by Peter Venetoklis | Dec 31, 2018 | Culture, Drug Policy, Guns, Opinion
When a drunk driver kills someone, we blame and punish the driver. When a drug dealer kills someone, we blame and punish the dealer. When a husband attacks his wife, we blame the husband. When a bomb explodes, we blame the bomber. When someone gets stabbed with a...
by Peter Venetoklis | Dec 30, 2018 | Politics
The Constitution is a remarkable document, in conception, in purpose, in brevity, and in clarity. It is one of the great achievements in the entirety of human history. Unfortunately, since it is written in words, it is subject to the meanings assigned to those words....
by Eugene Darden Nicholas | Dec 29, 2018 | Culture, Health, Opinion
At work one day (I’m a paramedic in New York City), I was called to a Subway sandwich shop by a manager concerned over a customer. He met us outside and said it was about a lady who had been there all day, and whom he found unreceptive when he went over to talk...
by Peter Venetoklis | Dec 29, 2018 | Culture, Economics, Education, Health, Opinion, Politics, Taxation
As the Left continues to press for ever-more government control of the economy, in areas such as health care, college, prescription medicines, and even fundamental economic behavior in the private sector, it’s worth reviewing the government’s track record...
by Peter Venetoklis | Dec 23, 2018 | Opinion, Politics, Taxation
A year or two ago, as a friend and I were having a couple beers at a bar, another barfly asked us if she could take one of the unoccupied chairs near us. My friend, by way of assent, replied “It’s not mine to give.” I found that to be a more...
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