by Peter Venetoklis | Apr 21, 2020 | Health, Opinion, Politics
The COVID-19 lockdown has driven many of us into the waiting arms of Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, and other streaming services, as we seek replacements for our social gathering habits. My current binge is the new season of Bosch on Amazon Prime, which premiered this...
by Peter Venetoklis | Apr 20, 2020 | Economics, Health, Opinion, Politics
Thomas Mann, writer, philanthropist, social critic, and Nobel Laureate, told us, nearly a century ago, that “everything is politics.” COVID-19 and the response to it are no exception. I have little doubt that every action taken in response to the pandemic...
by Peter Venetoklis | Apr 8, 2020 | Economics, Environment, Health, Politics
Freeman Dyson, physicist, polymath, and intellect of such a towering magnitude that “genius” feels somehow inadequate, recently passed away at the age of 96. Obituary writers in the usual places chose, predictably and disappointingly, to highlight one...
by Peter Venetoklis | Mar 12, 2020 | Culture, Opinion, Politics, Taxation
A discussion prompted by yesterday’s blog post, which recounted, among other things, how Joe Biden used the ‘fire in a crowded theater’ trope to justify gun restrictions, led to a suggestion that the trope be retired. I disagreed then, and still do,...
by Peter Venetoklis | Mar 6, 2020 | Culture, Economics, Election, Health, Politics, Taxation
Many of us have heard the term “gaslighting.” Some of us even know what it means, and what its origin is. For the record, the Wikipedia definition: Gaslighting is a form of psychological manipulation in which a person or a group covertly sows seeds of...
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