Pigs and Sheep A Libertarian Blog

Excel At What’s Easy

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...

Your Dream Is Not Reality

by Peter Venetoklis | Jul 25, 2018 | Opinion, Politics

I had another of those “free markets suck” conversations the other day, one that evolved from conversations about supposed disparities in child mortality stats across nations, to socialized medicine, to the supposed failures of free markets in safeguarding...

The Garland Whine

by Peter Venetoklis | Jul 10, 2018 | Opinion, Politics

In grand “elections have consequences” style, Trump got to nominate his second Supreme Court justice this week. Before his pick was even announced, the Left had its plaints and protests locked and loaded. As in, tweets and placards with place holders and...

The Franco Addendum

by Peter Venetoklis | Jul 6, 2018 | Culture, Economics, Education, Opinion, Politics

In the original illegal cross-country car race movie, The Gumball Rally, the Italian race car driver Franco, played with grand scenery-chewing excess by Raul Julia, informed the owner of the iconic Ferrari Daytona of “the first rule of Italian driving.”...

The Seinfeld Corollary

by Peter Venetoklis | Jul 5, 2018 | Culture, Economics, Education, Opinion, Politics, Taxation

I recently mentioned Jerry Seinfeld’s fun little series Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee as a prelude and “inspiration” for a discussion about the Left’s tolerance of some forms of prejudice. That same episode, featuring Bill Maher as a guest,...