LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: The Fraser Institute released its annual “Economic Freedom of the World” report this morning. The free market think tank rates every nation based on its “degree of freedom in five broad areas”: Area 1:Size of Government—As spending and taxation by government, and the size of government-controlled enterprises increase, government decision-making…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Joshua Gill A Florida teacher plans to erect a Satanic display at a park during the Christmas season to entice children to “hail Satan,” outraging local parents. Preston Smith, who teaches language arts at a Boca Raton middle school, said he plans to display a 300-pound metal Satanic pentagram, sporting…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Update: Following research on the account of the Attack on Fort McHenry presented below, I as the author feel it necessary to announce that I had some things wrong. The following is based off of a since debunked account of the attack, but I think that the slight embellishments do not take…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: GABRIELLE OKUN Reporter A toddler accidentally shot two other toddlers Wednesday at a daycare in Dearborn, Mich. “These are heartbreaking investigations,” said Gary Mann, Dearborn Police lieutenant. “But they’re not that difficult because it’s not a whodunit,” he added. The toddler was at a home daycare and wounded two three-year-old…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: WILL RICCIARDELLA Media Reporter The media is awash with headlines declaring the U.S. response to Puerto Rico a “Katrina Moment” for President Donald Trump, but the narrative completely ignores the facts on the ground. “The administration’s feeble response to Hurricane Maria rivals [President George] Bush’s after Katrina,” read a sub-headline in…
Amber Randall on September 28, 2017 Cornell University’s Black Students United demanded the university start recruiting more black American students because the campus has too many African and Caribbean students Wednesday. Black Students United, a group for students identifying with the African diaspora, handed the university president a list of twelve demands, with one of them…
Joshua Gill on September 28, 2017 Gunmen waylaid a group of volunteers bringing aid to earthquake victims in Mexico, shooting one, raping another and beating several, all for $2,000 and a few cellphones. The group of Catholic youth volunteers left Mexico City in three pickup trucks loaded with food and relief aid for communities affected by the…
Tim Pearce on September 28, 2017 President Donald Trump waived laws forbidding foreign ships from transporting goods between U.S. ports and Puerto Rico Thursday. Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló petitioned the White House to waive the law, known as the Jones Act, to aid in shipping resources to Puerto Rico while it recovers from…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Mark Tapscott Saudi Arabian officials announced Tuesday that beginning in the summer of 2018, women will be allowed to drive on public roads, marking the end of the world’s only remaining such ban. Women’s rights in the ultra orthodox Islamic country, however, are still heavily restricted. Most of the code…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Gabrielle Okun The federal government is currently spending $400,000 to track Latinos’ eye movements at supermarkets in order to better fight obesity, the Washington Free Beacon reports. Researchers from San Diego State University received more than $400,000 in taxpayer funds to use “eye-tracking technology” to follow the eye movements of Latino families when buying produce, The Washington…