by Peter Venetoklis | Jun 19, 2021 | Culture, Economics, Opinion, Politics, Taxation
If you dabble in political sandboxes, you are likely familiar with the term “intelligentsia.” It’s been around a couple centuries, if Wikipedia is to be trusted for that datum, and it speaks to both a category of people and to disdain for them. Or,...
by Eugene Darden Nicholas | May 27, 2021 | Culture, Opinion, Politics
A pastor I know of has had to abandon an important sermon, “everything is accepted, while nothing is forgiven”. It wasn’t because the Deacons found the subject matter too challenging or inappropriate. This does happen, by the way. My dad, who grew up...
by Peter Venetoklis | May 12, 2021 | Culture, Drug Policy, Health, Opinion, Politics
Sixteen months ago, the World Health Organization announced a ‘Mysterious Coronavirus-Related Pneumonia in Wuhan, China.’ We all know what happened next. And by that I mean chaos, confusion, conflicting information, tendentious reporting (in multiple...
by Peter Venetoklis | May 8, 2021 | Education, Opinion, Politics
Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY) recently reintroduced HR899, a bill that stated, in its entirety: This bill terminates the Department of Education on December 31, 2020. He’s updated the year to 2022, but otherwise left it as-is. Of course, the Internet had its...
by Eugene Darden Nicholas | May 4, 2021 | Culture
This was said by a pastor I know of, who will remain nameless. Why nameless, when he might claim credit for such elegant words of wisdom? Because even he is worried about race-denouncement, social media canceling, hounding, banishment from his social support circle,...
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