by Peter Venetoklis | Apr 22, 2018 | Drug Policy
As the momentum for pot legalization continues to grow (Senator Charles Schumer of NY recently came out in favor, and Trump has been making good noises despite his Attorney General’s hard-ass-ed-nes), it’s worth taking a trip down memory lane – or at...
by Peter Venetoklis | Apr 13, 2018 | Politics
A suspected chemical weapons attack in Syria. Denials by the usual suspects, howls by the usual suspects, and our President promising an armed response. Is any of this remotely surprising? More germanely, is the promised response likely to accomplish anything...
by Peter Venetoklis | Apr 12, 2018 | Politics
EDITOR’S NOTE: This article is a follow-up to Forbidding Happiness, which discusses the infringement of the core Jeffersonian ideal the pursuit of happiness. I recently discussed Thomas Jefferson’s affirmation of three fundamental rights: life, liberty,...
by Peter Venetoklis | Apr 11, 2018 | Culture, Opinion
Lets roll the WABAC Machine’s dials to July 13, 2012, when then-President Obama made his infamous You didn’t build that speech. Or, gaffe, if you prefer, because the turn of phrase outraged many and cranked the rescuing/apologia spin machine into...
by Peter Venetoklis | Apr 10, 2018 | Culture
A hullaballoo arose yesterday with an FBI raid that shut down the personals website Backpage.com. Backpage is (was?) one of a number of sites where individuals posted personal ads offering goods and services. Somewhat notoriously, prostitution was one such service...
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