Guy Bentley Smoking tobacco might negatively affect teen students’ grades more than marijuana use, according to a new study. Published in the Journal of Psychopharmacology, researchers examined 2,235 children, investigating their IQ and educational performance from ages 15 to 16. The sample was taken from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children. The effects of marijuana…
Rachel Stoltzfoos Breitbart News published at least 30 stories in the past week about Donald Trump’s theory that Sen. Ted Cruz is ineligible to run for president because he’s not a natural born citizen, moving into birther territory despite a previous categorical statement from a lead editor that Breitbart is “not a birther site.” “I think pretty…
Harry Potter fandom is in mourning today after the loss of Alan Rickman who brought the nuanced and much-loved character of Severus Snape to life in the blockbuster movie adaptation of JK Rowling’s books. Rickman lost his battle with cancer at age 69. We decided to honor Rickman with a couple of his most memorable…
Hillary Clinton’s new ad touts reckless and baseless liability laws that would shut down gun manufacturers all together in the United States. Liberals like Hillary Clinton are not stupid when it comes to their plans to disarm the American public. They know direct action will never work as the public will never willing relinquish its…
Congratulations to Eric Bragg of California, one of last night’s three winners. Of course, government is the real winner here, just like every Powerball jackpot, they’re walking away with a nice chunk. Out of the $1.4 billion the federal government will walk away with nearly half a million– around $400 million, according to MarketWatch. Of…
New Poll Shows Ridiculousness of Leaving Out Paul by Josh Guckert On Monday, FOX Business announced the candidates who qualified for the two debates tomorrow night in South Carolina. For the first time this cycle, Rand Paul was relegated to the undercard debate. The demotion was due to the arbitrary criteria created by FOX: that…
Russ Read President Barack Obama’s gaffe last night during his State of the Union address when referencing Russia has gone largely unnoticed by listeners and pundits alike. “Even as their economy contracts, Russia is pouring resources to prop up Ukraine and Syria – states they see slipping away from their orbit,” said Obama. There’s a…
Blake Neff Al Jazeera America is shutting down after less than two-and-a-half years of operation, a victim of tanking oil prices that left its owners unable to finance the virtually-unwatched cable channel. According to Politico, staffers at Al Jazeera America learned of the closure Wednesday during a staff meeting, where they were told the channel’s…
Rand Paul is holding true to his word, but it may not be what many of his supporters would like to hear. Paul, like all GOP candidates, has pledged to support to eventual Republican nominee. Asked if this would extend to Donald Trump, whom Paul has said would be a “disaster” as president, the Kentucky…
12-year-old Ciara Meyer, of Perry County, Pennsylvania, was fatally shot by Constable Clarke Steele while being served an eviction order on January 11th. The bullet, meant for Donald Meyer, 57, Ciara’s father, struck the young girl who was behind him. According to PennLive.com: When the constable arrived at the apartment building, police said, Meyer opened the…