by Peter Venetoklis | Mar 7, 2018 | Culture, Opinion
A sorta-provocative headline at the Washington Post, “It’s Time to Give Socialism A Try,” made me a bit cranky this morning. Having seen this sort of sentiment more times than I can count, I’ve developed a standard first response, along the...
by Peter Venetoklis | Feb 26, 2018 | Economics, Opinion, Politics
Public unions appear to be in a cold sweat over this week’s Supreme Court case, Janus vs AFSCME, Council 31, a case that focuses on whether an employee can be forced to pay dues to a union. Current law in some states mandates that a non-union employee...
by Peter Venetoklis | Feb 24, 2018 | Culture, Guns, Opinion, Politics
The public debate – at least what passes for debate in 2018 – over the Parkland school shooting and what to do about it, continues to evolve. Responses (I won’t call them solutions, because most of them won’t make a hill-of-beans difference to...
by Peter Venetoklis | Feb 21, 2018 | Economics, Health, Opinion, Politics
This week, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case regarding mandatory union dues (Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Council 31), a case that should, if decided in the direction of liberty, extend right-to-work rules...
by Peter Venetoklis | Dec 30, 2017 | Culture, Education, Opinion, Politics
I recently had the chance to watch Blade Runner 2049, the sequel to Ridley Scott’s 1982 science fiction masterpiece Blade Runner, which in turn was based on a short story by science fiction writer Phillip K. Dick. I’m a fan of the original movie, and I...
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