by Peter Venetoklis | Jun 20, 2016 | Guns, Politics
The Orlando shooting’s deflection and devolvement into yet another gun rights debate has, predictably, brought bobbing to the surface the same old arguments and tropes in favor of infringing on citizens’ rights, including simultaneous arguments that the...
by Peter Venetoklis | May 26, 2016 | Election, Politics
The dust has settled, all challengers have conceded, and Donald Trump is the presumptive Republican nominee for the 2016 presidential election. The press has started turning its eye to the increasingly nasty contest between Hillary Clinton, the all-but-certain...
by Peter Venetoklis | May 26, 2016 | Culture, Opinion
I recently had a fun little argument with a couple Italian friends about pasta and pizza. It started out with a post about one friend’s horror at taking someone to a good Italian restaurant only to witness him order spaghetti and meatballs. A dish that, I have...
by Peter Venetoklis | May 5, 2016 | Election, Politics
Having bludgeoned all his rivals for the GOP candidacy for president into submission, Donald Trump now gets to turn his rhetorical “gifts” fully onto Hillary Clinton. It’s going to be quite interesting to see how The Donald goes after Her Royal...
by Peter Venetoklis | Apr 3, 2016 | Election, Politics
A few weeks back, my internet perambulations brought me to a column about Donald Trump by Camille Paglia. Aside from her candid take on the GOP presidential candidate, what caught my eye were several letters and responses to letters regarding some comments that Paglia...
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