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…
Guy Bentley Taxi drivers erupted into fury at London’s City Hall after Mayor Boris Johnson labelled them “luddites” during a question time session. Black cab drivers held parts of London to a stand still Wednesday protesting against Transport for London’s refusal to impose a stricter regulatory regime on taxi app rival Uber. Cab drivers attended…
Guy Bentley The National Park Service has dealt a blow to vapers with a ban on the use of e-cigarettes wherever regular tobacco is banned in national parks. Jonathan B. Jarvis, the director of the National Park Service, said in a statement: Protecting the health and safety of our visitors and employees is one of the…
Casey Harper “We don’t serve police officers.” That’s what two Texas police officers at the fast food restaurant Whataburger said the store’s manager told them when they tried to make a late-night Whataburger visit Tuesday. At first the officers thought he was joking, but when the employee didn’t say anything more, they left and went to…
Jonah Bennett The last woman left in Ranger School won’t be graduating Friday. Instead, the unnamed candidate will get to recycle the Swamp Phase, the third and final part of the course. The woman, a West Point graduate, has moved through the course at a slower pace than her counterparts Capt. Kristen Griest and 1st…
Blake Neff Mogul-turned-politician Donald Trump told nearly 20,000 people gathered at a rally at American Airlines Center in Dallas Monday, if elected, he will cut tax rates for the middle class and corporations. The Republican presidential frontrunner, who said he knows as much about the tax code as anybody, announced he plans to unveil his complete economic plan…
Geoffrey Ingersoll Texan tech billionaire Darwin Deason is asking for the return of millions in donations he made to the Opportunity and Freedom PAC now that former Gov. Rick Perry has taken himself out of the running for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination. “We have made it clear we expect the PAC to shut down and send the funds…
Blake Neff Several Canadian colleges are expressing outrage after fliers posted Monday apparently advertised the creation of a “White Students Union.” Flyers appeared on bulletin boards and elsewhere at the University of Toronto, Ryerson University, and York University, all of which are large public colleges in Toronto. The flyer, showing two young white men standing in front…
by Tom O’Brien As we watch the horrors of the civil war in Syria unfold and the escalation of Russian involvement, it may seem difficult to make sense of it all. So many sides, so many agendas, so many interests. To simplify things, let us attempt to break down the various players using teams….