Geoffrey Ingersoll President Barack Obama just rejected plans to build the Keystone XL oil pipeline Friday, arguing the project wouldn’t do much for the economy and would undercut U.S. efforts to fight global warming. “If we want to prevent the worst effects of climate change before it’s too late, the time to act is now.”…
Blake Neff A new video shows a student at Yale University screaming at one of the school’s professors for allegedly failing to make the campus a “safe space” for students. Yale University has been hit by controversy in the past week after professor Erika Christakis, associate headmaster of the school’s Silliman College, sent an email to the…
Blake Neff Politico has already begun to backtrack its explosive story accusing Ben Carson of lying about an acceptance to West Point, deleting its claim that Carson had confessed to “fabricating” his admission. When it first published its story Friday morning, the Virginia-based blog aggressively declared that Carson had admitted to telling a big lie about his past….
Australian researchers are heralding an astonishing breakthrough. Using a new form of ultrasound treatment the scientists were able to clear the brains of mice of buildups of plaque and harmful proteins that cause Alzheimer’s. Remarkably, 75% of the mice they experimented on regained their memories. Science Alert reports: Australian researchers have come up with a…
Rand Paul calls out Hillary Clinton as the hawk she is and her campaign has no answer. On Friday night while having a discussion with MSNBC’s Chris Matthews, Rand Paul showed his non-interventionist approach to foreign policy by calling Hillary Clinton “a neocon,” comparing her to Marco Rubio and other hawks in the GOP while citing her many…
Paul Goes Into Enemy Territory and Emerges Victorious by Josh Guckert On Friday night, the Democratic Presidential Candidates met in Rock Hill, South Carolina for a forum to discuss current issues. The forum was hosted by MSNBC in response to an outcry by some that the Democratic National Committee had held too few debates. However,…
Andrew Follett A civil war has erupted between environmentalists and their Democratic allies, including President Barack Obama himself, over the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). The full text of TPP noticeably does not directly address global warming and contains only a token mention of “clean energy.” Environmental groups say that the pact lacks environmental protections and will benefit…
Jonah Bennett President Barack Obama and Congress need to line up behind Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders’ new Senate bill to remove marijuana from the list of Schedule I drugs, The New York Times Editorial Board argued Thursday. With the election of the Liberal Party in Canada, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has promised to…
Andrew Follett The biggest cause of CO2 emissions reduction is America’s fracking natural gas boom, not solar or wind power, according to a study by the Manhattan Institute. The study shows that solar power is responsible for 1 percent of the decline in U.S. carbon-dioxide emissions, while natural gas is responsible for nearly 20 percent. U.S. greenhouse gas emissions have dropped by…
Rachel Stoltzfoos The six Democrats House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi picked to serve on a new select committee investigating Planned Parenthood have received a combined $81,000 in donations from the non-profit’s PAC. The special committee will have broad authority to investigate abortion procedures in Planned Parenthood clinics in light of the videos released by The…