by Peter Venetoklis | Oct 14, 2017 | Culture, Opinion
The stream of accusations of misbehavior by disgraced creep Harvey Weinstein has turned into a deluge, with actress after actress coming forth with allegations of, to put it mildly, sleazy behavior. In classic emperor-has-no-clothes style, the overwhelming consensus...
by Peter Venetoklis | Sep 2, 2017 | Culture, Politics
Comic book fans will recognize the quote “with great power comes great responsibility” from the Spider-man comics (and movies). This statement, (apocryphally) uttered by Peter Parker’s Uncle Ben, who was later murdered by a criminal that Parker (as a...
by Peter Venetoklis | Aug 23, 2017 | Culture, Politics
Three years ago, I asked whether social media platforms might one day be deemed a “public good,” subject the principles of public accommodation currently applied to brick-and-mortar businesses, as well as other government mandates (e.g. those imposed on...
by Peter Venetoklis | Aug 19, 2017 | Opinion, Politics
There are occasions, in the halls of public discourse, where high-concept exposition turns into farce, where an author’s grand ideas depict a lack of self-awareness so monumental that it defies belief. Consider a deeply self-important op-ed by K-Sue Park,...
by Peter Venetoklis | Aug 18, 2017 | Culture, Opinion
Musician Jeff Hanneman, recently-deceased guitarist and lyricist for the heavy metal band Slayer, wrote a song called Angel of Death about the Nazi monster Josef Mengele. The song, the first track on the album Reign in Blood (1986), was controversial from the outset,...
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