Trump has recently concluded his Asian diplomatic marathon–five countries in a week and a half. It was the longest tour of Asia by a sitting President since the end of the Cold War. Of the trip, CNN said Trump found “success overseas“, while the Washington Post claims it “wasn’t the success” Trump thought it was….
The “National Constitution Center” presented John McCain with a “Liberty Medal”. They’ve presented the same award to both Bill and Hillary Clinton. It’s like words don’t even have any meaning anymore. Like the Nobel Peace Prize going to Obama, Arafat, and Kissinger, such recipients diminish the significance of such awards by divorcing them from what…
In the past day, the internet has decided that Eminem, was relevant again. He’s made a career out of controversy (though he’s not the first king of it), and what’s more controversial than attacking Donald Trump? Or less controversial, whatever… The following are the ten lamest disses from his new freestyle video, “The Storm”, released…
When I was younger, I once viewed Nobel Peace Prize laureates as beyond reproach, a secularized version of Saints in the Catholic religion. They were, it seemed, people who selflessly worked for peace in our time, and had contributed in some concrete way to the promotion of world peace. It nearly goes without saying that…
Two months ago today, our sister site, Liberty Viral, published a piece entitled “To Bomb North Korea, Trump Doesn’t Need Congress or the UN“. It was written by Squiggly Line Guy, who I respect despite his name, and whom I agree with on most issues. This isn’t one of them. The basis for his article…
From May to July this year, Equifax was breached by hackers, exposing information on 143 million Americans, or the majority of American adults. The first thing their senior executives did upon finding the breach, was sell $1.8 million of stock in what seems to be a case of insider trading. A month ago, Equifax finally let…
For the second time in under a month, North Korea launched a missile over the northern Hokkaido island in Japan’s archipelago. For the second time in under a month, Japan’s “J-Alert” system knew that North Korea’s missile would fly over their territory, and warned the residents of Hokkaido. For the second time in under a…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: “The Republican establishment is trying to nullify the 2016 election. That’s a brutal fact we have to face.” –Steve Bannon, during his 60 minutes interview. Hearing the word “establishment” from anyone in media makes me wince for several reasons, but most importantly because it’s often said with a carelessness that…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: After a series of provocative actions by North Korea, last month China (who for decades has protected the North Korean regime) signed onto aggressive sanctions to curb their behavior, and have actually been following through. Yesterday, the Security Council again voted for even more, including a 30% reduction in fuel…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Should we, through government, encourage rebuilding major population centers in the most high risk areas of the country? Especially in areas that are prone to hurricanes, which are more predictable and frequent than earthquakes near fault lines, less random than tornadoes, and not minimized rather than maximized by development itself…