by Peter Venetoklis | Nov 16, 2013 | Economics
Conventional wisdom, common vernacular, or whatever you want to call it tells us that Republicans are the party of Business, Democrats the party of Government, and Business and Government are the two ends of a spectrum or two poles of a magnet. If you think business...
by Peter Venetoklis | Nov 14, 2013 | Politics
The overwhelming victory of Bill DeBlasio in NYC’s mayoral race is being hailed (or decried, depending on your political beliefs) as the ushering in of a new era of liberalism in NY City. DeBlasio has already indicated some of what he intends to do, including...
by Peter Venetoklis | Oct 31, 2013 | Culture, Politics
A joke I’ve heard and repeated is that government incompetence is the only thing that has saved us from totalitarianism. There’s a ring of truth to the gag, which makes it more than just a throwaway dig at big government. But it seems especially apt as we...
by Peter Venetoklis | Oct 18, 2013 | Politics
There’s been much hand-wringing and caterwauling within the Republican establishment about the damage done by Ted Cruz and the liberty movement’s quixotic efforts to derail ObamaCare. They tell us that Cruz did enormous harm to the GOP by fighting an...
by Peter Venetoklis | Oct 14, 2013 | Politics
— No, it’s not what you think. Many times, I’ve read blanket condemnations of Republicans as being anti-science, with the creation vs evolution “debate” trotted out as proof. Moving past the false conflation of Republicanism with...
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