Connor D. Wolf Manhattan Institute Senior Fellow Edmund J. McMahon warned Monday that a $15 minimum wage could kill pizza restaurants in New York state. McMahon spoke at a panel discussion hosted by the Center for New York City Affairs. He argued the minimum wage debate is too focused on large corporations. While big companies…
Casey Harper The FBI has created a strange video game to train teachers and students to identify potential Jihadist students. The game is called “Don’t Be A Puppet” and will be available to the public and teaches ways to identify students who are leaning toward Islamic radicalization. The game shows a puppet and snips a string to…
By Lina Bryce Cops in Connecticut are breaking into cars and stealing expensive items with legal impunity. In fact, they say it is for their residents’ own good. In an effort to curb thefts and car break-ins, police have taken it upon themselves to beat the criminals to the score. Lt. Herbert Sharp told the…
Tough talk from the GOP presidential campaigns has fizzled out and it turns out the kerfuffle was much ado about nothing. CNN Money reports: The Republican effort to stage a united front on debate reforms began to crumble Monday night as several campaigns announced that they would not sign a letter of demands to debate…
The man who was caught on camera assaulting an Uber driver has been identified as a Taco Bell executive. The man was arrested after being maced in the face by the Uber driver, but that’s not all the consequences he’s facing. CNBC reports: A Taco Bell executive has lost his job with the fast food…
By Rachel Stoltzfoos Ben Carson surged to the top of the Republican presidential primary field in a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll released Tuesday, solidifying recent polling gains and coming within striking distance of Donald Trump’s polling average. Carson is the first Republican to overtake Trump in a Journal/NBC poll since June, winning the support of 29 percent…
By Ethan Barton Sensitive information about nuclear plants and materials could be compromised because the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board – a federal advisory agency – doesn’t protect its documents and hasn’t updated its document security rules since before 9/11. The safety board allows all of its computer network users to “access and manipulate” sensitive documents called “unclassified…
By Guy Bentley The latest report accusing Uber of being a jobs killer has been slammed as a “laughable attempt at economics” from a committee threatened by competition. The Committee for Taxi Safety released a report Monday claiming that should Uber expand throughout New York State, more than 11,000 nondriver jobs could be lost. The…
By Ethan Barton A conservative watchdog group is demanding copies of official documents about the activities of key operatives linked to Hillary Clinton, some of whom have previously escaped attention in the continuing investigations of the former Secretary of State’s relations with her family’s foundation and her use of a private email and server for…
By Michael Bastasch Environmental economist Richard Tol wants the world to deal with global warming, but his data shows the past 25 years of climate policies in rich countries have done nothing to fundamentally tackle the issue. If anything, Tol argues, current and past climate policies have only served to make most people a little…