By Jonah Bennett Navy Secretary Ray Mabus said he plans to open Marine infantry to women, but confirmed that physical standards will remain the same. The deadline for the services to seek exemptions keeping women out of certain military occupational specialties is fast approaching, Navy Times reports. The clock is ticking, as the deadline is set…
Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush went after Donald Trump in Miami, saying “the man’s not a conservative” in Spanish. Bush seemed to take delight in criticizing Trump, who’s made headlines and climbed in polls attacking illegal immigration, and denigrating Mexican migrants as “rapists.” “El hombre no es conservador” — the man is not conservative, Bush said….
By Blake Neff A sociology professor at Duke University is making waves in what can be a rather dry field by publishing a paper with the provocative title “Fuck Nuance.” “Seriously, fuck it,” the abstract says. Professor Kieran Healy presented his paper last week at the annual conference of the American Sociological Association. Healy uses the paper…
By Rachel Stoltzfoos CNN has changed the criteria for its upcoming Republican presidential primary debate, clearing the way for Carly Fiorina to make it on the main stage, the network announced Tuesday. RELATED: 8 Critical Things To Know About Carly Fiorina Fiorina wowed in the second-tier debate in August, and has argued since that CNN’s…
By Guy Bentley Bernie Sanders is not the only one in his family with aspirations to fundamentally change a country — his brother Larry once had dreams of being the U.K.’s premiere socialist. Of course, he failed, but his influence has had an effect on his younger, clearly more successful brother. Sanders has often praised his expat brother…
By Connor D. Wolf Franchisees argued in an appeals court Tuesday that the Seattle $15 minimum wage doesn’t just disproportionately hurt their businesses, it was designed to be that way. Seattle led the way in implementing a $15 minimum wage back in June of 2014. To help mitigate the potential for economic harm, the increase…
Court Rules There’s No Right To Transfer Schools By Blake Neff A federal appeals court has ruled that no constitutional right exists for parents to choose what public school their children attend, a blow to efforts to expand public school choice. The case decided Monday revolves around a group of parents in Blytheville, Ark., who in…
By Ivan Plis This summer saw one crisis after another on Europe’s borders, with refugees from warzones drowning before they washed ashore or dying mysteriously in transit. The recent discovery of 71 refugees’ dead bodies, who suffocated in a van on Hungary’s border with Austria, has accelerated the European Union’s urgency in meeting the unprecedented…
By Josh Fatzick Idris Elba, who has been floated as a serious contender to play James Bond in the next film, was called “too street” to play the character by the book’s author. Anthony Horowitz, the author commissioned by Ian Fleming’s estate to write the next James Bond novel, told the Daily Mail he thinks Elba is…
By Guy Bentley Chipotle’s claim to sell “food with integrity” is coming under fire with a California woman suing the chain for false advertising after the company heavily promoted its controversial decision to abandon all genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in its ingredients. Chipotle made a splash April 27 when it declared it was the first…