by Peter Venetoklis | Jun 26, 2021 | Culture, Election, Opinion, Politics
I recently learned something new. Normally, learning something new is a good thing, but the implications of this one are infuriating. As most know, the Woke Left has its own lexicon, and more acronyms than the Department of Defense. It also is constantly trotting out...
by Eugene Darden Nicholas | Jun 22, 2021 | Culture, Opinion
“Left” political ideology has more regard for utility than principles. That utility is found in its language. George Orwell, this blog’s spiritual father, is the most important teacher of how politics uses the tools of language to serve it, rather...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jun 19, 2021 | Culture, Economics, Opinion, Politics, Taxation
If you dabble in political sandboxes, you are likely familiar with the term “intelligentsia.” It’s been around a couple centuries, if Wikipedia is to be trusted for that datum, and it speaks to both a category of people and to disdain for them. Or,...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jun 14, 2021 | Culture, Education, Opinion
We are witnessing a growing battle over public education curricula, with parents decrying the adoption of the 1619 Project, Critical Race Theory (CRT), and the cultural Marxism that has become de mode in academia and amongst woke-pedagogues, revolts against and...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jun 11, 2021 | Culture, Economics, Environment, Opinion, Politics, Taxation
Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business and eventually degenerates into a racket. Thus wrote* social philosopher Eric Hoffer in 1967. Its truth could not be more timely, no matter that it was written half a century ago. Regular readers know...
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