by Peter Venetoklis | Aug 31, 2016 | Election, Politics
Our minds are extremely malleable. We constantly adjust our thoughts and ideas as we gather new information and are exposed to new viewpoints. When we find ideas that “fit,” that make sense to us, and that align with our values, we tend to seek them out...
by Peter Venetoklis | Aug 30, 2016 | Election, Immigration, Politics
The circle has closed. Donald Trump, who bested 16 other candidates for the Republican Presidential nomination with incendiary rhetoric and outlandish promises regarding illegal immigrants, has abandoned the posture that elevated him to the top. In doing so, he is...
by Peter Venetoklis | Aug 27, 2016 | Culture, Opinion
San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick made recent headlines by choosing not to stand for the playing of the National Anthem before a game in which he participated. He offered his reasons for doing so, and the NFL has accepted his right not to stand. While...
by Eugene Darden Nicholas | Aug 27, 2016 | Culture, Drug Policy, Opinion
PART I: The People’s Juice That an individual will cheat for glory tells us nothing new or interesting about the human condition. Aristotle, The Bible, and Shakespeare told us all about it before there was a “Western World” to have a conversation...
by Peter Venetoklis | Aug 26, 2016 | Election, Politics
It wasn’t all that long ago that Donald Trump used a brutally black-and-white, absolutist position on illegal immigration to distinguish himself from the rest of the GOP presidential hopefuls. Building a wall, deporting 11 million illegal immigrants (more than...
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