by Eugene Darden Nicholas | Jul 12, 2020 | Culture, Economics, Health, Opinion, Politics
The CHOP (Capital Hill Occupation Protest) in Seattle, has come and gone (to the surprise of no one). What can be learned? Mainly: The United States of America is actually the most socialist country in the world (the voluntary variant of socialism, that is). Until...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jul 4, 2020 | Immigration, Politics, Taxation
When was the last time you read the Declaration of Independence? The whole thing, not just the second paragraph? It’s not long – 1334 words. Should take you 5 minutes or so. 5 minutes wee spent, on the 244th anniversary of its ratification. Feel free to...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jul 2, 2020 | Economics, Election, Opinion, Politics, Taxation
Were I tasked with offering one lesson about politics, whether it be to a group of wide-eyed high school sophomores, an over-educated class of grad students, or a conglomerated mass of voters from all over the political spectrum, it would be this: It’s always...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jun 17, 2020 | Culture, Education, Opinion, Politics
The BLM movement, which has emerged as the “voice” of the George Floyd protests, has chosen to embrace the mantra “Defund The Police” as its remedy to the problems and factors that have resulted in unjustified killings of civilians by law...
by Eugene Darden Nicholas | Jun 8, 2020 | Culture, Opinion, Politics
George Floyd’s killer, Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, has a history that reminded me of an incident and individual from my days working as a paramedic for the FDNY in Brooklyn. My partner and I were dispatched to a developing riot. As we turned across...
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