by Peter Venetoklis | Feb 20, 2018 | Economics
As Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies rise out of their initial status as nerd novelty, public discussion has increased to where seemingly everyone has an opinion. Most fascinating to me among all the opinions I see are those that denounce Bitcoin. “It’s a...
by Peter Venetoklis | Feb 13, 2018 | Culture, Opinion
Gregg “Opie” Hughes, formerly of the Opie and Anthony radio/satellite radio show, once called Twitter “the worst place in the world.” His assertion was in reference to the horrid behavior exhibited by some in response to, well, just about...
by Peter Venetoklis | Feb 10, 2018 | Culture, Not Politics, Opinion
George Carlin had a fun bit about unidentifiable leftovers, which I won’t spoil apart from mentioning that his wife would have him smell that which he couldn’t identify in order to determine its provenance and viability. We all get the gag, of course, and...
by Peter Venetoklis | Feb 7, 2018 | Culture, Not Politics, Opinion
Netflix recently released its next bit of original content, a 10 episode adaptation of Richard K. Morgan’s superb science fiction novel Altered Carbon. The story, which takes place 500 years hence, is of a world where alien technology has been used to enable...
by Peter Venetoklis | Feb 2, 2018 | Opinion, Politics, Taxation
A small story out of New York offers us a glimpse into the mind of progressive politicians and thinkers. A couple years back, as I was driving in upstate New York, I noticed these spiffy new signs extolling the virtues of the state. Turns out, they were an initiative...
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