by Peter Venetoklis | Jan 27, 2017 | Politics
In a vast churning sea of outrage at the Trump administration, a sea that, as Dilbert artist and blogger Scott Adams notes, is diluting individual outrages to where they are lost in the maelstrom, it takes some serious effort for one to stand apart. Steve Bannon,...
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 | Jan 21, 2017 | Economics, Politics
The history books tell us that Donald Trump gave one of the shorter inaugural speeches in presidential history. The symbolism, in length, in content and in style, should not be lost. His brief and plain speech was a third shorter than Obama’s two speeches and...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jan 18, 2017 | Culture, Election, Opinion, Politics
It is in the nature of politics for groups to hold onto cherished ideas and signature policies. People are drawn to parties or ideologies because they believe in them, and once in are unlikely to step out or away. Thus, ideas and policies are persistent, and political...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jan 12, 2017 | Politics
This past week has brought us a death sentence for mass murderer Dylann Roof and the intent to prosecute the Chicago Facebook Torturers under hate crime statutes. While I, as a libertarian, object to both the death penalty (I take issue with granting the State the...
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