by Peter Venetoklis | Mar 3, 2020 | Economics, Election, Opinion, Politics
A recent “warning” editorial in The Economist cautioned against a Sanders presidency, and the unicorn fart/pixie dust basis (my words, not the Economist’s) for his massive expansion of government largesse. I added a comment of concurrence, pointing...
by Peter Venetoklis | Feb 23, 2020 | Economics, Election, Opinion, Politics, Taxation
Across the political sphere, I hear a common refrain: ‘I like Bernie Sanders because he’s sincere and honest.’ And, yes, it is true that Bernie’s stuck to the same message throughout his political life. He is indeed a true believer. That his...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jan 30, 2020 | Economics, Environment, Immigration, Opinion, Politics
Imagine a land rich in carbon energy, that won’t mine or drill for it. Imagine that land, currently enjoying safe and clean nuclear power, shutting down its reactors. Imagine that land also shutting down its coal plants. Imagine that land struggling to keep up...
by Eugene Darden Nicholas | Jan 25, 2020 | Opinion, Politics
Another war, with yet another Middle Eastern adversary, this time Iran, seems closer than ever. Iran’s response to the killing of their hybrid-war-terrorism mastermind, Qasam Soleimani, seems a calculated saving of face, but the bloodshed is unlikely to end...
by Peter Venetoklis | Dec 17, 2019 | Opinion, Politics
I choose not to watch television news. At all. No CNN, no Fox, no MSNBC, none of the broadcast networks. I much prefer to read my news, because the data rate is so much greater and because I don’t care for the curating, drip-feeding, and editing-by-omission that...
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