by Peter Venetoklis | Jan 5, 2021 | Culture, Opinion, Politics
We find, in many religions and the lore of many cultures, unusual beings, beasts, and creatures. Considered from a secular viewpoint, these translate into archetypes, to be either emulated or shunned. In contemporary pop culture, many are often adapted into fantasy...
by Peter Venetoklis | Dec 23, 2020 | Culture, Health, Opinion, Politics
A COVID-19 vaccine arrived, a product of human ingenuity motivated by crisis. In months, not years. Then, a second. Soon, a third. And, now, the politics. It was inevitable that there’d be debates about who should get immunized first. In a rational society, the...
by Peter Venetoklis | Dec 17, 2020 | Opinion, Politics
I’ve long held the belief that NY Governor Andrew Cuomo has presidential aspirations. That belief has been bolstered of late by a number of his actions and public postures, including his myriad bits of self-congratulation regarding his handling of the COVID-19...
by Peter Venetoklis | Dec 16, 2020 | Culture, Election, Opinion, Politics
Joseph Epstein, a writer, essayist, and “visiting lecturer in literature and writing at Northwestern University,” set off the kerfuffle of the day with an op-ed published in the Wall Street Journal that offered a bit of unsolicited advice to the First...
by Peter Venetoklis | Dec 11, 2020 | Culture, Opinion, Politics
Remember 2005? It wasn’t that long ago. George W. Bush started his second term in office. The Iraq War entered its third year. Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad became Iraq’s President, and pressed forward with a nuclear program...
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