By Blake Neff Americans’ reliance on loan forgiveness programs programs to pay off their student loans is soaring, according to a major U.S. think tank. Data from the Department of Education, tracked by the non-partisan New America Foundation (NAF), indicates that the number of Americans participating in one of two alternative loan-repayment plans has more than doubled…
The town of Shenzhen in China is starting a new program to punish drivers who leave their brights on in people’s faces. Traffic police are threatening to force citizens who do so into staring into the high beams for five minutes. A posting on the official social media page of Shenzhen police reads, “You still dare…
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By Blake Neff Teachers union members feel demoralized by the Wisconsin supreme court’s decision to uphold Gov. Scott Walker’s collective bargaining law. The case was organized labor’s last hope of undoing the law through the courts, after an effort at the federal level had already been rejected. If Walker is reelected and Republicans are buoyed…
Insurgent Republican Arturo Alas joins the Freedom Report podcast to discuss his campaign for liberty in California’s 32nd district. As an entrepreneur and a staunch believer in free markets, Alas campaigned heavily to keep the famous Sriracha factory in business, despite attacks from big government regulators who were trying to force the factory out of…
By Peter Fricke Social Security’s growing unfunded liability cannot be solved by merely by increasing taxes, according to a study released Monday by the Heritage Foundation. Its author, economist Rachel Greszler, argues that Social Security’s fiscal problems a result of the program having strayed from its original purpose. According to the program’s 2014 annual report, unfunded liabilities…
The Union Street Guest House in Hudson, New York will issue you a fine of $500 if you leave them a negative review. That’s $500 per negative review, mind you, not $500 total. From the hotel website: Please know that despite the fact that wedding couples love Hudson and our inn, your friends and families…
By Michael Bastasch Oil production is booming in North Dakota, hitting more than one million barrels per day in April and May, according to government data. Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, and horizontal drilling have played a major role. According to the Energy Information Administration, increased production from the “Williston Basin’s Bakken and Three Forks formations”…
The first annual meeting of Christians for Liberty took place last week in Austin, Texas. The gathering was put together by Norman Horn, who argues that government has replaced God in modern society. With the rise of the new atheist movement, and it’s influence within modern libertarianism, is it time for libertarian Christians and atheists…
By Ryan Lazarus A restaurant’s controversial discount policy has some concerned that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is being violated. The landmark legislation made it illegal for businesses to discriminate based on race and religion, among other things. Mary’s Gourmet Diner, in Winston-Salem North Carolina, applies 15% discounts to certain patrons tabs for “praying…