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OPM - Bad Decision Edition
When does a tax go too far?
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Peter Venetoklis
Cheats and Liars
Regular readers may recall my mentioning the Gell-Mann Amnesia effect, summarized by Michael Crichton thus:
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Peter Venetoklis
Sociopathic Media
If you dabble in politics on social media, it’s near-certain that somebody has “rebutted” whatever point you made - or sometimes their own contortion of…
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Peter Venetoklis
Mortgage Mania
The administration’s latest whack at the political hornet’s nest is a suggestion that banks write 50 year mortgages for prospective homeowners.
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Peter Venetoklis
Bread And Circuses
Those of us who spend a lot of time in the political sandbox sometimes delude ourselves into believing that politicians seek to put order to society.
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Peter Venetoklis
He Will Be Your Father Figure
In his victory speech, NYC mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani boldly declared:
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Peter Venetoklis
Prosperity And Parasites
Back in my early engineering days, when I was a bright-eyed young lad learning not only my work, but the system itself, I was introduced to the term…
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Peter Venetoklis
OPM, Five Boroughs Edition
EDITOR’S NOTE: Publishing this bit a day early.
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Peter Venetoklis
They Want Us Dead
One might think that the growing list of failed doomsday prophecies might prompt the climate cultists to reconsider their dogma.
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Peter Venetoklis
Rent Follies
The cost of housing is a perennial hot-button issue for local elections in big cities.
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Peter Venetoklis
Cafeteria Activism
Editor’s Note: Sunday posts are normally paywalled, but I’m putting this one up for all readers.
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Peter Venetoklis

October 2025

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