by Kevin Daley Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump doubled-down on a campaign pledge to recalibrate libel laws to make it easier for public figures to sue the press for allegedly defamatory or disparaging reportage. Trump told Jim DeFede of Miami’s CBS affiliate that he supports applying slander and libel standards codified in the United Kingdom…
by Josh Guckert UPDATE 11/10/2016: Well, Donald Trump is the next President of the United States. With that in mind, this list is even more pertinent. With election day now only 15 days away, the Republican Party is likely 16 days away from a post-mortem which will attempt to diagnose how it got stuck with Donald…
by Josh Guckert Election Day 2016 is only 15 days away. Donald Trump is currently expected to lose to Hillary Clinton in a massive landslide. Libertarians have plenty of qualms with each candidate. Clinton is likely the most dishonest and corrupt presidential candidate in recent memory. In spite of her having almost no chance of…
With so much going on politically around the world at the moment, there has been some amount of concern in major markets such as the United States and Great Britain. However, both markets seem to be going strong in spite of a highly questionable presidential race in the US and Brexit in the UK. In…
by Josh Guckert In a new poll conducted by the Associated Press, Libertarian candidate for the 1st Congressional District in Massachusetts Thomas Simmons is only 4 points away from overtaking Democratic incumbent Richard Neal. Neal has served in the House of Representatives since 1989. Having no primary challenger or Republican opponent, Simmons and Independent Frederick Mayock are…
by Saagar Enjeti Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton vigorously defended the Clinton Foundation’s work at Wednesday night’s final presidential debate. “I’m thrilled to talk about the Clinton Foundation, because it is a world-renowned charity and I am so proud of the work that it does,” Clinton said in a response to a question from moderator Chris Wallace about…
by Josh Guckert On Twitter Friday, Edward Snowden tweeted that 2016 may be the year for Americans to finally vote for a third party. He said this in light of the fact that The New York Times currently gives Hillary Clinton a 93% chance of winning the presidential election. It should not be surprising to many that…
Many people believe that studying is most effective when carried out in a quiet environment with no distractions. However, although having peace and quiet can definitely be useful when you’re trying to revise for a big exam, having some background noise in the way of music can actually be beneficial when it comes to having…
by Eric Lieberman The Swedish Cancer Society, an independent nonprofit, has changed an instructional breast-examination video by making the boobs square-shaped after Facebook censored its content. “Our main task is to raise and distribute money for cancer research,” the organization’s website reads. Other tasks “within the frame of the Swedish Cancer Society’s opinion-leading efforts is cancer prevention,”…
by Chris White Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk accused the media of “killing people” for covering a string of wrecks and one death related to the company’s self-driving feature. “You need to think carefully about this,” Musk told a slew of reporters during phone conference Wednesday. “Because if, in writing some article that’s negative, you effectively dissuade…