When bitcoin arrived on the scene in 2008, it gained a slow, but steady following. Prices rose, while other investment options stuttered in the post-recession malaise, and over the course of five years, values increased from nothing to $200. Then something strange happened, and it soared to more than $1,000 before crashing back down to…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Americans today tend to look at the War of Independence in terms of patriotic slogans. “No Taxation without Representation!” “I regret that I have but one life to give for my country.” “Give me liberty or give me death.” “Don’t Tread on Me!” Through this lens, the Revolutionary War was…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: The finale of Star Trek: The Next Generation saw Captain Picard unstuck in time. Simultaneously existing in his past, his present, and his future, he struggles to understand a shifting anomaly in the depths of space. In the end he is able to use his future knowledge to affect the…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Written by Annie Holmquist A popular trend in recent months has been the removal of the names and monuments of those who supported slavery in America’s past. Such removal is undoubtedly driven by tense race relations, with some wanting to soothe their “white guilt” over past wrongs, and others seeking…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Written by Jon Miltimore Nearly a half-million people turned out at the Women’s March in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 21, 2017 to “send a bold message” to the incoming presidential administration. It probably never occurred to them that they might be marching for something worse than that which they were…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Yesterday was Milton Friedman’s birthday. He was the 1976 Nobel-prize winning economist who promoted free-market ideals and limited government. The Economist called him “the most influential economist of the second half of the 20th century…possibly of all of it.” He died in 2006, but one of his lasting legacies is…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Written by Rob Shimshockon Students at Princeton University can identify as both “man” and “woman” simultaneously in official school records, according to a Monday report. Princeton University’s student interface, TigerHub, allows students to choose any and all gender identities, including cisgender, genderqueer/gender non-conforming, man, other, trans/transgender and woman, according to…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Written by Jonah Bennetton GOP Sen. John McCain issued a statement Monday saying that he will produce a military strategy for Afghanistan in September, if President Donald Trump has no plan to offer. “More than six months after President Trump’s inauguration, there still is no strategy for success in Afghanistan,” McCain…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Written by Will Rackeon The independent government agency tasked with auditing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Monday threw cold water on the Trump administration’s plan to hire 15,000 new immigration and border agents. The DHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) said in a new report that it is unlikely DHS…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Written by Paul Meekin When we assumed the Soldier, we did not lay aside the Citizen. – George Washington Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is enigmatic game and seminal touchstone in modern interactive entertainment history. Released in 2007 as the War in Iraq raged, it was among the first modern…