by Peter Venetoklis | Jun 10, 2016 | Culture, Politics
Consider the word “liberal.” Nowadays, in America, calling one’s self a liberal conveys certain information with regard to political and social beliefs. Average folks in normal conversation will have a pretty consistent understanding of what the word...
by Peter Venetoklis | May 5, 2016 | Election, Politics
Having bludgeoned all his rivals for the GOP candidacy for president into submission, Donald Trump now gets to turn his rhetorical “gifts” fully onto Hillary Clinton. It’s going to be quite interesting to see how The Donald goes after Her Royal...
by Peter Venetoklis | Mar 20, 2016 | Election, Politics
A story that popped up in my news feed this morning provides a good take on the underpinnings of the current Republican fracture and ably assesses the possibility of a fundamental breakdown of the Republican party into distinct subgroups. In particular, it notes that...
by Peter Venetoklis | Mar 20, 2016 | Election, Politics
In a recent in-depth and wide-ranging interview with Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic, President Obama made a statement that is catching flak from America’s European allies: Mr Obama also made clear that he forced Mr Cameron to sign up to Nato’s benchmark...
by Peter Venetoklis | Mar 14, 2016 | Election, Opinion
Arizona Senator Jeff Flake (R) has been a long-time advocate for lifting the travel ban and embargo on Cuba, and in a recent interview makes the case that the last half century of US policy towards that little pocket of communism in the Caribbean has stood in the way...
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