Juliegrace Brufke With the fiscal year quickly coming to a close, Congress remains in limbo on its plan to avoid the looming threat of a government shutdown. Lawmakers have just 11 days to pass a budget before the federal government runs out of funds, which could lead to another shut down scenario. While the House passed…
Casey Harper A Washington school district has said it will not fire one of its football coaches who drew national headlines for praying with the team on the 50-yard-line after games. But the district has forbid the coach from supervising or encouraging any prayer whatsoever. It remains unclear how the district will react if the coach defies…
Michael Bastasch A rift is growing in the so-called consensus on global warming that’s as wide as the Atlantic Ocean. Scientists just can’t seem to agree on whether or not the 15-year hiatus in warming actually exists or not. A recent study by Stanford University scientists reinforces the claim made by federal government researchers earlier…
Kathryn Watson “Innocent until proven guilty” is the hallmark of the American justice system, but a growing chorus of critics of speed cameras say the automated traffic enforcement technology turns that principle on its head. “You see, you almost have to move a mountain, you almost have to have mountain-moving faith,” said John Townsend, AAA…
Rachel Stoltzfoos CNN’s Jake Tapper took an approach to moderating the second GOP debate that contrasted sharply with that of the Fox News debate: pit the candidates against each other. The strategy, albeit unorthodox and interesting, produced questionable results. Tapper said the goal was to inspire back and forth between candidates “where they disagree — on…
Weaselzippers uploaded an image from a 5th grade homework assignment about government, jobs and the economy. Look what they’re teaching children about who creates jobs. This goes perfectly in line with the belief of presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
Michael Bastasch on September 17, 2015 The science on global warming is settled, so settled that 20 climate scientists are asking President Barack Obama to prosecute people who disagree with them on the science behind man-made global warming. Scientists from several universities and research centers even asked Obama to use the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt…
Blake Neff Several American Indian activists are in an uproar at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, arguing the Ivy League school has become the latest to facilitate an academic’s bogus claims of Indian heritage. Last week, Dartmouth announced that it was naming Susan Taffe Reed director of the school’s Native American Program. Taffe Reed’s roles will…
Michael Bastasch CNN’s Jake Tapper tried to highlight the differences between Republican presidential candidates over the issue of manmade global warming last night, but his debate plan to get candidates to go head-to-head on climate failed. After invoking the name of George Schultz, President Ronald Reagan’s secretary of state, Tapper asked Florida Sen. Marco Rubio…
Senator Rand Paul stood alone on the CNN presidential debate as the most libertarian of all the Republicans. Paul’s stance on the war on drugs is based on the 10th amendment interpretation that these issues should be handled at the state level. Paul called out Jeb Bush without naming him by name, saying that at…