LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: We have all been there. We’ve been slighted by the person we are speaking with as they reach for their smartphone to check a social media notification. This practice of snubbing is so common that in 2012, the Macquarie Dictionary helped to create the new word “phubbing” (a combination of…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Professionally, Peter Gray is known for his prominent book on psychology and for his professorship at Boston College. To the general public, however, Gray is perhaps best known for his book Free to Learn, which argues that the institutional nature of schooling is killing the natural learning ability of our…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: The millennial generation is often considered to be one of the most educated in recent history. But as some college professors have been discovering, their education is not one of factual, truth-filled knowledge. Instead, it is one based on fancy, but contradictory terms, feelings, and a general lack of reason….
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Since the news of Harvey Weinstein broke, there has been a constant drip of revelations about famous men doing terrible things. This time, Sen. Al Franken and, perhaps, Sylvester Stallone have fallen. In the case of Sen. Franken, there is damning photographic evidence and a history of questionable jokes and…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Michael Bastasch While United Nations delegates wrap this year’s climate summit, observers and experts have been coming to terms with an extremely inconvenient implication of meeting the goal of the Paris climate accord. To meet the accord’s goal of keeping global temperature rise below 2 degrees Celsius by 2100 requires…
As one of the most populated cities in both the East and West Coast, it is a huge wonder how New York City is able to keep its waste materials at bay. In the previous year, the city has reportedly produced more than 14 million tons of trash on average, and that estimate alarmingly outnumbers…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Anders Hagstrom An Ohio death row inmate had his execution date set back nearly two years after doctors failed to find the veins necessary for lethal injection Wednesday. Doctors spent roughly 25 minutes scouring the arms and legs of convicted killer Alva Campbell, Jr. for veins suitable for lethal injection,…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Nick Givas A female state senator from Oregon is accusing a male colleague of sexual harassment, and filed a complaint Wednesday asking for his expulsion. Democratic Sen. Sara Gelser accused Republican Sen. Jeff Kruse of sexual harassment. She filed a formal, five-page complaint and claimed he touched her breasts, put his…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Gabrielle Okun Rachel Dolezal, the former NAACP activist known for posing as a black woman despite being white, now sells homemade lollipops online and is open for business as of Tuesday. Dolezal now works as a lollipop artisan, according to her website. The lollipops from her “Gimme Some Sugar” line come in a…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Grace Carr Attorney General Jeff Sessions confirmed that Planned Parenthood executives and all parties who illegally sold unborn baby body parts might be indicted if Congress and the FBI find enough damning evidence. “Verifying the findings of Congress could provide a basis for charges,” Sessions said at the House Judiciary…