LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Political divisions are ugly, and those divisions have spilled over onto the Thanksgiving table. One study found that “partisan differences cost American families 62 million person-hours of Thanksgiving time.” Presumably those same differences are impacting the quality of family time throughout the year. Time to count our blessings has become…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Rob Shimshock The part-time lecturer who coined the phrase “white fragility” said that there are too many white teachers, according to a Thursday report. Robin DiAngelo made this remark and others at the University of Texas during an event titled “White Fragility: Understanding and Working Against White Privilege,” reported The College…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Joshua Gill An elderly man accidentally shot himself and his wife in church Thursday while showing his gun during a discussion about church shootings. Elders of the First United Methodist Church in Tellico Plains, Tenn. were discussing recent church shootings after a Thanksgiving luncheon Thursday, but the conversation turned bloody when…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Amber Randall Some people have voiced frustration with the fact that the Museum of the Bible only represents a “Judeo-Christian” perspective and leaves out other religions Friday. These critics say the Museum of the Bible, within walking distance from the National Mall in Washington, D.C., doesn’t reflect other religious point…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Amber Randall The opioid crisis in 2015 cost almost half a trillion dollars, a number six times greater than latest analysis on the crisis’ cost, the White House said Sunday. The Council of Economic Advisers puts the true cost of America’s opioid epidemic in 2015 at $504 billion in a study…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Joshua Gill Florida pastors sent a clear warning to potential shooters, advertising a sign outside their church that says “this is not a gun free zone.” River of Tampa Bay Church has sported the sign, signed by “the pastors,” for a year, but senior pastor Rodney Howard Browne reiterated the…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Rob Shimshock A North Carolina county will slash funding to a volunteer fire department because of the department’s flying of a Confederate flag, according to a Thursday report. While the fire department obtains $19,000 annually and $400,000 every 10 years for a new truck, Montgomery County, N.C. commissioners said they will only…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Rob Shimshock A university called the police on a student who used the word “tranny” on radio, kicking him and his co-host out of the studio, according to a Friday video. The unnamed manager of the student radio station at University of Minnesota-Morris told the student co-hosts to leave the station, asserting…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Just when you thought the Confederate Flag and Monument Controversy was over. A volunteer fire department is about to loose funding in Montgomery County, North Carolina for flying it over their fire house. From Fox 8 News: A volunteer fire department could lose some of its funding if they don’t take…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Gabrielle Okun A massive street mural painting in England of Kevin Spacey will soon be erased after sexual misconduct allegations arose against the House of Cards actor, the street artist announced Friday. Street mural artist known as “Akse P19” wrote on Facebook that due to the recent allegations against Spacey accusing him…