by Peter Venetoklis | Jan 31, 2018 | Opinion, Politics
One basic rule of logical debate tells us that anecdotes are not data, and that setting policy based on singular instances is a bad idea. Much to Sheldon Cooper’s dismay, however, we are not a planet of Vulcans, where Spock-like logic and emotional detachment...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jan 28, 2018 | Culture, Economics, Opinion, Politics
It’s become quite fashionable to call Trump, and by extension all who support him, “fascist.” That is, of course, when people aren’t going full-Godwin (I had one such conversation yesterday, where someone was conflating Trump with Hitler, and...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jan 27, 2018 | Culture, Education, Opinion, Politics
I’ve been binge-watching an old British television series called MI-5 (or Spooks, depending where you are). One episode I watched last night, late in Season 4 (or Series 4, to use British nomenclature) included a character that was an old, unrepentant Cold War...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jan 25, 2018 | Culture, Politics
The beginning of National School Choice Week seems an apt time to ponder the term “choice” as it applies to American politics and the left-right divide. The word “choice” has been emphatically reserved by the Left as their own, but this...
by Eugene Darden Nicholas | Jan 24, 2018 | Immigration, Opinion
Begin with the usual modern-media ablution: in denouncements of Donald Trump I yell “Amen!” as loudly as anyone. I believe it’s outrageous to call any country a “shithole.” My ancestors came from Germany (lookin’ at you Drumpf) and...
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