By Blake Neff A Utah man who claimed to be the victim of several dreadful anti-gay hate crimes could face criminal charges after confessing that he staged the attacks himself. Several weeks ago, 21-year-old Rick Jones from the small town of Delta grabbed national headlines after he said he was assaulted and had “Die Fag” carved into his arm…
By Ian Daily Greece has defaulted on its debt to the International Monetary Fund, the first “developed” country to do so. But is Greece merely a casualty of a flawed Eurozone or a canary in the coal mine? After hobbling along on ‘emergency’ loans for five years, a $1.73 billion payment due Tuesday night went…
Today’s episode of the Freedom Report podcast looks at the new “draconian” California law which removes the religious or philosophical objections to parents wishing not to immunize their children. Do paranoid conspiracy kooks lead to bigger government? A measles outbreak radiating out from southern California’s Disneyland spurred the legislation, causing an uproar and national debate…
By Blake Neff Democratic California Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a bill giving the state one of the country’s strictest vaccination laws after a winter that saw a major measles outbreak among the unvaccinated. The new law eliminates the personal belief and religious exemptions the states once granted for school vaccine requirements, meaning only a certified medical issue…
By Connor D. Wolf During the same interview with CBS on Sunday, Republican Gov. John Kasich used the Bible to defend Medicaid expansion while dismissing it in the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision on gay marriage. “As a big fan of that handbook, that the lord handed us, the old and new testament, there’s a…
By Blake Neff In an effort to ensure an “inclusive environment” on all its campuses, the University of California (UC) is adding new questions to its application process that asks applicants about their sexual orientation and gender identity. “Beginning this fall, the University of California will provide students with the option to voluntarily self-identify their sexual orientation…
By Bedford The District of Columbia still won’t have to issue concealed-carry permits after a judge issued a stay pending appeal on a lower court’s ruling that a clause in the city’s gun law is unconstitutional. The stay comes after a federal judge ruled the D.C. law requiring citizens to show a “good reason” for…
By Casey Harper Hundreds of officers searching hundreds of miles for weeks to find two escaped murderers all came down to a one on one between the remaining prisoner David Sweat and one officer: New York State Police Sgt. Jay Cook. Cook, 47, is a marksman instructor, and that came in handy when he came across…
America’s 5th Generation, $1-Trillion, Cutting-Edge Fighter Is ‘About As Maneuverable As An F-16′ By Jonah Bennett The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program, which through its history has cost more than $1 trillion, just received a scathing review from one of its test pilots. Earlier this year, on January 14, the F-35A flew with the F-16D in mock battle to…
By Blake Neff The U.S. Supreme Court Monday agreed to revisit the case of a Texas woman who claims affirmative action prevented her from attending the University of Texas. The move means race-based affirmative action is once again in danger of being abolished at public institutions. The case, Fisher v. Texas, concerns the troubles of Abigail…