by Peter Venetoklis | Oct 28, 2021 | Culture, Opinion, Politics
I did a bit of streaming service surfing last weekend, searching for a new television show to watch. I typically gravitate to original content by the streamers and some of the more “quality” cable channels, having found that the broadcast networks’...
by Peter Venetoklis | Sep 20, 2021 | Culture, Opinion
Hollywood is making another attempt at making a film version of the science fiction classic Dune. We already have David Lynch’s 1984 version by David Lynch, which I didn’t care for, and a SyFy channel miniseries from 2000, which I enjoyed rather more. The...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jul 27, 2021 | Culture, Opinion, Politics
A couple decades back, I briefly dated a British woman who, in a political conversation whose specific subject is lost to memory, voiced the phrase: Because we’re smarter than they are. That, as opposed to the particulars of our discussion, seared itself in my...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jun 11, 2021 | Culture, Economics, Environment, Opinion, Politics, Taxation
Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business and eventually degenerates into a racket. Thus wrote* social philosopher Eric Hoffer in 1967. Its truth could not be more timely, no matter that it was written half a century ago. Regular readers know...
by Karl Wright | Jun 8, 2021 | Culture, Economics, Election, Opinion, Politics
The Ascendancy of China in American Culture Few people would disagree that the last two years have changed American society more than any entire generation in our country’s history. In my opinion, that includes the decades of the Great Depression and World War...
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