First published on The Liberty Conservative Is it just me, or have people lost sight of the concept that a private organization is just that– private? They can make their own rules as they see fit, that is until a progressive’s feeling get hurt and they make it their crusade to tackle the private organizations and all who…
By Michael Bastasch Residents of Anacortes, Washington are furious with environmental activists for littering their town with more than one ton of trash left behind from recent anti-fossil fuel protests ostensibly held in the name of protecting the Earth. Eco-activists held protests on a BNSF railroad line over the weekend to prevent oil trains from…
By Casey Harper The Nevada State Democratic Party issued a statement explaining exactly how Hillary Clinton was able to edge out a win at the convention Saturday despite Sen. Bernie Sanders going in with more delegate slots. A raucous protest broke out after the convention among furious Sanders supporters that eventually got so out of hand the…
By Kathryn Watson House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform members will mark up legislation Tuesday to give the Government Accounting Office (GAO) vastly expanded authority to conduct deep audits of the Federal Reserve System. The Federal Reserve Transparency Act sponsored by Kentucky Republican Rep. Thomas Massie directs the Comptroller General of the United States, who…
By Michael Bastasch Virgin Islands Attorney General Claude Walker told a D.C.-based libertarian think tank he would be withdrawing a subpoena he sent the group in April as part of a broader investigation into ExxonMobil’s global warming stance — and in the same email threatened more legal actions against the group. “Attorney General Walker’s subpoena…
By Juliegrace Brufke Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders said the Federal Reserve should bail out Puerto Rico in the way it bailed out major banks during the financial crisis at a town hall hosted in San Juan Monday. “If the Federal Reserve could bail out Wall Street, it can help the 3.5 million American citizens…
By JP Carroll The German government has published an online sex manual for migrants, teaching them how not to commit sexual assaults, while also offering health and legal advice. “The site, which cost the German Federal Center for Health Education $136,000 to create, is intended to help bridge the gap between the typically reserved Middle Eastern attitudes…
By Steve Birr A decision to rename the George Mason University School of Law after the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia will be voted on Tuesday and is drawing opposition from Democrats in Virginia. After receiving a $10 million grant in late March from the Charles Koch Foundation and an anonymous $20 million grant with…
Burlington College is Going Under Because of Jane Sanders’ Debt Burlington College announced on May 16th that it will be closing by the end of next week. The primary reason for it’s closure was “the crushing weight of the debt” racked up by wife of Bernie Sanders, Jane O’Meara Sanders, during her time as president…
“Many ‘trends’ reported in the media or proclaimed in politics likewise depend entirely on which year has been chosen as the beginning of the trend.” – Dr. Thomas Sowell, Basic Economics, p. 360 It’s reefer madness in America as fear mongers look to push back against the inevitable coming of legal marijuana. Are fatal car…