by Micah J. Fleck In the name of what is perceived as fair, highly successful CEOs of companies setting up shop in Portland, Oregon will soon need to pay 10% more in taxes if they make more than 100 times more than their employees. So reports The New York Times: Moving to address income inequality…
by Micah J. Fleck President Obama assigned a special committee to gathering intelligence regarding the DNC hacks during the election season that was largely responsible for tarnishing Hillary Clinton’s image. That group of intelligence gatherers now has a conclusion: Russians did it. But not only that… They did it to the RNC, too. They just…
Blake Neff The New York Times claims that supporters of president-elect Donald Trump are seeking their own “safe spaces” on American campuses, despite an apparent lack of evidence. “On Campus, Trump Fans Say They Need ‘Safe Spaces’” reads the headline to a piece by NYT reporter Anemona Hartocollis. The term evokes the many “safe spaces”…
By Kody Fairfield The classroom is supposed to be a place to express different ideas and hold honest debate. It is meant to help develop critical thinking and remove fallacy and bias from reasonable arguments. Unfortunately, someone forgot to tell a professor at Orange Coast College (OCC) in Costa Mesa, California. Olga Perez Stable Cox, a…
By Russ Read Waterboarding may be a harsh interrogation method, but it is not torture and it does work in rare occasions, according to a former Central Intelligence Agency interrogator. James Mitchell was contracted by the CIA in 2002 to develop so-called “enhanced interrogation techniques” to be used on captured terrorists, which included waterboarding. The technique…
By Robert Donachie One senior level staffer for former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s campaign recently launched a full-on anti-Trump website called “corrup.af.” Former digital communications director for Clinton’s campaign, Matt Ortega, created the website on his own and funded it completely out-of-pocket, Politico reports. The “.af” in the website URL is officially the country code…
By Blake Neff An Ohio State University (OSU) student who attempted to go on a stabbing spree last month before being gunned down by a nearby officer has been added to a protest list of non-whites “wrongly” shot and killed by a police. The OSU Coalition for Black Liberation is a campus protest group on…
By Ryan Pickrell President-elect Donald Trump and China are attempting to write the rule book on trade for each other, putting the two nations on a collision course. Trump demanded China “play by the rules” Thursday night as he announced his pick for the ambassador to China in Des Moines, Iowa. China, in turn, warned of…
By David Simmons The 1,000 jobs that President-elect Donald Trump saved might end up being automated, according to a recent report. Carrier’s parent company, United Technologies, admitted in an interview to CNBC that they are investing $16 million in automation in order to compete with Mexico. “We’re going to … automate to drive the cost…
by Elias Atienza Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) has been on the attack lately, appearing on talk shows and interviews discussing his opposition to Trump possibly picking former UN Ambassador John Bolton or former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani for Secretary of State. The Nation documented his opposition to them, which Senator Paul tweeted out today. "What…