Economics, Immigration, Opinion, Politics, Taxation
The midterm elections are over, and where the Trump phenomenon began as a radical overturning of our political status quo (“right diagnosis, wrong treatment,” I argued at the time), the traditional rules of American politics return: the incumbent...
by Peter Venetoklis | Oct 24, 2018 | Education, Health, Opinion, Politics
There’s an old adage that goes “don’t steal, the government hates competition.” As another old adage advises, “truer words were never spoken,” especially the “government hates competition” part, and more expansively true...
by Peter Venetoklis | Aug 7, 2018 | Economics, Opinion, Politics
If you’re a libertarian, you’ve heard this before. If you’re a reflexive basher of libertarianism who lurks in libertarian neighborhoods, you’ve probably used it. If you’re neither, well, read on… A libertarian Facebook page...
by Eugene Darden Nicholas | Aug 1, 2018 | Drug Policy, Politics
EDITOR’S NOTE: This essay is the second in a series on the Drug War. Part 1: Science In the [first part of this argument][1], the proposal was made that medicine should be given all latitude to study medical issues, drug addiction being one. It posited that with...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jul 21, 2018 | Opinion, Politics
Among the countless postmortems, deconstructions, critiques, and diatribes of Trump’s meeting with Putin and all that happened thereafter appears this tidbit at Bloomberg. Dan Coats, director of national intelligence, is dubbed a “hero” by writer Eli...
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