This spring, students and professors across the country are demanding trigger warnings on class content that could trigger symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. Oberlin College has recently published an official document on triggers, advising faculty members to “be aware of racism, classism, sexism, heterosexism, cissexism, ableism, and other issues of privilege and oppression,” to remove…
By Blake Neff A club dedicated to the philosophical musings of Friedrich Nietzsche has been barred from recognition at one of the United Kingdom’s top universities. The University College London Union (UCLU), the student union of University College London, has approved a motion prohibiting the school’s “Nietzsche Club” from being recognized as an official student organization, advertising…
Late night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel teased President Obama’s workout video where he was caught on camera looking strained while lifting tiny weights. Kimmel’s take features Vladimir Putin upstaging Obama with a workout video of his own.
By Blake Neff Charles and David Koch have made a big $25 million donation to the United Negro College Fund (UNCF), the organization announced Friday. The UNCF is the largest provider of scholarships to black college students in the U.S. and also supports historically black colleges and universities. The $25 million donation is the fifth-largest ever received…
By Michael Bastasch President Obama said electricity bills would “necessarily skyrocket” as a result of his energy policies. Rural Americans are about to find out how much. At least six electric cooperative utilities across the U.S. mid-and-southwest could raise electricity rates up to 40 percent if the Environmental Protection Agency imposes new permitting regulations coal-fired…
Daily Show anchor Jon Stewart lampooned President Obama’s “Oh, sh*t” moment after the release of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl. “You know what, fine,” Stewart said. “It’s a difficult story, it’s complex, we don’t need to make a big deal out of this. It’s not like the administration is gonna make a big Rose Garden announcement, bring…
By Michael Bastasch Headlines blared Tuesday that President Obama’s announcement of a rule limiting carbon dioxide emissions from power plants had convinced China, the world’s largest greenhouse gas emitter, to impose its own cap-and-trade system. A huge victory for those hoping for an international climate agreement next year. The only problem is that China made no such…
Security camera footage was released that purportedly shows a man trying to attack a little girl who is a black belt in karate. The video shows the girl standing in an elevator alone until a man comes along and forces the doors open to get in with her. As they are waiting, the man makes…
Comedian and movie star Jonah Hill appeared on the Jimmy Fallon show to apologize profusely for calling a paparazzi who was stalking him a “faggot.” Hill joins a long line of celebrities caught on camera in recent years, following people like Alec Baldwin and Donald Sterling, who both have been captured on camera or audio…
President Barack Obama is in hot water with members of his own party after Chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee Senator Diane Feinstein (D-CA) complained that the president did not inform her of the planned prisoner exchange. Feinstein was “surprised” and “dismay” that the transfers went ahead without her consultation “totally not following the law”…