By Rachel Stoltzfoos Americans named “government” as the most important problem facing the country for the fourth month in a row. Almost 1 in 5 Americans polled by Gallup last week said “dissatisfaction with government” is the most important problem, topping the economy (11 percent), unemployment (10 percent) and illegal immigration (7 percent). Only 31 percent said…
By Katie Frates We are now living 15 years after the global warming apocalypse. Well, at least according to a top United Nations official who warned that “entire nations could be wiped off the face of the earth” by the year 2000 if nothing was done to stop global warming. The dire warning came from a top…
By Blake Neff Published: March 12, 2015 Protesters are targeting the home of a University of Oklahoma student who was expelled for playing a leading role in a racist song caught on video last weekend. Protesters are targeting Parker Rice’s family’s home, demanding a better apology and further punishment for the disgraced 19 year old,…
By Michael Bastasch Published: March 12, 2015 Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz told NASA Thursday to stop worrying about global warming and focus on its “core priority of exploring space.” “Since the end of the last administration, we have seen a disproportionate increase in the amount of federal funds that have been allocated to the Earth sciences…
#1. The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions 1798-1799 Drafted between 1798 and 1799, the states of Kentucky and Virginia presented political statements that took the position that the states had the right and duty to declare unconstitutional any act of Congress that were not authorized by the Constitution. These were written in secret by Thomas Jefferson…
Do you hold the door open for women? Do you pay for dinner when you ask a woman out on a date? Well then, you’re probably a goddamn sexist pig! That’s right men, no matter what we do, we can’t win. From the National Post: Psychologists found that a friendly or chivalrous attitude can mask…
Since the advent of online streaming, Americans are moving away from TV faster than ever, according to new research by Nielsen. As Claire Atkinson aptly wrote in her piece published the New York Post, “Netflix, Amazon and Hulu Plus are no longer just nibbling away at the fringes of the pay-TV business — they’re eating its lunch.” The…
Political correctness is the new moral panic, and like all moral panics before it, it looks like rockers and comedians are the first to beat it back. One rock band in particular has taken the fight to it in the belly of the beast — Portand, Oregon. Yes, that’s right, Portlandia itself. And they did…
#1. “My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.” We limited government types love to quote this one, but Jefferson never said it. Monticello’s website lists the earliest known appearance as being printed in 1913 by John Sharp Williams. They think that the reason people quote this is…
Back in January of 2014, longtime conservative activist Jimmy LaSalvia left the Republican Party, citing amongst other factors, the GOP’s unwillingness to work with gays. He was a member of the Log Cabin Republicans, an organization founded in 1977, advocating for gay and lesbian rights within the Republican Party. He was also a co-founder of…