by Peter Venetoklis | Jun 24, 2016 | Economics, Politics
Thoughts on the Brexit This morning’s news that the Great Britain’s voters chose to leave the European Union, a decision that caught the money people of the world by surprise, sent markets tumbling, shocked politicians and prognosticators, and will have...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jun 10, 2016 | Culture, Politics
Consider the word “liberal.” Nowadays, in America, calling one’s self a liberal conveys certain information with regard to political and social beliefs. Average folks in normal conversation will have a pretty consistent understanding of what the word...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jun 8, 2016 | Culture, Drug Policy
Today’s New York Post offered an article blaring the headline American women are more obese than ever before, which noted that 40% of American women are overweight. I had to dig into the source material to find the historical data to discover what more obese...
by Peter Venetoklis | May 26, 2016 | Culture, Opinion
I recently had a fun little argument with a couple Italian friends about pasta and pizza. It started out with a post about one friend’s horror at taking someone to a good Italian restaurant only to witness him order spaghetti and meatballs. A dish that, I have...
by Peter Venetoklis | May 23, 2016 | Culture
Much is made today of “cultural appropriation,” the act of emulating styles, behaviors, language, cuisine, etc that are rooted in or traditionally associated with other cultures. It’s the latest battlefield of the social justice warriors, who went so...
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