by Peter Venetoklis | Jul 27, 2020 | Economics, Opinion, Politics, Taxation
An interesting screed passed through my social media today. Interesting, not in a “hm, that makes good points” way, but in a “blindered by ideology” way. The author, Heather Cox Richardson, is a professor of history at Boston College, and a...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jul 23, 2020 | Culture, Education, Opinion, Politics
Six weeks ago, after roughly a week of clashes between protestors rallied by George Floyd’s killing and Seattle police, a six-block section of Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood was ‘occupied’ and declared the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jul 21, 2020 | Culture, Education
One fine fellow over at the New York Times has posited that symphony orchestras need to be more diverse, apparently because the adoption of “blind” auditions, intended to eliminate racial and gender bias, haven’t produced an outcome they deem...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jul 18, 2020 | Culture, Economics, Health, Opinion, Politics
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the third of a recurring (and likely irregular) series of quick-hits. Because, not everything needs a thousand words. Thanks for reading! An Odd Hill A few readers took umbrage at my use of salty language in asking (yes, asking, I made no...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jul 13, 2020 | Culture, Opinion, Politics
The loony-Left’s censorship follies have run so amok that a passel of leading liberal voices gathered (virtually, I presume) to sign an open letter “on justice and open debate, which just ran in Harper’s Magazine. Needless to say, the cancelniks were...
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