by Kody Fairfield On Wednesday, Democratic Governor of Minnesota Mark Dayton said that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was “no longer affordable,” which is big news and a large blow from someone who was an ardent supporter of the legislation only a short time ago. Dayton made the comments while he was taking questions on…
by Kody Fairfield A new report out of the Associated Press (AP) states that not just one, but both of the Republican Senators from Alaska have resigned their leadership posts after denouncing their party’s presidential nominee, Donald Trump. According to the report, Sen. Lisa Murkowski and Sen. Dan Sullivan have both voluntarily resigned their posts as honorary members of of the…
by JP Carroll GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump will reverse the normalization of relations with Cuba if elected president. “The people of Cuba have struggled too long. Will reverse Obama’s Executive Orders and concessions towards Cuba until freedoms are restored,” Trump declared in a tweet Wednesday. The New York billionaire previously said in a speech to Florida supporters in…
Part One: Back to the Ideas by Kelly Conley Libertarianism is, and always has been, an intellectual movement. One of the most praiseworthy attributes of the libertarian devotee is his willingness to engage in debate, and to argue the merits of real ideas, to read books, to learn economics and history—and to recognize and expose…
by Josh Guckert In his newest online advertisement, Gary Johnson makes the case for a more prudent foreign policy which takes into account the same strategies as one uses in chess. The Libertarian nominee states that few understand what American goals are abroad. Johnson asserts this is because when not elaborately thinking out future moves,…
by Thomas Phippen The government plans to buy an additional $20 million worth of cheddar cheese in an effort to reduce surplus dairy products and help out U.S. dairy farmers, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced Tuesday. The purchase will be the second of surplus cheese this fall. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) put in a…
By Joe Klare Newly leaked emails from Wikileaks show that Democratic Presidential nominee Hillary Clinton gave a thumbs down to the idea of marijuana legalization in a paid speech in 2014. More specifically, Clinton’s comments came during an on-stage O & A with the Chairman and CEO of Xerox: URSULA BURNS: So long means thumbs…
by Steve Birr The legal age for buying tobacco products may be raised to 21 in Washington, D.C., after a number of anti-tobacco bills passed an initial vote in the city council. The D.C. Council approved a bill that changes the age for purchasing tobacco from 18 to 21 and puts greater restrictions on tobacco…
by Kitty Testa Scientific American posted an alarming headline yesterday, Big Pharma’s Manufactured Epidemic: The Misdiagnosis of ADHD. The article’s author, Alan Schwarz, notes that the American Psychiatric Association puts the rate of ADHD at 5% of American children, yet the diagnosis is given to about 15% of children. The overdiagnosis of ADHD has been…
by Brian Nichols Dear Langston Bowens, I recently had the pleasure of reading your opinion piece on Red Alert Politics, in which you detailed why you announced your resignation from your Co-Chair position at the New Mexico College Republicans after your branch decided not to support Donald Trump, the GOP nominee, but rather endorsed the…