By Guy Bentley Just one year after Australia passed one of the world’s most draconian anti-smoking laws, tobacco sales rose 0.5 percent after they had been falling for several years. From Dec. 1, 2012 on, cigarette companies in Australia were compelled to sell their products in generic dark brown packets plastered with pictures of diseased lungs and…
By Guy Bentley There is no link between the surge in teens taking up e-cigarettes and then transferring to regular tobacco, according to the anti-smoking group Action on Smoking and Health. Published in the journal Public Health and conducted with polling company YouGov, the research showed teens are experimenting more with e-cigarettes. In 2013, four percent…
By Ivan Plis A new video online claims to show Syrian refugees swimming ashore in Greece — as the dead bodies of their countrymen float a few feet away. The video appeared at a time when many thousands are trying to reach Europe from Syria and other nearby war zones. Greece is a common entry point,…
By Jonah Bennett The two female Ranger students left in Ranger School will be the first women to ever graduate from the grueling course Friday. The confirmation comes a day after a report from Havok Journal, which stated that President Barack Obama was set to attend the ceremony, prompting speculations that the commander-in-chief would likely not choose to attend, unless…
by Alexandra Ivanov Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders (D) has said that socialist policies characteristic of countries like Sweden should be implemented in the U.S. As a Swede, I would strongly advise against this. RELATED: Here’s Why Bernie Sanders Is Wrong About Everything The worldwide socialist movement praises the Scandinavian countries for their high living standards…
By Jonah Bennett Meet the Marine Corps veteran who is lucky to be alive after fighting off a bear with his bare hands. Larry Yepez, a 66-year-old veteran who served during the Vietnam War and received a Purple Heart for his service, was attacked Thursday by a 250-pound bear near his home in Mariposa, Calif., CNN reports. Yepez says he stepped outside…
By Guy Bentley Amazon’s CEO Jeff Bezos slammed a New York Times article published Sunday that decried the company’s “bruising” workplace culture. The article quoted Amazon employees who recounted tales of workers crying at their desks and pregnant or seriously ill colleagues put on a “performance improvement plan.” NYT spoke to 100 current and former employees. The…
By Connor D. Wolf According to a Fox News poll released Friday, self-described socialist Bernie Sanders is starting to catch up to Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primary. The poll shows for the first time this election Hillary has fallen below 50 percent approval. The polling was conducted between Aug. 11 and 13. While Hillary sits at 49…
by Sarah Gompper The case Charlie Craig and David Mullins v. Masterpiece Cakeshop was decided by the Colorado Court of Appeals on August 13th in favor of Craig and Mullins. As previously reported, the couple was denied service for their same-sex wedding in 2012 by Jack Phillips, the owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop. Colorado state law says…
by Julie Borowski OK. Real talk. Beating Hillary Clinton is going to hard as hell. No, it’s not because she’s the most qualified or has the best policy positions or anything that should matter. It’s mostly because of her gender. The main goal of the feminist movement is to put a woman in the White…