Casey Harper The Sikh U.S. Army captain in a legal battle for the right to keep his beard and turban got a favorable federal ruling on a smaller issue Thursday night. Federal District Judge Beryl A. Howell ruled the Army could no longer impose extra testing on Simratpal Singh while the litigation is ongoing. Sing’s legal team had complained in…
According to BuzzFeed, artist Nicole Daddona has created a coloring book that depicts presidential candidate Bernie Sanders as a buff, shirtless superhero for our coloring pleasure. Nicole reportedly told BuzzFeed the following as her motivation for the project: I love to draw and I’ve wanted to get in on the whole adult coloring book craze…
Blake Neff A newly-published advice column at the website Slate suggests that a woman strongly consider leaving her husband because he supports Donald Trump for president. “Dump Trump” wrote in to Slate’s Dear Prudence feature, a regular advice column currently run by Mallory Ortberg, to ask how she should handle her husband’s backing for Trump. “I…
Juliegrace Brufke Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton’s tax plan would actually reduce incentives to work, save and invest, a new report from a nonpartisan Washington-based think tank finds. Clinton’s proposal to increase marginal tax rates would reduce “incentives to work, save and invest,” and make the tax code more complex, according to the Tax Policy Center report published Thursday…
Blake Neff A committee at Harvard Law School (HLS) has recommended the school abolish its official seal because it is based on the coat-of-arms of a slaveowning family. HLS’s current seal shows the school’s motto, “Veritas,” above a blue shield with three sheaves of wheat. The seal is based on the coat of arms of…
Juliegrace Brufke Democratic 2016 hopeful Sen. Bernie Sanders’s tax plan would result in Americans losing an average of 12.4 percent of their after-tax income in 2017, according to a study released by the Tax Policy Center (TPC) Friday. The Vermont senator’s proposal includes historically high numbers, changing the top marginal tax rate – as capital…
Carson Changes the Race in His Exit Speech by Josh Guckert During his speech to CPAC on Friday, Ben Carson officially announced his withdrawal from the presidential campaign after giving perhaps his most eloquent and insightful speech thus far. During the speech he sounded off on many libertarian issues, including a reference to the United States’ highest-in-the-world…
Cruz Attempts to Unite Splintered Party with Soaring Rhetoric by Josh Guckert The first word out of his mouth was “God,” and for this faux televangelist, nothing was more fitting. Ted Cruz spent his speech roaming the stage in jeans and a sports coat, doing his best to seem relatable. However, the truth seemed all…
Kasich Remains Differing Voice in Republican Primary by Josh Guckert Like so many of the other speakers at CPAC, John Kasich began his Friday speech by hearkening back to the days of Ronald Reagan. The Ohio Governor spent much of his time discussing his record as a US Congressman and distancing himself from the so-called…
Hilarious video shows kids reacting to Donald Trump and displaying some amazing common sense which seems lost on many voters today. It’s funny, adorable, and surprisingly insightful.