by Peter Venetoklis | Feb 6, 2016 | Election, Politics
The Economist reports that ISIS has established a strong foothold in the city of Sirte, which is in the middle of Libya’s Mediterranean coastline. ISIS reportedly controls about 180 miles of that coastline, centered on Sirte, and has 5000 fighters active there....
by Peter Venetoklis | Feb 1, 2016 | Culture
The evolutionary biologist and noted atheist Richard Dawkins was caught up in a brouhaha after sharing on his Twitter feed a link to a video that mockingly depicts a commonality between the beliefs of Islamists and feminists. Dawkins’ tweet included the comment...
by Peter Venetoklis | Dec 14, 2015 | Guns
The recent San Bernadino shootings spawned an interesting twist on the long-running debate about gun ownership and gun violence. It didn’t just rekindle the gun debate in the liberal press, it stoked that fire and fanned those flames to unprecedented levels. The...
by Peter Venetoklis | Dec 5, 2015 | Culture, Politics
A neighbor of mine, a dyed-in-the-wool, active Democrat, mentioned during a recent discussion that people don’t understand that freedom of speech isn’t absolute. His is a valid observation on its face, but as always, context and particulars matter. He...
by Peter Venetoklis | Dec 4, 2015 | Guns
I noticed something interesting about the press coverage of the San Bernadino shootings. Before any facts came out, before we found out that the shooters were Muslims and ethnically Pakistani and, before the talk of radicalization hit the news, the press was freely...
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