It’s Time to Tear Down the Republicans and Democrats By: Elias J. Atienza I’m a proud millennial. I play Pokemon Go, I use Facebook, and I’m on my phone and laptop. I go to college, I’ve got a full-time summer job, and I’m hoping to do some good in the world. No, I’m not a…
by Daniel Stephens In the most recent poll conducted by CBS News, Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and Republican nominee Donald Trump are holding steady at record-breaking low favorability ratings. As can be seen in the excerpt below, Hillary is only viewed favorably by a fetid 36% of the U.S. population. Trump fares even worse, and is currently…
by Daniel Stephens A group of prominent Republican staffers for party heavyweights like former presidential candidates Ron Paul and Rand Paul, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, late Senator and presidential candidate Fred Thompson, Mitt Romney, George Bush and more, have formed a political action committee for the purpose of putting the Gary Johnson/Bill Weld ticket,…
by Jordan LaPorta A YouTube video has surfaced online of an interaction between Jefferson County, Alabama sheriff’s deputies and a black homeowner, and it does not reflect positively on law enforcement. While the clip only provides a window into the scene absent any prior context, the interactions caught on camera are unsettling to say the…
Trump’s debate complaints may have just unintentionally helped Libertarian Party and Gary Johnson By: Darrell England One of the keys to getting elected as President of the United States of America is to first participate in the presidential debates. However, actually getting into the debates has almost always been a problem with “third party” candidates. Gary Johnson,…
Venezuela Takes Extreme Measure to Solve Food Problems by Josh Guckert Recently, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro issued an executive order asserting that all workers, public and private, can be forced to work in farm fields for up to 60 days at a time, or “if circumstances merit,” even longer. The order is designed to address the problems recently afflicting…
Trump Makes Appeal to Evangelicals with Controversial Pledge by Josh Guckert On Monday, the nonprofit group Enough is Enough announced that Donald Trump had signed its pledge. The oath calls for “preventing the sexual exploitation of children, better enforcing Internet obscenity laws, and recognizing that exposure to Internet porn is deforming the sexual development of younger…
by Mohammed M. Shaker Friday morning, I was asked by Alex Collins, a BBC World Service reporter, to come on the “Have Your Say” segment. We were asked to speak about our reactions to Mr. Khzir Khan’s speech at the Democratic National Convention and what we thought. Personally, I thought it was great for Muslims to receive…
by Robert F. DeFinis, Ed.D. As an unapologetic defender of the Constitution of the United States, like most libertarians, I will always allow the rights of the citizenry to take precedent over bad taste and ignorant comments. I personally think you should practice tolerance and understanding, but no one can really regulate behavior — and certainly, the…
Amber Randall A reporter from the Washington Post tweeted Monday afternoon that a “big, boisterous crowd” attended a Clinton rally, but an Imgur post reveals that far fewer people actually attended . Abby D. Phillip, the National Politics reporter at the Washington Post, tweeted Monday “Big boisterous crowd here in Omaha for Hillary Clinton and…