by Peter Venetoklis | Aug 27, 2020 | Election, Opinion, Politics
A window of opportunity opened, shortly after George Floyd’s death, to make some real and good changes in policing, changes that would not only improve relations with minority communities, but would benefit policing as well. I discussed some of those changes in...
by Peter Venetoklis | May 30, 2020 | Economics, Opinion, Politics, Taxation
Joe Biden was born on November 20, 1942. Donald Trump was born June 14, 1946. Barring a seismic shift in the political landscape, America’s next president will be either 78 or 74 on Inauguration Day 2021. This will be a record, breaking the previous record (that...
by Peter Venetoklis | Mar 11, 2020 | Election, Guns, Opinion, Politics
Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent. — Isaac Asimov Joe Biden, who cruised to multiple victories in yesterday’s primaries and likely to the Democratic nomination for President, had a “true colors” encounter with a construction worker...
by Eugene Darden Nicholas | Dec 28, 2019 | Opinion, Politics
This scribbler has advocated for normalizing impeachment in these pages many times. The reasons are legion: our politicians need more checking, since they gain impunity as they lose accountability, with their re-elections close to being assured. They emit rules and...
by Peter Venetoklis | Dec 16, 2019 | Opinion, Politics
Election season has taken a bit of a break in the past few weeks, with the Trump impeachment show dominating the news and social media. That’s not to say stuff hasn’t happened, though. Kamala Harris just joined Beto O’Rourke, Bill De Blasio, Kirsten...
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