The Opposite of Liberty is License by Grant Phillips The American Dream represents hard work and success of free individuals pursuing their own economic gains. It is often expressed in “rags to riches” stories of impoverished citizens obtaining great feats through their free will. Today, people question whether that dream still exists. Politicians want to…
President Obama will reportedly seek congressional authorization to expand the war against ISIS in Iraq and Syria. The president’s request for a new authorization for the use of military force is said to include a sunset provision, requiring congress to reconsider the executive’s warmaking power after three years. Obama will speak today at 3pm ET…
It all began with a dream and the internet. From his bedroom, Easton LaChappelle at 14 years of age built a robotic hand controlled by a wireless control glove. He used LEGOs to back the device, motors from toy airplanes, fishing line for the tendons, and electrical tubing for the fingers. Mr. LaChappelle entered the robotic hand into…
Local Corrupt Official Terrorizing Police, Interfering With Justice WELLSTON, MO – Police in Wellston, Missouri claim that they are unable to investigate a drug dealer and domestic abuser because his mother, a city councilwoman, is protecting him. One police officer has been fired multiple times for investigating Terrence Dixon for selling crack, meth, and beating…
[dropcap size=small]A[/dropcap]new Federal Court suit filed by a Georgia woman alleges that an Albany police officer brutally attacked her and caused her to have a miscarriage. The woman, Kenya Harris, is suing the City of Albany, Georgia, as well as police Chief John Proctor and officers Ryan Jenkins and Richard Brown, Jr. for excessive force, assault and battery…
Someone created a hilariously entertaining mashup of President Obama singing Taylor Swift’s hit song “Shake it Off,” enjoy a laugh at the president not screwing up something for once. Of course, he didn’t have a hand in this, so that might be why!
I hate taxes too, lady… but GEEZ! From ABC: A ticked-off customer cocked back from the waist and headbutted a Jackson Hewitt employee, sparking a hair-pulling, face-pounding scrap inside the store. “Take your poor a– up out of this store,” the worker said in an exchange captured on video, adding “your momma’s a b—h.” The…
Father of the Year A girl’s father uploaded a video of him forcing her to apologize and pay for stealing from a local Walgreens. The father got the manager and made her face up to her, as well as talk to the security officers who were on site. If only more parents had this spirit, less…
A Jailhouse Soap Opera From the video: Tavon White was sentenced to 12 years in prison – significantly less than the maximum 20 years he faced – after prosecutors told the judge he quelled violence by instituting a no-stabbing policy among gang members and then took a substantial risk by testifying against others in the…
As Reason recently pointed out, gun rights have often helped in the struggle for minority civil rights in America. The right to keep and bear arms is, after all, a natural right that should be denied to no one. So why, then, is income inequality champion and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg claiming…