Harambe Jokes Termed Offensive to Black Students by Josh Guckert At UMass-Amherst, two resident advisors are placing a prohibition on Harambe jokes and memes. An excerpt from the letter to the floor reads: Any negative remarks regarding ‘Harambe’ will be seen as a direct attack to our campus’s African American community. Please be careful what…
by Kody Fairfield In today’s world, there are two schools of thought, the first being that educated discussion and honest debate encourage intellectual growth, leading to a silent majority. The second, being a school of pure emotional diatribes, full of fallacy and philosophical inconsistencies, which tends to lead to loud minorities. The fallaciously loud and…
Johnson Shows Trump, Sanders as Critical of 15% Requirement by Josh Guckert In a new ad from the Gary Johnson campaign, clips of Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders are merged to criticize the 15% debate threshold. The Trump clip is taken from a 2000 interview with (ironically, IAVA veterans’ forum moderator) Matt Lauer. At that time, Trump was pursuing…
Johnson Gains Serious Ground in New Poll by Josh Guckert On Tuesday morning, Washington Post-Survey Monkey released polls of all 50 states. The race is tight across the country, but perhaps most interesting is the success of Gary Johnson. The Libertarian is doing as well as 25% in his former governing state of New Mexico,…
Clinton Leads Trump in Texas Poll by Josh Guckert In a new Washington Post-Survey Monkey released Tuesday morning, Hillary Clinton leads Donald Trump in Texas by one point. The Republican presidential candidate has carried the state in each of the last nine elections. The poll also shows that Trump puts into play other former Republican strongholds like…
Legendary Phyllis Schlafly Passes at Age 92 by Josh Guckert Late Monday night, conservative icon Phyllis Schlafly passed away at age 92. The Eagle Forum, the Missouri-based advocacy organization she led, stated: Her focus from her earliest days until her final ones was protecting the family, which she understood as the building block of life. She…
by Kody Fairfield According to an article dated September 4, 2016 and written by the Santa Monica Observer, the Donald Trump for President 2016 campaign will pull out of the scheduled September 26 debate with Democratic Presidential nominee Hillary Clinton unless third-party candidates Gary Johnson and Jill Stein are also allowed to participate. This would be a shocking…
Top 10 Worst Contributions of the American Labor Movement by Aya Katz Labor Day is a socialist holiday. Every year, on the first Monday in September, we are reminded of all of the great “achievements” of the Labor Movement, and how our lives would be much harder if not for all the “rights” they have…
by Joe Klare We’ve all been there: you’re at Sam’s Club, in the checkout lane and you’re coming up to the cash register. You put your hand in your pocket in an attempt to get your money out, but the damn bag of cocaine you bought earlier keeps getting in the way. So you pull…
At Hohai University in the Jiangsu Province of China, certain students are required to sleep on the bottom bunk of bunk beds. This includes students who are taller than 185 cm (around 6’1”) and those with a Body Mass Index (BMI) of 28. The university says that the move is to “avoid potential safety hazards” and limit…