by: Gerald Washington Great news for taxpayers, another tax has been repackaged and regurgitated by the Senate. This bipartisan bill, deceptively named the Marketplace Fairness Act of 2015, allows states to make eCommerce sites such as Amazon collect taxes on all of their online sales. This complicates things for eCommerce businesses, seeing as there are…
by Michael Bastach Solar activity is slowing down and more freezing winters could be on the horizon for the U.S. and Europe, according to a report by the UK’s top climate office, leading one scientist to wonder if global warming could come to an end. Using climate models to project the impacts of low solar activity, Met…
By Josh Fatzick Poor communication, slow response time and lack of leadership are to blame for the Jan. 12 smoke incident in a Metro tunnel that trapped dozens of riders in a train, according to documents released by the National Transportation Safety Board Tuesday. Two Metro Transit Police officers were alerted to the smoke in the tunnel and walked…
By: Laura Meyers I’m not Catholic, but I am a Christian, and this current pope ticks me right off. On Sunday, Pope Francis told a rally of young people that any person who manufactures weapons cannot call themselves a Christian. “If you trust only men you have lost,” he said when talking about war, trust, and…
By Peter Fricke The United States Postal Service plans to expand market tests of a grocery delivery service, but critics say the venture is just a diversion from the agency’s financial and operational woes. The USPS announced its intention Monday to expand the “Customized Delivery” program, which provides early-morning residential delivery of pre-ordered groceries, to…
By: Laura Meyers Ever wonder what Footloose would’ve been like if Kevin Bacon had been Japanese? Well, recently, Japan has lifted its 67-year-old ban on dancing. The bad was made into law after World War II in an effort to prevent prostitution that was often found amongst dance halls. Before now, public dancing was forbidden unless…
By Blake Neff Published: June 24, 2015 Amazon has responded to the public outcry over the Confederate flag by announcing that it will take down all Confederate flag products from its online store. Sure enough, by Wednesday morning any product carrying either the Confederate battle flag or the flag of the Confederate States of America quickly disappeared from…
Senator Rand Paul’s bold flat tax proposal made waves when it was released this week, but Ted Cruz has supported a flat tax for some time. Why does Paul get all the credit, while Cruz is seen as the also-ran? Today’s Freedom Report podcast dives into the upcoming summer budget battles which will pit grassroots…
By Josh Fatzick A court in Virginia awarded a man $500,000 in damages after his doctors brutally mocked him while he was sedated for a routine colonoscopy. Before going under for the surgery, the man — only identified in court documents as D.B. — started recording audio on his phone. When he woke up and…
By Peter Fricke On Monday, the federal agency that oversees trade policy recommended dismissing patent infringement claims that could lead to a ban on U.S. sales of the Samsung Galaxy line of phones. The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) staff filed a pretrial brief on the first day of a public hearing the agency is…