by Peter Venetoklis | Feb 15, 2016 | Culture
An old adage warns “Give an inch and they take a mile.” This pearl of wisdom, dating back nearly five centuries, warns against making unnecessary concessions. It’s a highly validated observation of human nature, and it’s the core of...
by Peter Venetoklis | Feb 1, 2016 | Culture
The evolutionary biologist and noted atheist Richard Dawkins was caught up in a brouhaha after sharing on his Twitter feed a link to a video that mockingly depicts a commonality between the beliefs of Islamists and feminists. Dawkins’ tweet included the comment...
by Peter Venetoklis | Dec 31, 2015 | Culture
Not content with the myriad anti-discrimination laws already on the books, and in what I can only surmise to be a hell-bent intent to out-do the other politically-correct, social justice, statist hellhole cities scattered around the country, New York City recently...
by Peter Venetoklis | Dec 17, 2015 | Culture
A recent story in The Guardian illustrated an interesting trend in the feminism/women’s rights world. That trend, appearing right in the headline, is a new contextualization of the concept of victimhood. Feminism has traditionally been about empowerment,...
by Peter Venetoklis | Dec 5, 2015 | Culture
I was originally going to call this essay “The Modern Man,” but I realized that the term “man” has nothing to do with the archetype I’m going to discuss herein. Behold, the model for Axe Dry Spray antiperspirant. Coiffured hair, carefully...
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