by Peter Venetoklis | Aug 4, 2016 | Election, Politics
There is a delicious irony in the kerfuffle over Donald Trump’s attacks on Khizr Khan, the father of a US soldier who died in Iraq, after Khan’s speech at the Democratic National Convention last week. Khan challenged Trump’s stance on Muslims and...
by Peter Venetoklis | Aug 1, 2016 | Election, Politics
Today’s New York Post features an opinion column by law professor F. H. Buckley, wherein he notes his amusement with: NeverTrump conservatives who’ll support Hillary, or at least do what they can to ensure her election, because they say Trump isn’t a real...
by Peter Venetoklis | Aug 1, 2016 | Culture, Election, Guns, Opinion, Politics
The Cold War thriller The Hunt For Red October included a gracious exchange between the Soviet submarine captain (Marko Ramius, played by Sean Connery) and one of his officers (Vasili Borodin, played by Sam Neill). In it, Borodin mused on what he would do after they...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jul 31, 2016 | Guns
While the majority of the country has moved in a pro-gun-rights direction (41 states have Right-to-Carry/Shall-Issue laws or better, 11 of those have Constitutional Carry laws of some form), a handful of states have chosen to buck the tide and enact more restrictive...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jul 27, 2016 | Culture, Election, Opinion, Politics
Thus spoke then-President George W. Bush a week after the 9/11 attacks. He was, of course, referring to the terrorists that perpetrated the attacks and radical Islam in general. This statement, lauded by some and mocked by others, endures, and will always be...
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