by Peter Venetoklis | Nov 21, 2018 | Opinion, Politics
Hot on the heels of New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio blaming the weathermen and refusing to shoulder any responsibility for the city’s atrocious management of a relatively pedestrian 6″ snow storm last Thursday comes a similar not my fault abdication...
by Peter Venetoklis | Nov 16, 2018 | Opinion, Politics
Yesterday afternoon, a snow storm hit New York City. As NYC storms go, it wasn’t extraordinary – maybe half a foot of snow – but it turned out disastrous for millions of New Yorkers. The post-mortem reports blame faulty forecasts (instead of an inch...
by Peter Venetoklis | Nov 16, 2018 | Economics, Politics, Taxation
Imagine that you believe society’s needs are best funded via the old Marxism “From each according to his ability…” Imagine that doctrine tells you to put the heaviest taxes on the wealthiest, most capable, and most affluent (while taxing...
by Peter Venetoklis | Nov 12, 2018 | Culture, Opinion, Politics
A few recent political and cultural data points support the unfortunate conclusion that our culture continues to fracture, along what may best be called tribal lines. In New Hampshire, state legislator Brandon Phinney, who got elected as a Republican, but switched to...
by Peter Venetoklis | Nov 9, 2018 | Opinion, Politics
This week’s mid-term elections offered very little for the liberty-minded voter. On one side, we had Trump’s Republican party, which did rather well for us in 2017, but spent this year pursuing an agenda that included closed-border nativism, tariff and...
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