by Peter Venetoklis | Sep 27, 2021 | Culture, Opinion, Politics
Consider the bipolar nature of our society today. Modern society, thanks to the new tool that is social media, has created an enormous reward system for people who manage to stand above the crowd, who get themselves noticed, who are exceptional enough to attract...
by Peter Venetoklis | Sep 24, 2021 | Culture, Opinion, Politics
We are coming up on 15 months since George Floyd died under Derek Chauvin’s knee. Despite nation-wide protests and massive dialogues at the local, state, and national levels, we’ve seen no institutional changes to speak of in response to this event....
by Peter Venetoklis | Sep 20, 2021 | Culture, Opinion
Hollywood is making another attempt at making a film version of the science fiction classic Dune. We already have David Lynch’s 1984 version by David Lynch, which I didn’t care for, and a SyFy channel miniseries from 2000, which I enjoyed rather more. The...
by Peter Venetoklis | Sep 18, 2021 | Culture
There’s a litmus test applied by social justice types in their endless hunt for discrimination and oppression. It’s a simple one: they look at a profession, or an industry, or an economic stratum, or a town/neighborhood, or some other parseable segment of...
by Peter Venetoklis | Aug 11, 2021 | Opinion, Politics
Emperor Andrew I, the Petulant, who was actually showing signs of surviving his Triple-Lindy of scandals, resigned yesterday. The knockout punch was the release of New York State Attorney General Letitia James’ 168 page report that provided credible evidence...
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