Pigs and Sheep A Libertarian Blog

The Right To Protest

by Peter Venetoklis | May 25, 2018 | Culture, Opinion

The NFL (or “No Fun League,” as some have dubbed it) got caught between a rock and a hard place when Colin Kaepernick decided to sit during the playing of the National Anthem before games, to protest racism. A major chunk of the NFL’s fan base is...

Presidential Turpitude

by Peter Venetoklis | May 24, 2018 | Opinion, Politics

Browsing channels the other day, I landed on some police drama (Law and Order? Blue Bloods?) that focused on a “fight club” atmosphere in the world of high finance and hedge funds. The trope is a familiar and common one: the high-testosterone machismo...

The Irrelevance of the Medical Marijuana Debate

by Peter Venetoklis | May 23, 2018 | Drug Policy, Opinion

As pot legalization continues to move apace, I’ve started to notice a greater frequency of assertions about the benefits of pot or cannabidoil, and a greater frequency of rebuttals to assertions about the efficacy of marijuana for medicinal and health purposes....

Weaponized Bureaucracies

by Peter Venetoklis | May 22, 2018 | Culture, Politics

The latest allegation in the perpetually sordid deconstruction of this past election is that the FBI planted a mole inside Trump’s campaign. Concurrently, a preview of a pending report by the Inspector General is said to slam the FBI for foot-dragging its review...

The Biggest Loser

by Peter Venetoklis | May 15, 2018 | Culture, Drug Policy, Economics, Opinion, Politics, Taxation

Yesterday, the Supreme Court struck a blow for federalism and states’ rights in its decision to overturn a federal prohibition on sports gambling. In Murphy v NCAA, the Court ruled that the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) violated the...