by Peter Venetoklis | Mar 8, 2020 | Culture, Immigration, Not Politics, Opinion, Politics
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second of a recurring (and likely irregular) series of quick-hits. Because, not everything needs a thousand words. Thanks for reading! Eco-Whiteness I’ve been seeing some buzz lately about how the green movement is so white,...
by Peter Venetoklis | May 20, 2019 | Culture, Not Politics, Opinion, Politics
Like many others, I found myself rather disappointed in the unfolding of the eighth-and-final season of Game of Thrones. But, like many others, I wasn’t about to walk away after ten years and 70+ episodes, and miss out on the long-awaited reveal as to the winner...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jan 19, 2019 | Not Politics, Opinion, Politics
Way, way back around the turn of the century, I caught a fun little indie film called The Tao of Steve. It relates the tale of Dex, an overweight stoner who, against any rational expectation, has a knack for seducing women, and his encounter with a woman who turns the...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jan 2, 2019 | Not Politics, Opinion
I used to be a nuclear rocket engineer. Really, I was. Department of Defense, NASA, missions to Mars and other planets… for a span of about 7 years during the Reagan-Bush era, I was eyeballs deep in it. My octogenarian aunt, who has lived her whole life on an...
by Peter Venetoklis | Sep 3, 2018 | Culture, Not Politics, Opinion
Ever miss an exit on the highway? Doesn’t it seem that the few minutes it takes to go to the next exit, cross over, find the on-ramp in the other direction, and get back to where you should have turned off in the first place seems like an eternity? Not just an...
by Peter Venetoklis | Aug 12, 2018 | Not Politics, Opinion
The Atlantic recently published a bubble-bursting article that cautions young people against the “find your passion” advice they get from parents, from educators, from valedictorians, from commencement speakers, from motivational speakers, and from...
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