LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Sir Roger Vernon Scruton, an English philosopher and writer who specializes in political philosophy and aesthetics, said social justice is changing the very nature of scholarship—and not for the better. “The academy has been invaded by a new form of study,” says Scruton, a senior research fellow at Oxford University,…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Increasingly, it looks like the political fight isn’t between Republicans and Democrats, but rather the American people against the Deep State. More and more often we are seeing bureaucrats, lobbyists, and elected officials of both parties circle the wagons so to say in an effort to prevent any true reforms…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Will Racke The Department of Homeland Security announced Thursday the contractors that will build prototypes for President Donald Trump’s proposed border wall, jump-starting a process that has run into numerous delays over the last four months. Ron Vitiello, the acting deputy commissioner of Customs and Border Protection (CBP), said construction…
Steve Birr A study released Thursday is bolstering the image of e-cigarettes as a tool to ditch smoking, showing that daily use exponentially boosts a smoker’s chances of successfully quitting. Researchers from the Georgetown University Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center investigated smokers’ habits and how they relate to efforts to quit. The scientists found that casual use of vaping devices by…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Grace Carr A woman posted a video on Snapchat Thursday of her friend being raped after the two fought over a man, prosecutors allege. The woman that posted the video — 36-year-old Beth Rae Harris — has been charged with nonconsensual dissemination of sexual images, and is being held on…
Peter Schiff: Competition Beats Socialism Last week on the Joe Rogan Experience Episode 1002 Peter Schiff and explained to Rogan and his audience how Capitalism through competition equates to innovation and freedom and Government central planning to less innovation and progress. One of the quotable moments from this show was from Schiff, “I’d rather have no…
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LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: SALT LAKE CITY — On July 26th Salt Lake Police detective Jeff Payne arrested nurse Alex Wubbels and detained her for 20 minutes after she refused to give him vials of an unconscious patient’s blood without a warrant. From the KSL.com story: “I just feel betrayed, I feel angry. I feel…
By: Michael Bastasch As scientists and media pundits debate human activity’s role in Hurricane Harvey, a new study finds no evidence global warming increased flooding over North America and Europe. A study published in the Journal of Hydrology found “the number of significant trends in major-flood occurrence across North America and Europe was approximately the number expected…
Libertarianism is more popular than ever in the USA. Last year’s election was deeply polarizing and led to an upswing in the number of voters opting for third party choices, of these third parties it is the Libertarian party that secured the most votes. Of course, not all libertarian’s vote for the libertarian party all…
An ex-SWAT officer was caught on video wielding a shotgun and protecting a Houston shopping center from alleged looters. “Hey, don’t go back in that store! I’m telling you one time. I’m not scared to shoot you,” he says. “I’m an ex-f***ing SWAT deputy! I will cut your a** in half.” “[I’m] protecting the community…