A 5-year-old boy’s reign is over as mayor of the town of Dorset, Minnesota. Mayor Bobby Tufts was defeated while ruthlessly attempting to hold on to power for a third term in the tiny tourist town. His opponent, Mayor-elect Eric Mueller, roundly defeated him in questionable proceedings at the town’s annual “Taste of Dorset”…
A Quadriplegic Libertarian Perspective by: J. Pritchard I was never told, but shown, that hard work could get you ahead—or keep you where you are comfortably. My father grew up in Pittsburgh; he had an extensive paper route, cut grass, and did odd jobs for neighbors. These small jobs allowed my dad to buy a…
By Michael Bastasch The United States recently announced it was spending nearly $500 million to modernize Ghana’s electrical grid and reform the country’s struggling energy sector, adding to the billions already pledged by President Obama to increase electricity access in sub-Saharan Africa. Obama’s Power Africa program has already pledged $7 billion in government funds and leveraged loans…
26-year-old Brett Lee Scott will go to prison for almost two years after accepting a plea deal in the crime of pointing a laser at a police helicopter. Scott explained why he did it: He was bored. Laser pointers aimed at air vehicles is becoming an increasing problem in the United States. Arstechnica reported that…
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…