LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Dries Van Thielen On March 20, 2017, the city council of Monona, Wisconsin passed an ordinance to reduce the fine for marijuana possession. Where marijuana possession used to result in a $200 penalty, the fine is now reduced to a single dollar. Since 2014, the citizens of Monona, WI, have…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Paul Meekin The iOS Game “Reigns” is about governing a country: You are king. You are in charge of making decisions that affect the church, the population, the army, and the treasury. Every choice you make will cause them joy or pain. If you want to curry favor…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Pooja Bachani On Tuesday, the Associated Press reported the filling of a lawsuit by Young Americans for Liberty Chapter President Kevin Shaw against Los Angeles Pierce College, a member of the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD). Shaw started the YAL chapter on October 25, 2016 with the help…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kevin Daley As Islamic State militants wage a relentless campaign against the cultural treasures of the Arab world, a single Benedictine monk is organizing efforts to preserve ancient manuscripts from destruction. Father Columba Stewart, OSB, has organized the preservation of ancient texts in the Middle East for 13 years….
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Saagar Enjeti U.S. aircraft are dropping more bombs on the Islamic State than at any time since operations began in 2014, the top Air Force general in Iraq told Air Force Times. The U.S. has dropped almost 500 bombs a week on ISIS every week of March, with one…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ted Goodman The U.S. House of Representatives voted 215 to 205 to repeal privacy regulations, set to take effect later this year, that would have required internet service providers (ISPs) to obtain consent from subscribers before using their secondary data, like browsing history, for advertising. House Republicans almost unanimously supported the…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Eric Lieberman A Tesla vehicle that was reportedly employing its autopilot technology hit a Phoenix police officer riding on his motorcycle on March 21. The accident is the second car with autonomous functionality to crash into another vehicle in Arizona, after one of Uber’s self-driving cars ended up flipped upside…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Juliegrace Brufke House Freedom Caucus Chairman Mark Meadows said he’s ready to get to work on striking a deal on repealing and replacing Obamacare, even if it means delaying Easter recess until they reach a consensus. “I don’t think we need to go home until we get this done,”…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Amber Randall A joke about trans people on his first special in 13 years landed comedian Dave Chappelle in the sights of many liberals and activists. During Chappelle’s newest standup The Age of Spin: Live at the Hollywood Palladium, the comedian cracked multiple jokes about transgender transitions and the term LGBTQ. “Stuart…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Polarizing the Masses With Tomi Lahren & Neil Gorsuch By Betsy Pearson The polarization that exists in our political sphere is insufferable at times. Because I side with a political party that isn’t one of the two dominant groups in our two party system, this division is further exacerbated. One…