by Eugene Darden Nicholas | Jun 4, 2020 | Culture, Health, Politics
I have friends in the NYPD who describe to me constantly being approached by “youths” that make a finger gun at them and say something like “turn your back on me, piggie, and see what you get.” A lot of the cops have strapped on extra guns...
by Peter Venetoklis | May 31, 2020 | Culture, Drug Policy, Guns, Politics
The protests (warranted) and riots (unjustifiable) prompted by the horrific death of George Floyd under the knee of a police officer produce all sorts of stupidity masquerading as truth-to-power armchair wisdom. This morning, I found my email in-box loaded with half a...
by Peter Venetoklis | May 30, 2020 | Economics, Opinion, Politics, Taxation
Joe Biden was born on November 20, 1942. Donald Trump was born June 14, 1946. Barring a seismic shift in the political landscape, America’s next president will be either 78 or 74 on Inauguration Day 2021. This will be a record, breaking the previous record (that...
by Eugene Darden Nicholas | May 29, 2020 | Economics, Health, Opinion, Politics
A core mission of the World Health Organization (WHO) is to serve as the world’s pandemic alarm system. In this, it failed, badly. The cause of this failure can be traced to a common theme: the nature of bureaucracy itself. It’s a common theme on this...
by Peter Venetoklis | May 10, 2020 | Culture, Opinion
Language is information. Information is power. Therefore, language is power. My wife and I are working our way through Season 2 of Killing Eve these days, and a recent episode involved Villanelle (the main character who’s not named “Eve”) conversing,...
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