by Peter Venetoklis | Sep 9, 2017 | Environment
The preparations for Hurricane Irma’s Florida landfall served to shine light on a core reality of modern life: energy is fundamental. The mass exodus out of Miami and other threatened coastal areas has taxed the regional infrastructure’s ability to provide...
by Peter Venetoklis | Sep 7, 2017 | Immigration, Politics
Earlier this week, President Trump elected to repeal the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy established by the Obama administration in 2012. Simultaneously, he stayed this repeal for 6 months, so that Congress could have time to figure out what it...
by Peter Venetoklis | Sep 2, 2017 | Culture, Politics
Comic book fans will recognize the quote “with great power comes great responsibility” from the Spider-man comics (and movies). This statement, (apocryphally) uttered by Peter Parker’s Uncle Ben, who was later murdered by a criminal that Parker (as a...
by Peter Venetoklis | Aug 20, 2017 | Not Politics, Opinion
This past Friday brought the debut of the newest entry into the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU): The Defenders. A Netflix original limited series, an 8 episode story arc, it became available in its entirety in traditional Netflix style. Being a fan of most of the...
by Peter Venetoklis | Aug 19, 2017 | Opinion, Politics
There are occasions, in the halls of public discourse, where high-concept exposition turns into farce, where an author’s grand ideas depict a lack of self-awareness so monumental that it defies belief. Consider a deeply self-important op-ed by K-Sue Park,...
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