Rachel Stoltzfoos The Islamic State has set up an extensive bureaucracy that includes a ‘war spoils’ department with jurisdiction over slaves, documents seized in Syria by U.S. forces and reviewed by Reuters show. One of the documents is a booklet that lays out rules on treatment of enslaved women captured from “infidels,” such as a mandate…
Guy Bentley E-cigarettes could be the most important factor in hundreds of thousands of people quitting smoking, according to a study published in the International Journal of Public Health. France’s 2014 Health Barometer, using responses from 15,635 people, aimed to investigate the relationship between tobacco and e-cigarette use. The research found that just over a…
Police in northern California are asking for help locating a woman who can be seen on this video throwing her dog. They believe the woman is hiding from them and that the Pug named Ben is being routinely abused. In the video, the suspect, Brandi Chin, can be seen carrying her dog by the scruff…
Guy Bentley New York is reaping the whirlwind of sky-high cigarette taxes with a wave of smuggling decimating the state’s revenue. New York holds the dubious honor of having the highest cigarette taxes in country, with the average pack of smokes in New York City costing as much as $10.60. New York raised taxes on cigarettes…
Comedian David Spade slammed President Obama, saying that he wishes the president would “have a little more dignity” when it comes to his public appearances. Spade’s remarks reference the president’s recent appearance on Running Wild With Bear Grylls and his penchant for appearing in media typically seen as beneath the office. “What president is doing reality shows?”…
Texas Senator and GOP presidential hopeful Ted Cruz is catching fire and in control of the race for the Republican nomination in Iowa. The Hawkeye State is key, as it is the first state in the national primary process. Cruz’s surge there could lead him to victory, which would likely attract more support and undercut…
Footage obtained by Campus Reform shows Black Lives Matter protesters disrupting peaceful students in Dartmouth College’s library. The mob storms into the library shouting “black lives matter!” and several of the protesters become confrontational with white students. While the aim is obviously to be disruptive, it’s hard to see how harassing students studying for their…
Since I have made a career out of being libertarianism’s best frenemy, permit me to extend the heresy and humbly suggest a most Machiavellian of schemes. Rand Paul will not be the Republican nominee no matter how many articles some sites publish to the contrary. That leaves the friends of liberty with Ted Cruz as the…
Juliegrace Brufke Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s political career has hit a new low — Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders doesn’t even want his support. The 2016 presidential hopeful, who endorsed Emanuel’s opponent Jesus “Chuy” Garcia during a surprising close runoff race in April, had no qualms about coming out against the Chicago Democrat during a Q&A with…
Luke Rosiak Christmas came early this week for one of the naughtiest of former Department of Veterans Affairs employees, when VA’s official watchdog spared him the embarrassment of a damning official report about his illegal conduct from being made public. The nearly 300-page report describes how the Department of Veterans Affairs Inspector General’s former top…