by Peter Venetoklis | May 12, 2017 | Culture, Opinion
Words hurt, and feelings matter. Or, so goes a guiding philosophy of modern social justice. We bear witness to it, domestically, in the disinvitation of speakers at college campuses, in the establishment of safe spaces, in the rise of hate-crime and hate-speech...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jan 31, 2017 | Immigration, Politics
Donald Trump, proving yet again that, just when you think he’s reached the acme of outrage-inducement, gave a “these go to eleven” poke to the political beehive with his immigration ban. I disagree with the ban, for reasons I’ll go into at a...
by Peter Venetoklis | Dec 15, 2016 | Culture, Opinion
Two weeks ago, an 18 year old NY Muslim woman, Yasmin Seweid, reported being attacked by three drunks who called her a terrorist and tried to steal her hijab. Today, it turns out that she fabricated the story in order to cover for being out past curfew. She is now...
by Peter Venetoklis | Dec 2, 2016 | Politics
If you ask Democrats and liberals who are still in shock over the Trump victory about their feelings since November 8th, you’ll find many who cite fear as their biggest emotion. Fear for the future of the country. Fear of losing so many of the gains their side...
by Peter Venetoklis | Nov 15, 2016 | Culture
Consider the opening clause from a comment I recently found while perambulating around the Internet. It’s all fun and games until the religious zealot removes your freedoms Taken cold, it could be seen as having been written by a liberal bemoaning the...
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