By Guy Bentley New research suggests women earn less than men because they opt for jobs with more flexibility but less pay. From the White House to feminist lobby groups, a chorus of voices claims the gender pay gap is due to rampant sexism in the workplace, with women earning just 78 cents on the dollar…
By Russ Read Reports from the AIDS-Free World’s Code Blue Campaign have alleged that French peacekeepers in Africa engaged in several cases of sexual abuse of local girls, ranging from forced oral sex to bestiality. The allegations are based on the testimony of 98 women and girls living among U.N. peacekeepers, also known as the Blue Helmets due…
By Andrew Follett Scotland’s socialist government announced Monday that it is considering a permanent ban of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, which would effectively end thousands of new job prospects. The ruling Scottish National Party (SNP) government literally reshuffled its cabinet early this month to move a minister who mildly supported fracking away from its energy department. “Unless it can be proven beyond doubt…
I am a libertarian. While I’m not as libertarian as many who hold that label, I am still much more libertarian than Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. And so is Gary Johnson. The argument that my fellow TLR writer Lee Enochs lays out for not voting for Gary Johnson is that he is not sufficiently…
Austin Petersen and Gary Johnson seemed to bury the hatchet (or should I say flintlock) today on Twitter. Johnson acknowledged that Petersen gave him a tough fight for the Libertarian presidential nomination. https://twitter.com/GovGaryJohnson/status/737676713182646272 Petersen responded on Twitter a short-time later. You're welcome, sir. And congratulations again. Now to take the fight to Trump and Hillary! — 🥷🦅Austin…
By Russ Read A series of air strikes targeting a hospital in the Syrian city of Idlib Monday left over 250 people killed or injured, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Initial reports claim that the eight strikes were conducted on the Syrian National Hospital, a health department facility and the city’s municipal stadium by what appeared to…
By Guy Bentley Katie Couric apologized and accepted responsibility for misrepresenting gun rights activists in her upcoming documentary “Under the Gun,” Monday. “I take responsibility for a decision that misrepresented an exchange I had with members of the Virginia Citizens Defense League,” Couric said in a statement. The Global News anchor for Yahoo has been under…
The Glenn Beck Program has been suspended by SiriusXM following comments by Brad Thor on Beck’s show last week. Thor made for an explosive radio interview on May 25th. Thor referred to Trump as a Caudillo, the strong men of Latin America, and questioned who would hold Trump responsible when he crosses the line constitutionality as president. THOR: With…
Under democracy, you are merely allowed to share in this power to bludgeon one’s fellows either through voting or courting votes. There is no legal guarantee, not even a whiff of the idea, that one may go through life unmolested by partisans. by Joey Clark Some would say American Democracy is the freest political system…
By Andrew Follett Scientists from the University of East Anglia found wind and solar power can’t compete with conventional electricity without economical energy storage systems that don’t exist. The research published Friday concludes without economical energy storage systems, wind and solar power simply aren’t that useful due to their unreliability and intermittent nature. The study argues…