Michael Bastasch The tragic death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia already has pundits guessing how this will affect pending court decisions, including a case that could determine the fate of President Barack Obama’s global warming agenda. Just before Scalia was found dead at a Texas ranch over the weekend, the conservative justice joined the…
Washington Inseparable from Hemp by Joe Klare The recent occasion of Presidents Day allows us to take some time to look back on Presidents of yore and discuss the things they championed. When you talk about the Father of our Country, George Washington, you really can’t have a discussion of his life without talking about…
Guy Bentley Marijuana is stronger now than has it has been for the last 20 years, according to a study from the University of Mississippi. Published in the journal Biological Psychiatry, researchers examined 38,681 samples of marijuana obtained from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration between 1995 and 2014. Levels of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in marijuana tripled from…
Russ Read In a stroke of irony, a sniper from the elite British Special Air Service (S.A.S.) took the head off an Islamic State leader who was teaching recruits how to behead prisoners. The terrorist was probably not expecting to become his students’ example, but the sniper armed with a large-caliber rifle made him one…
Scalia’s Passing Shows Issues with Supreme Court Politics by Josh Guckert After Justice Antonin Scalia tragically passed away on Saturday, the next question for political observers was inevitable: who would replace Scalia? This issue is largely because of the enormous power which a Supreme Court Justice holds. By sitting on the bench, these individuals are one…
Andrew Follett Democratic Presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders is spending lots of money on carbon offsets to lessen the impact of fossil fuels used by his campaign to get its socialist message across the country — even though offsets don’t actually have any impact on global warming. Sanders has remained committed to spending an unspecified, but…
As soon as anything doesn’t go his way, Donald Trump is quick to cry foul. Now he has renewed earlier threats to leave the Republican race and run third party. Doing so would, of course, all but guarantee a Democrat victory in November. The race has dramatically shifted since Saturday. The death of Supreme Court…
By Jacob Bojesson A citizen petition calls for U.S. President Barack Obama to be banned from speaking in the British Parliament, following revelations that he plans a big intervention on “Brexit.” The reason behind the petition is Obama’s plans for “a big, public reach-out” to persuade Britons to vote against the referendum to leave the European…
By Andrew Follett Rooftop solar companies, including Elon Musk’s SolarCity, are facing huge financial hurdles as state governments cut back on lucrative green energy subsidies and reform regulatory schemes. “Is the solar industry’s boom for real, or is it being propped up by hefty government subsidies?” Richard Martin asked in a Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Technology…
Casey Harper A Mississippi man who was allegedly involved in a robbery where a cop was shot in the face, has been turned in by his own dad. Officer Derrick Couch walked in on an armed robbery at a Clarksdale convenience store Saturday night where two men in masks were stealing cash from the register, Fox 13 reports….