by Peter Venetoklis | Jul 19, 2019 | Politics
I’ve spent far too much of my life dealing with the headaches of owning a car in New York City (and, to a lesser extent, its suburbs). As if the near-eternal traffic isn’t enough, parking is itself a giant time-suck for too many of us. The neighborhood...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jul 16, 2019 | Politics
Consider the island nation of Cuba, a nation under communist rule for sixty years, and its progressive defenders/apologists. Cuba, we are told, is a wonderful place. It has a near-100% literacy rate, and it has allegedly superb medical care for its citizens. In fact,...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jun 12, 2019 | Economics, Politics
Two bits of governmental action out of New York City serve to illuminate that which many of us already know: that progressivism spits on property rights. First, the (now) Democrat-controlled New York State legislature cobbled together a “strengthening” of...
by Karl Wright | Jun 6, 2019 | Economics, Politics
EDITOR’S NOTE: This guest post is a companion to the recently published Robbing Mattresses. I’m sure you’ve heard the narrative. The wealthy just get wealthier, and the poor just get poorer. Without massive government intervention, perhaps even a...
by Peter Venetoklis | May 26, 2019 | Politics
The title of this essay, attributed to both George Orwell and a reformed Bolshevik writer named Panait Istrati, addresses the socialist-apologists’ assertion that, in order to make an omelet, you have break a few eggs. Thus were Stalin’s brutalities...
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