By Guy Bentley The two candidates vying for the Democratic nomination are mostly associated with dishonesty and socialism, according to the latest Gallup poll. The public’s impression of Hillary Clinton leaves much to be desired. The words that first spring to mind when the public hears Clinton’s name are “dishonest/liar/don’t trust her/poor character.” Clinton’s only…
by Elias J. Atienza Actor Adam Baldwin of the TNT show “The Last Ship” has officially jumped off the ship known as Twitter. Coming after Twitter has announced a ‘Trust and Safety Council’ and allegedly started “shadowbanning” accounts, Baldwin is just one of many people leaving the platform. He told the Independent Journal Review that Twitter’s…
By Lina Bryce Stefanie Williams took to Medium on Monday to compose an open response to former Eat24 employee Talia Jane, whose post on poverty allegedly resulted in her termination. Williams’ brutal honesty serves as a wake-up call for anyone looking for employment, while unwilling to do what is necessary to pay the bills. “She is on the receiving end…
The libertarian Republican from Michigan, Justin Amash, has endorsed Ted Cruz for president. In an op-ed in Independent Journal Review, Amash first praised Rand Paul calling him the ‘most passionate defender of our rights on the national stage,’ lamenting that Paul has dropped out of the race. He asks, “what now?” It’s easy to withdraw from politics when…
By Michael Bastasch House investigators want to know how much carbon dioxide a top Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) official spewed into the atmosphere while traveling the country promoting agency rules aimed at curbing global warming. Texas Republican Rep. Lamar Smith’s office wants to know how much CO2 Janet McCabe, the head of EPA’s air and…
What would you do if you had to watch your child suffer through dozens of seizures a day? If you are like most parents, your answer is “anything I can do to help them.” That’s how Forrest Hurd feels. Forrest and his son Silas live in Nevada County, California. Like many parents in his situation,…
By Guy Bentley The leader of Britain’s Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn suffered a humiliating blow in the House of Commons Monday, with members of Parliament erupting into laughter at his irrelevance in the UK’s debate on whether to leave the European Union (EU). After Prime Minister David Cameron delivered his statement on the newly negotiated…
By Blake Neff The president of California State University, Los Angeles (CSULA) unceremoniously ordered the cancellation of a planned event featuring conservative writer Ben Shapiro so it can be replaced with a more diverse featured speaker. The event, titled “When Diversity Becomes a Problem,” was organized by CSULA’s chapter of the Young America’s Foundation (YAF) and was going…
By Rachel Stoltzfoos Many college students will be too busy drinking and partying on spring break to vote for Sen. Bernie Sanders in March, just as his presidential campaign gears up for a series of crucial Democratic primaries in their states. More than half a million college students — a key demographic for Sanders —…
Venezuela Clearly on the Road to Serfdom by Ben Ramanauskas In 1944, when continental Europe was on the verge of being liberated from fascism and while much of the world suffered under the oppressive yoke of communism, the Austrian economist F.A Hayek published The Road to Serfdom. Hayek argued that the abandonment of individualism and…