by Peter Venetoklis | Oct 4, 2019 | Politics
People, in general, prefer easier over more difficult, even if the former doesn’t align with their job or their values. People that work for the government are no different than you and I in this regard. The latest example is found in a letter from Attorney...
by Peter Venetoklis | Oct 3, 2019 | Politics
50 States. Such a nice, round number. Even makes for a good looking flag. Sure, the WWII-era 48-state flag offers a greater appeal to the rectilinearly-obsessed, but the 6-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6 array has both symmetry and artistic appeal. 50 States also gives us 100...
by Peter Venetoklis | Oct 2, 2019 | Economics, Politics
Almost every day, I read a story of another restaurant forced to close its doors due to a minimum wage increase. None of these stories, however, seem to penetrate the progressive zeitgeist, as evinced by the near-universal support for a national $15 minimum wage (or...
by Peter Venetoklis | Oct 1, 2019 | Economics, Election, Opinion, Taxation
As someone who’s ‘of a certain age,’ and who has been attempting to save and invest money for retirement for several decades, I’ve grown a bit weary of the financial news outlets’ method of reporting market and stock performance....
by Peter Venetoklis | Sep 29, 2019 | Guns
The aftermath of every national-news shooting in America produces a standard refrain: People who are anti-gun make strident demands for more regulation, and people who are pro-gun resist such demands. The former insist we have to “do something” to address...
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