by Eugene Darden Nicholas | Oct 28, 2020 | Politics
I recently wrote of how our major political parties have become compromised by their cynical transactions, and how that state of compromise means that they both occupy the same solution space on many major areas of public policy. This includes militarism: there is...
by Peter Venetoklis | Sep 21, 2020 | Economics, Election, Guns, Health, Opinion, Politics, Taxation
Fans of a certain genre of music may recognize the title of this article from a Metallica song. It popped into my head as I read the Democrats’ recent plans, threats, and promises. Some of these are born of the Republicans’ plans to fill the Supreme Court...
by Peter Venetoklis | Sep 13, 2020 | Culture, Economics, Opinion, Politics, Taxation
I’m old enough to remember that Saturday mornings were cartoon time on the local television channels, and I certainly partook of my share. Interspersed among the Jonny Quest, Magilla Gorilla, Wacky Races, The Pink Panther, and countless others were tons of...
by Peter Venetoklis | Aug 31, 2020 | Culture, Opinion
Back in 2014, a “writer, editor, and agitator” named Vicky Osterweil wrote an essay titled “In Defense of Looting,” and published it during the unrest following the death-by-cop of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri (for the record, the local...
by Peter Venetoklis | Aug 29, 2020 | Culture, Economics, Health, Politics, Taxation
A long-running hallmark of progressive politics is urban planning – the idea that the Best-and-Brightest (TM) should organize our physical lives in a fashion that advances certain goals. Those goals are purported to include efficiency, environmental stewardship,...
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