by Peter Venetoklis | Nov 12, 2017 | Guns
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is one of a series of articles on gun rights. Each addresses a common anti-gun trope. “Assault weapons used to be banned! They should be banned again!” In light of Senator Dianne Feinstein’s new bill to ban assault weapons,...
by Peter Venetoklis | Nov 3, 2017 | Culture, Opinion, Politics
Ever wonder why the Left is so adamant about defending Islam, despite the latter’s decidedly illiberal attitudes towards matters of prime importance to the Left (e.g. gay rights, women’s rights, marriage, abortion)? Ever wonder why, when a Muslim commits...
by Peter Venetoklis | Oct 23, 2017 | Culture, Drug Policy, Economics, Health, Opinion
It took a mere 13 years for America to realize the futility of alcohol prohibition. Pot prohibition, enacted at the federal level 80 years ago, is slowly but surely unraveling. Conversations about the futility of criminalizing harder drugs, once limited to the darkest...
by Peter Venetoklis | Oct 14, 2017 | Guns
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is one of a series of articles on gun rights. Each addresses a common anti-gun trope. “No one needs an arsenal! There should be limits on the number of guns someone can own or buy!!” This argument sprung forth in the aftermath of...
by Eugene Darden Nicholas | Oct 14, 2017 | Politics
An exploration of America’s involvement in foreign wars, examined through the light provided by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick’s brilliant documentary “The Vietnam War,” finishing its run on PBS, is timely and should inform the debate on the Global...
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