by Peter Venetoklis | Jun 4, 2017 | Culture, Economics, Politics
Locavore. Farm-to-Table. Artisanal. Organic. Non-GMO. So go the labels for a modern trend among progressive, socially conscious diners, who see our industrialized, mass-production, agriculture industry as something to be eschewed, derided, and protested. This...
by Peter Venetoklis | May 28, 2017 | Economics, Opinion, Politics
A silly little graphic popped up on my Facebook feed today. It presented a two-dimensional political chart, with authoritarian at the top, libertarian at the bottom, economic-left on the left and economic-right on the right. It then devolved this political spectrum...
by Peter Venetoklis | May 27, 2017 | Opinion, Politics
Having spent a lifetime around Greeks, and a couple decades working in the restaurant business with many Greeks, I’ve been well-exposed to the intricacies and eccentricities of Greek profanity. Greeks, being in general a religious people, have quite colorful...
by Peter Venetoklis | May 17, 2017 | Guns
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is one of a series of articles on gun rights. Each addresses a common anti-gun trope. This article builds on Gun Rights Lesson #488, which discusses mass shootings and offers a list of incidents where an armed civilian successfully acted...
by Peter Venetoklis | May 9, 2017 | Culture, Education, Guns, Opinion
The latest entry in the OFFS files comes from Edgewood Middle School in Ohio. A student clicked the “like” button on an Instagram photo of an Airsoft pellet gun posted by another student. Both students were suspended by the school, because “we act on...
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