by: Guy Bentley Presidential candidate Sen. Rand Paul slammed mandatory labeling of genetically modified organisms (GMO) on the campaign trail in Iowa, telling reporters GMO labeling will hit the poorest hardest. Paul was on the road trying to drum up support for what is widely being seen as a lackluster campaign when he was asked about…
Casey Harper The Kentucky clerk who was jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses returned to work Monday, saying she refuses to endorse any same-sex marriage licenses but won’t interfere with them either. She also fought back tears Monday in a press conference where she said that people are not being tolerant enough of her beliefs. “Are…
Blake Neff Yale Law School, the most elite law school in the country, has received a $10 million donation to establish a Sharia law center. The Abdullah S. Kamel Center for the Study of Islamic Law and Civilization is named for its patron, a billionaire Saudi banker who serves as CEO of the Dallah alBaraka Holding Company, a large…
Ethan Barton Five months worth of messages are missing from the emails former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton returned to the government, according to documents newly obtained by the watchdog group Judicial Watch. “A five month email gap,” Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton said at the non-profit group’s inaugural Leadership Summit Monday. “I want an explanation about…
By Guy Bentley Uber and other ride-sharing platforms have been handed a major victory after Queens Supreme Court Justice Allan Weiss threw out a legal challenge to ride-sharing companies’ freedom to be hailed from apps. Four credit unions with significant financial interests in yellow cab medallions argued that app-based services such as Uber are more…
By Blake Neff The state of California is poised to award thousands of high school degrees to dropouts by passing a new law retroactively removing the requirement to pass a high school exit exam. The California High School Exit Exam (CASHEE) was created in 2004, and is intended to make sure that students have a rudimentary…
By Blake Neff and Jonah Bennett Modern students arriving on college campuses today will find themselves learning about far more than just mathematics, writing, science, and other well-worn aspects of a liberal college education. College campuses are known for their political ferment, and modern campus activists have popularized or outright invented a vast vocabulary of…
By Casey Harper Bernie Sanders has zero endorsements from elected national Democrats in his bid for the White House, while his opponent Hillary Clinton has accumulated more than any other presidential hopeful by far. Fifty-six percent of Democrat governors, senators and U.S. House members have endorsed Clinton,according to data from FiveThirtyEight. Endorsements can be key…
Do black lives really matter? Do all lives matter? Today’s episode of the Freedom Report podcast interviews two special guests on this topic. One, Eric July, is a former Democrat turned libertarian who argues that the problems of the Black Lives Matter movement lie in their inability to understand the root problems of society and…
By Guy Bentley Fears that legalizing marijuana would create a surge in teen smoking appear to have been rebuffed, according to a new national survey on drug use. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration (SAMHSA) data show that nationally, 7.4 percent of young people between the ages of 12 and 17 used pot on a…