by Peter Venetoklis | May 27, 2015 | Culture, Health, Politics
There’s a meme bouncing around the political blogosphere that says we need to demand the minimum wage be raised because Walmart. The rationale goes like this: The government provides various safety nets regarding health care and other basics, including programs...
by Peter Venetoklis | Apr 9, 2015 | Economics, Politics
Just a few weeks before I was born, Lyndon Baines Johnson gave his first State of The Union address since becoming President upon the death of John F. Kennedy. The full text of the address is a fascinating read, especially within the context of LBJ’s...
by Peter Venetoklis | Apr 1, 2015 | Culture, Politics
Buried within the hyperventilating about Indiana’s recently enacted religious freedom law – a law that says (per USA Today): the government cannot “substantially burden” a person’s ability to follow their religious beliefs, unless it can...
by Peter Venetoklis | Mar 29, 2015 | Culture, Health, Not Politics
A friend and former employee who has gone all-in on healthy living and all things natural has been sharing a variety of links and news stories with me of late – stories decrying GMO foods, Big Pharma, chemotherapy and Monsanto as the greatest evils of modern...
by Peter Venetoklis | Feb 25, 2015 | Culture, Environment
Earlier today, an internet friend of an internet friend posted this comment: So they have a truth which is unalterable, it’s beneath them to debate with outsiders, they have texts full of dire prophecies I mean predictions that never seem to come true. They sell...
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