As military operations go, the one staged last week against Bashar al-Assad’s airbase which began the gas attack on the Syrian city of Homs was small potatoes. It was smaller than small potatoes. It was tater tots. But you can’t convince some people of that. They’re too busy with the cigarette lighter and gasoline trying…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Russ Read President Donald Trump once criticized the North Atlantic Treaty Organization for being “obsolete,” but the president said that was no longer the case after meeting with the organization’s leader Wednesday. “The secretary-general and I had a productive discussion about what more NATO can do in the fight…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ted Goodman President Donald Trump said the U.S. dollar “is getting too strong” Wednesday, and blasted other countries for devaluing their currency. “I think our dollar is getting too strong, and partially that’s my fault because people have confidence in me,” Trump told the Wall Street Journal. “But that’s hurting…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Paul Meekin If you’re a nerd of a certain age, you’ve pirated a game. Be it using an SNES or Sega Genesis Emulator to play classics you couldn’t afford as a kid, downloading all of the Leisure Suit Larry Games to see some pixelated wabos, or, in my case,…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ted Goodman The University of Massachusetts Boston is cutting more than 20 summer courses as the school desperately attempts to manage a $30 million operating deficit that is due in part to a project labor agreement that requires unions to be the “sole and exclusive” source of job-site labor. The…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Phillip Stucky Bill and Hillary Clinton made no secret of the fact they blame campaign staffers for her defeat in the presidential election, according to a new book about her failed bid. “She was visibly, unflinchingly pissed off at us as a group,” an unnamed staffer said in the…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Paul Meekin What if I told you one of the best video games of the last decade was equal parts conservative and progressive? What if I told you that same game is action packed and consistently poignant? Well I am. “Mass Effect 2” is one of the most political games…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Chris White A conservative legal group is seeking communications from EPA officials who may have used a cell phone encryption app to prevent government oversight. Judicial Watch filed a Freedom of Information Act request Wednesday to obtain communications from agency employees who allegedly used the encryption app “Signal” to…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jonah Bennett The Department of Veterans Affairs inspector general released a rare interim report Wednesday warning about the dangerous, abysmal conditions that have placed patients at unnecessary risk at the D.C. medical center. After receiving a complaint March 21, the office of the VA inspector general deployed a rapid…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Saagar Enjeti Syria has begun reconstruction efforts at the airbase destroyed by U.S. cruise missiles Thursday, CBSNews reports. U.S. intelligence reportedly spotted earth moving equipment at the site, where Secretary of Defense James Mattis says nearly “20 percent” of Syria’s air-force was destroyed. The strike was in retaliation for…