by Peter Venetoklis | Mar 23, 2018 | Economics, Opinion, Politics
Another day, another grotesque, bloated, pork-laden omnibus spending bill, passed in the looming shadow of a government shut-down. A bill so long and convoluted and presented so close to deadline that no one even had a chance to read it all (Senator Rand Paul tried)....
by Peter Venetoklis | Mar 23, 2018 | Economics, Opinion, Politics
Or – Never Get Involved In a Trade War With China In what could only have been predicted by… anybody, the stock market took a dump in response to Trump’s announcement of $60B worth of tariffs on Chinese goods, and the resultant fears of a brewing...
by Peter Venetoklis | Mar 22, 2018 | Opinion, Politics
Consider this adage, from writer Carl Shirky: Institutions will try to preserve the problem to which they are the solution. Now, consider the laundry list of social problems that have lingered for decades, despite the best efforts of big government, advocacy groups,...
by Eugene Darden Nicholas | Mar 10, 2018 | Culture, Opinion, Politics
Consider the Bible’s Matthew Effect, often interpreted as “the rich get richer and the poor get poorer.” At first this would seem unchristian, hardly of the same school as “the meek shall inherit the earth.” Seen through the lens of life...
by Peter Venetoklis | Feb 26, 2018 | Economics, Opinion, Politics
Public unions appear to be in a cold sweat over this week’s Supreme Court case, Janus vs AFSCME, Council 31, a case that focuses on whether an employee can be forced to pay dues to a union. Current law in some states mandates that a non-union employee...
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