Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton may be on the opposite sides of the political spectrum, but they are both the same when it comes to violating your right to privacy. The right to be secure in your person and effects is one of our most important rights, enshrined in the Constitution, and cannot be violated in…
By Saagar Enjeti British Special Forces soldiers are blasting Indian Bollywood music at terrorists to terrify them in the Islamic State’s Libyan capital of Sirte. The operation has benefits beyond psychological, it draws out Islamic State fighters to test their reaction time and expose their troop vulnerabilities. “We needed to unnerve militants and at the same time use…
Newly minted Libertarian Party nominee Gary Johnson has already started to generate headlines. Now, he’s generating some sizable donations as well. The Hill reports that the founder of the California tomato processing plant Morning Star, Chris Rufer, plans to donate over one million dollars to outside groups that support the Johnson campaign. For a party…
If there is one thing Bernie Sanders is trying to avoid it’s comparisons between his brand of socialism and what is happening in Venezuela. Sanders has skirted the issue, even admitting he should know more about how socialism has worked in Latin America. But all that is lost now as Nicolas Maduro, the authoritarian leader…
By Andrew Follett Solar panels are 20 percent more expensive in recent months, according to data from the United Kingdom government. The cost of installing panels rose from a low of $2,291 in January to $2,759 per kilowatt of installed solar capacity, according to data publishedby Great Britain’s Department of Energy and Climate Change this week. This price increase occurred…
By Jonah Bennett A top official at the Pentagon just got nabbed for stealing license plates around a Capitol Hill neighborhood in an extremely bizarre case of nanny obsession. Bryan Whitman, the principal deputy assistant secretary of defense for public affairs, agreed Tuesday to pay $1,000 and serve 32 hours community service to see the…
By Andrew Follett A study published Tuesday by scientists from the Flinders University of South Australia found the bee population flourished during a previous period of global warming 18,000 years ago. The research concludes that modern global warming will likely cause a big increase in the population of bees, which is good news for the planet. The study directly…
By Michael Bastasch The Interior Department gave Congress an investigation into a land deal made by a former federal appointee with connections to Nevada Sen. Harry Reid on the eve of a major holiday weekend, and did not notify the public of its findings until Tuesday. The DO inspector general found Bob Abbey, the former Bureau of Land…
By Andrew Follett A federal appeals court shut down a large wind energy project in southeast Oregon because it would have harmed the greater sage grouse, a bird that has long been at risk of becoming an endangered species. The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that an environmental review by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) failed…
Craig Boudreau Amazon’s CEO says moving heavy industry to space could help save Earth from humanity’s industrialization. Jeff Bezos says within the next few hundred years industry should be moved to space to spare Earth from total depletion of natural resources. “Energy is limited here. In at least a few hundred years … all of our heavy industry…