by Peter Venetoklis | Sep 14, 2016 | Culture, Election
In reading a defense of Hillary Clinton’s “deplorables” statement, I came across an interesting argument. The author, Jonathan Chait (who self-identifies as a “liberal hawk”), noted that: A plurality of Republicans supported Trump’s claim...
by Peter Venetoklis | Sep 10, 2016 | Culture, Election, Politics
Stories about people’s Trump signs and placards being stolen have become so common that only the ones with “bonus” features are bothering to register in the zeitgeist nowadays. One man electrified his signs after seven were stolen and after video...
by Peter Venetoklis | Sep 4, 2016 | Opinion, Politics
A wonderful quote appeared in my newsfeed the other morning: Progress cannot be plotted and blueprinted in advance; that is why it is progress. It reminded me of an anecdote from my engineering days. In an all-hands meeting regarding the technology project I was...
by Peter Venetoklis | Aug 21, 2016 | Politics
Every day, it seems, brings us a fresh story about politicians trying to further erode our rights. Those rights that the Constitution, the “supreme law of the land,” the document that created this nation, the scrap of paper that sits at the top of a pile...
by Peter Venetoklis | Aug 16, 2016 | Election, Politics
Utter the words “Citizens United” in a room full of liberals at your peril. The Supreme Court case that affirmed First Amendment protections for political expenditures by corporations (or, if you’re of a different mindset, evilly turned corporations...
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