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…
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…