by Peter Venetoklis | Jun 28, 2020 | Culture, Opinion, Politics, Taxation
I caught a chunklet of an Internet conversation the other day, wherein a couple obviously left-leaning (and intersectional) commenters offered a perfunctory dismissal of Thomas Sowell (and Clarence Thomas and Ben Carson, because Black Non-Liberals are all the same,...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jun 23, 2020 | Culture, Opinion
On my current reading list is a series of essays by libertarian writer George H. Smith on freethought and liberty. The ninth such essay discusses Deism, a form of religious belief that rests on a view of God as a non-interventionist “clockmaker.” One of...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jun 20, 2020 | Culture, Opinion, Politics
The American system of government has been described as a “great experiment,” given how radically different it was from how the world operated at time of its inception. It was a huge success and inspired many imitators. That was a couple hundred years ago....
by Peter Venetoklis | Apr 8, 2020 | Economics, Environment, Health, Politics
Freeman Dyson, physicist, polymath, and intellect of such a towering magnitude that “genius” feels somehow inadequate, recently passed away at the age of 96. Obituary writers in the usual places chose, predictably and disappointingly, to highlight one...
by Peter Venetoklis | Mar 9, 2020 | Election, Opinion, Politics
If you’re explaining, you’re losing. – Ronald Reagan This quote crossed my news feed this morning, as a rebuttal to those who are working to downplay Biden’s latest “senior moments.” Shortly thereafter, yet another “Jesus was...
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