by Peter Venetoklis | Oct 26, 2017 | Opinion, Politics
And Suppose You Were A Member of Congress; But I Repeat Myself Thus goes a famous Mark Twain aphorism. It held true when he said it, and it holds true today. The perpetual head-scratching and WTF utterances by our Commander in Chief (who is not and has never been a...
by Peter Venetoklis | Oct 23, 2017 | Culture, Drug Policy, Economics, Health, Opinion
It took a mere 13 years for America to realize the futility of alcohol prohibition. Pot prohibition, enacted at the federal level 80 years ago, is slowly but surely unraveling. Conversations about the futility of criminalizing harder drugs, once limited to the darkest...
by Peter Venetoklis | Oct 22, 2017 | Culture, Opinion
Ever think that something is so crazy that it can never actually happen? Or, that when it does happen, it can never be topped? I used to, but the news proved me wrong so many times I stopped making such presumptions. Today’s bit of OFFS: A University of...
by Peter Venetoklis | Oct 17, 2017 | Opinion, Politics
Lets set the WABAC machine for just about a decade back, and contemplate some of the words that then-candidate Barack Obama offered up in his pursuit of the Presidency: I taught constitutional law for ten years. I take the Constitution very seriously. The biggest...
by Peter Venetoklis | Oct 14, 2017 | Guns
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is one of a series of articles on gun rights. Each addresses a common anti-gun trope. “No one needs an arsenal! There should be limits on the number of guns someone can own or buy!!” This argument sprung forth in the aftermath of...
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