by Peter Venetoklis | Nov 16, 2018 | Economics, Politics, Taxation
Imagine that you believe society’s needs are best funded via the old Marxism “From each according to his ability…” Imagine that doctrine tells you to put the heaviest taxes on the wealthiest, most capable, and most affluent (while taxing...
by Peter Venetoklis | Oct 24, 2018 | Education, Health, Opinion, Politics
There’s an old adage that goes “don’t steal, the government hates competition.” As another old adage advises, “truer words were never spoken,” especially the “government hates competition” part, and more expansively true...
by Peter Venetoklis | Oct 21, 2018 | Opinion, Politics
The Kavanaugh confirmation battle has, as I discussed recently, fed the Orwellian sheep a new mantra. “Democracy!” we hear, over and over again, as a declaration that our nation’s system is not-democracy and therefore a Bad Thing. They are right, the...
by Peter Venetoklis | Oct 18, 2018 | Culture, Opinion, Politics
I had an odd little conversation with someone on the Internet a couple days ago, one where my counterpart actively defended socialism and communism as worthy ideals. Normally, such dialogues go a standard “it simply hasn’t been done right” path,...
by Peter Venetoklis | Oct 14, 2018 | Culture, Opinion, Politics
I came across another one of those “old white slaveowners” dismissal of the Constitution and originalism (the idea that the Constitution should be interpreted as it was written, not as justices of today feel) the other day. The usual rebuttal of such an...
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