by Ben Seidman Over at the Washington Post, former Reason staffer Dave Weigel writes about the possible end of “The Libertarian Moment.” Weigel quotes from several other right-of-center sources who all seem to agree that there’s at least an ebb from where things were a year ago, and much of it is tied to…
By Casey Harper UPDATE: Louisiana Senior Trooper Steven Vincent died Monday morning, according to Louisiana State Police releases. “You’re going to die soon.” These are the alleged final words a man said while standing over the body of a wounded Louisiana police officer, picked up by the officer’s camera. The man burst out of his truck wielding a…
By Blake Neff A guide to preventing “bias incidents” published by Rutgers University warns students that the idea of “free speech” is a lie, Campus Reform reports. “There is no such thing as ‘free’ speech. All speech has a cost and consequences,” opens the page dedicated to the school’s “Bias Prevention & Education Committee.” The page, maintained by…
Breitbart is reporting that actress Ellen Page ambushed presidential candidate and senator Ted Cruz over gay rights. From Breitbart: Page, dressed incognito, pressed Cruz for his thoughts on “people getting fired just for being gay or trans,” to which Cruz said he believed Christians are being persecuted in the wake of the Supreme Court’s June…
By Jonah Bennett A Phoenix Department of Veterans Affairs police investigator claims he was pressured by a supervisor to lie and write false statements about a medical patient, in order to justify unlawful detention, according to an internal investigative report. On Nov. 4, 2013, VA police responded to a call from staff at the Phoenix VA. A patient placed…
By Blake Neff An administrator at the University of Wisconsin-Madison suggested at a recent roundtable conversation that, in order to combat “overpolicing” in the community, police should no longer respond to shoplifting claims at large stores such as Wal-Mart, and shouldn’t agree to prosecute people caught stealing. “I just don’t think that they should be…
By Rachel Stoltzfoos Three unarmed U.S. Marines reportedly shut down a man with an AK-47 who opened fire on a high-speed train heading from Amsterdam to Paris Friday. The Marines reportedly heard the gunman loading his AK-47 in the bathroom before he opened fire, injuring three people, reported The Daily Mail. The Marines tackled the man and detained him, until…
By Jonah Bennett The military services have until Oct. 1 to justify why women should be excluded from combat roles. Time is ticking. Defense Secretary Ash Carter will make a final decision right at the start of next year, albeit one tempered by congressional oversight. Unless the services present incredibly strong evidence, the department’s default policy is…
By Blake Neff A stunning poll of several key swing states for the 2016 election shows Marco Rubio not just leading Hillary Clinton, but flat-out dominating her. According to the poll, released Thursday by Quinnipiac University, Rubio leads Clinton 42-40 in Ohio, 51-39 in his home state of Florida, and perhaps most stunning of all, 47-40…
The latest viral video from World Star Hip Hop shows a man saving his girlfriend from a brutal beating on the streets. Shouting “Get the fuck off my bitch,” the man separates the two, throwing jabs at the woman and pulling her off his girlfriend. After the altercation, the saved female had to be physically…