by Peter Venetoklis | Jan 24, 2017 | Economics, Politics
President Trump recently announced that his administration would be seeking to cut federal regulations by 75% or more. Should he manage this, the achievement would become the stuff of legend in small-government circles. Of course, nanny-staters, control freaks,...
by Peter Venetoklis | Dec 22, 2016 | Politics
Contemplate the history of socialism since its first political manifestation in Bolshevik Russia in 1917. Consider the list of countries have had, at one point or another, self-identified as “socialist.” Now, check out this little clip. One notion...
by Peter Venetoklis | Dec 21, 2016 | Culture, Environment
A common and long-running theme among statist big thinkers is that people are having too many babies and thereby overtaxing the planet. We first heard such negativity from Thomas Malthus nearly 250 years ago, but have yet to witness the famine and resource depletion...
by Peter Venetoklis | Nov 30, 2016 | Guns
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is one of a series of articles on gun rights. Each addresses a common anti-gun trope. “If carrying guns is such a good idea, why haven’t any mass shootings been stopped by gun carriers?” They have. That you may not have...
by Peter Venetoklis | Nov 12, 2016 | Election, Politics
Like Opening Day of the baseball season, like the first weekend of the NFL season, the transition period between presidents is where we can embrace our highest hopes. Unlike sports, however, where acknowledgment that our team just doesn’t have the chops to win...
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