by Peter Venetoklis | May 2, 2019 | Economics, Education, Guns, Health, Opinion, Politics, Taxation
Even as the humanitarian crisis in Venezuela devolves to military suppression of the people and teeters on civil war, our own socialist-wannabes continue to promise free this, free that, and government jack boots on the necks of all those people and businesses that...
by Peter Venetoklis | Apr 26, 2019 | Politics
Bernie Sanders briefly grabbed the national headlines by proposing that prison inmates be permitted to vote in elections. His position is an extension of current law in his home state of Vermont (and in Maine), where a citizen never loses the right to vote, even while...
by Peter Venetoklis | Apr 20, 2019 | Culture, Opinion, Politics, Taxation
Almost instantly after the devastating fire at the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris captured world-wide attention, French (and other) billionaires started pledging large sums of money towards restoration. That was followed up by countless other pledges, large and small,...
by Eugene Darden Nicholas | Apr 11, 2019 | Education, Opinion, Politics
Several seemingly unrelated policies being instituted in New York City illustrate the same cycle: the elimination of “color blind” testing for elite schools, the restricting of charter schools, and the restricting of smartphone ride-sharing. Their...
by Peter Venetoklis | Apr 10, 2019 | Culture, Education, Opinion, Politics
A “you couldn’t make this up” imbroglio has been roiling in New York City this year. It involves Mayor De Blasio’s efforts to change the way admissions to New York City’s handful of “elite” public high schools – the gems...
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