by Michael Bastasch The world has just missed its last chance to avoid “climate chaos,” if the prediction made by the French foreign minister holds up. It’s been 504 days since Laurent Fabius declared we had only 500 days to save the Earth from catastrophe. “We have 500 days to avoid climate chaos,” Fabius said…
A father who caught his son stealing hands down justice via his SUV, backing over the child’s X-Box while he looks on and sobs. Is this good parenting or is this kind of internet humiliation taking things too far? We all know stealing is wrong, but is such punitive behavior really on scale with the…
By the wryly rabble rouser, R. Brownell Why the Non Aggression Principle is Stupid: a further analysis of Matt Zwolinski’s argument 1. Parents don’t have the right to starve their children Maybe Murray Rothbard had a higher opinion than I have of the moral aptitude of children, but I think I speak for many people…
From The Farrell File: 16 year-old Meadow Rain Walker, daughter of Fast and Furious star Paul Walker, claimed in a civil lawsuit filed on Monday that her father’s death was the result of faulty designs by Porsche. Walker died November 30th, 2013 in Venice, California when the 2005 Porsche Carrera GT being driven by Roger Rodas lost…
By Lina Bryce Imagine that your child was refused her prescribed inhaler during a coughing fit so violent it caused her to vomit? This happened to Emma Gonzalez, 9, a student in West Jordan, Utah, who was denied her inhaler during a coughing fit that occurred while she was under the supervision of school faculty. Fox 13 Now reported that Emma was given…
Casey Harper A new poll shows that a Joe Biden run for president could be a big problem for democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton. The Wall Street Journal poll released Tuesday shows that while Joe Biden is not likely to win the nomination, his run would take voters mostly from Clinton, allowing Bernie Sanders to possibly…
Today’s Freedom Report podcast looks at the lawsuit filed by Governor Gary Johnson against the Commission on Presidential Debates. Johnson and attorney Bruce Fein are filing an anti-trust lawsuit, claiming that the CPD is in restraint of trade, and arguing that the debates are a monopoly. From Johnson’s Our America Initiative: With the filing of our…
While we at The Libertarian Republic will be the first to tell you, nothing is truly free, in some cases people are still willing to give you something at no cost. Sound the alarm, call it out to hills, today is National Coffee Day! I, for one, had no idea that this marvelous nectar of…
Connor D. Wolf Unchecked power has allowed public unions to establish member benefits that put a huge burden on taxpayers, a report released Tuesday by the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) found. The report, “How Government Unions Undermine Upward Mobility And What Can Be Done About It” by CEI journalism fellow Carrie Sheffield, found public sector unions have…
By Lina Bryce After House Speaker, John Boehner announced that he would be resigning some conservatives in the party were relieved. It is no secret that tensions were rising between party members when last week’s spending bill aiming to temporarily fund the government was rejected. Party members pressured Boehner that they would not vote for the bill which would still include funding for Planned Parenthood. Boehner’s…