LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ian Tartt When talking to non-libertarians about libertarianism, especially online, there’s a temptation to flood them with suggestions of literature that they could read or videos they could watch that will explain the concepts we’re discussing. The intentions behind this are generally good. There are brilliant economists, philosophers,…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Amber Randall A Chicago area high school planned a day of workshops focused on implicit bias, microaggressions and and racism in America for their students Tuesday. North Trier High School, located in a majority-white, wealthy suburb, planned a day-long seminar called “Understanding Today’s Struggle For Racial Civil Rights.” One…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield The phone that was called history’s “most dangerous weapon” when it was auctioned off is now being called into question by an expert who says that it is “clearly a fake,” reports Newser. Frank Gnegel, head of collections at the Frankfurt Museum for Communication, believes the phone to be…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Eric Lieberman Current and former detainees, including illegal immigrants, are suing the country’s second largest private prison company, alleging the for-profit institution forced them to work for extremely low wages or nothing at all. A federal judge ruled Monday that inmates at a detention center in Colorado can participate in…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Rob Shimshock A professor speaking at the University of Alabama (UA) argued that race and not genetics causes high blood pressure in black people. Dr. Clarence Gravlee, an associate professor in anthropology at the University of Florida, hosted a “Sick of Race” seminar Monday, in which he discussed why…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Juliegrace Brufke House Speaker Paul Ryan and President Donald Trump may have gotten off to a rocky start during the campaign, but it appears their working relationship is thriving. Trump praised Ryan’s work on health care reform during an appearance on the Fox News Channel program “Fox and Friends”…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Russ Read A police sharpshooter accidentally shot two people while French President Francois Hollande was delivering a speech Tuesday. The accidental discharge occurred while Hollande was inaugurating a new high-speed rail line in the town of Villognon, according to Charente regional official Pierre N’Gahane. A loud bang can be heard as…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Paul Meekin “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I’m from the government and I’m here to help.” -Ronald Reagan “I’m a drug dealer?! No, you’re the f******g drug dealer,” Spits Ron Woodruff to a DEA crony at a Town Hall meeting. If it were anyone else, this would…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Aidan Mattis This past week at CPAC, hundreds of conservatives gathered to meet, discuss, and speak at the Gaylord National Resort in National Harbor, Maryland. The attendees of the conference ranged all across the conservative spectrum, including Libertarians, Republicans, and newer, Donald Trump model conservatives. Support for Trump at…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Amber Randall President Donald Trump plans to pass an executive order to strengthen historically black colleges Tuesday. The office in charge of the HBCU program will move to the White House from the Department of Education, reports The New York Times. By doing this, Trump hopes to make black colleges…