When I was younger, I once viewed Nobel Peace Prize laureates as beyond reproach, a secularized version of Saints in the Catholic religion. They were, it seemed, people who selflessly worked for peace in our time, and had contributed in some concrete way to the promotion of world peace. It nearly goes without saying that…
Two months ago today, our sister site, Liberty Viral, published a piece entitled “To Bomb North Korea, Trump Doesn’t Need Congress or the UN“. It was written by Squiggly Line Guy, who I respect despite his name, and whom I agree with on most issues. This isn’t one of them. The basis for his article…
Grant Deltz, Associate Editor There was a call around 7:50 pm CT reporting that there was a shooting at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas. As a student at Texas Tech, I will share what we know. Reportedly, the shooter was brought in for a welfare check. When drug paraphernalia’s found, he was brought into…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Grace Carr Maryland schools have adopted progressive policies that allow transgenders and any other students who feel uncomfortable to use the bathrooms and locker rooms of their choice. The new rules comes after students began pushing the state to change in February, according to the Washington Post. Previous policy required students…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Jonah Bennett A majority of veterans and troops disagree with National Football League players’ decision to to protest during the national anthem, a result obscured by veterans’ advocacy organization, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA). A Sunday poll from the veterans’ advocacy organization Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Henry Rodgers UFC owner Dana White trashed country music artist Jason Aldean in a recent interview for performing on Saturday Night Live instead of singing the national anthem at a UFC fight in Las Vegas Saturday night. White told TMZ Saturday that Aldean’s booking people turned down an offer to perform at an…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Robert Donachie President Donald Trump said Sunday afternoon that he asked Vice President Mike Pence to leave the Indianapolis Colts game “if any players kneeled, disrespecting our country.” The vice president decided to leave the game after roughly 20 players from the San Francisco 49ers chose to kneel during the…
As a libertarian, I rate politicians and political policy on one criterion. What is the politician doing, what does the policy do, to reverse past power abuses and bring them back into line with strict Constitutional limitations of government power? I don’t care which party creates the policy. I don’t care whether the politician is…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Pundits today are fond of saying that Americans are divided because of a broad slate of reasons, race and gender being two primary ones. But according to a new Pew survey, these reasons may not be dividing America nearly as much as we’ve been led to believe. In fact, it…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Jonah Bennett A fourth Green Beret has been found dead in the firefight with Islamic extremists that occurred in southwest Niger Wednesday. Several U.S. officials told CNN that in addition to the three Green Berets killed in the fight and two others wounded, the body of a fourth Green Beret has been…