by Peter Venetoklis | Jul 9, 2016 | Culture, Politics
It has been a terrible week. In Louisiana, a black man selling CDs was killed by two white police officers as they sought to arrest him. In Minnesota, a black man pulled over for a traffic stop was killed by a police officer after the man informed the officer that he...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jul 5, 2016 | Culture, Opinion
Most of us understand that there are limits on the protection offered by the Constitution for speech, and most of us have heard of the shouting Fire! in a crowded theater exception. We rarely specify, but generally understand, that it is only when the announcement is...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jun 30, 2016 | Drug Policy, Guns, Politics
A recent conversation I had about guns and gun policy crossed the increasingly common argument that pro-gun people are simply saying that gun crime and mass shootings are a price they’re willing to pay in order to keep their guns. I’d call this a straw...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jun 29, 2016 | Election, Guns, Opinion, Politics
Yesterday’s Benghazi report (well, reports – there’s a Republican version and a Democratic version) coupled with a conversation I had with a neighbor brought to light an interesting paradox about our modern, information-rich society. Despite having...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jun 27, 2016 | Election, Politics
Stress tends to bring people’s true colors out, a truism observed by the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy....
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