LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Amber Randall Kmart decided to market its plus-size clothing as “fabulously sized” in an effort to promote body positivity, the corporation announced Monday. Kmart, which includes 735 stores in the United States, will remove all plus-size labels from clothing, underwear, and swimwear larger than a size 12 and replace it…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Michael Bastasch GOP Texas Rep. Lamar Smith is demanding the Energy Department (DOE) turn over documents related to the agency paying for a government engineer’s law degree that was completely unrelated to his job. Smith wants to make sure more DOE employees aren’t having taxpayers foot the bill for college…
Over the weekend, two members of the Florida Air National Guard, deployed to Orlando, chose not to postpone their wedding, but rather to move it from the beach to a warehouse. The couple, Senior Airmen Lauren Durham and Michael Davis, had intended on an idyllic beach wedding in their home state. Hurricane Irma had other…
Wants to remove “sidekick status” from Congress by Darrell England Rand Paul is once again trying to restore checks and balances in government, this time by wanting to sunset the 2001 and 2002 Authorization for Use of Military Force. He states, “Congress has no greater responsibility than defending our country, and the Founders entrusted…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Eric Lieberman The Spanish government reportedly fined Facebook $1.4 million for collecting data on people’s religious beliefs and ideology. The Spanish Data Protection Agency (DPA) says Facebook has been violating the country’s privacy rules, which forbids the stockpiling of certain personal information without explicit consent, according to TechCrunch. The social media company…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Written by Ian Tartt “No particular orderism” (also called “no particular order) is a position held by members of the Radical Caucus in the Libertarian Party. This article will examine that position as well as offer a potential path from the status quo to a free society. A good thing…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Michael Bastasch Hurricane Irma made landfall in Florida on Sunday morning after making its way across the Atlantic as one of the most powerful storms on record. Irma’s sheer size and power had many asking, what allowed it to get so strong? “The dynamical set up in the atmosphere was…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Gabrielle Okun One brave woman delivered her own baby Sunday after Hurricane Irma trapped her in her home and firefighters were unable to reach her in Little Haiti, Fla. The woman gave birth to the baby based on the instructions from the Jackson Health System, which walked her through the process…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: There sure are a lot of libertarians in the military. It’s hard to say if they are drawn to service or if the military catapults folks far away from what they thought their views were right into the liberty movement. Either way, here are 9 struggles of libertarian servicemembers: 9….
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: The phrases “I’m offended” and “that’s offensive” are ones we hear fairly often today. Why? I’m not sure to be perfectly honest, and I’m probably ill-suited to answer the question, since there are very few things that offend me. One theory, posited by scholar Christina Hoff Sommers, suggests that in…