Blake Neff The Wheaton College professor who decided to celebrate Christmas by showing solidarity with Muslims could end up losing her job over the stunt. Earlier this month, political science professor Larycia Hawkins announced on Facebook she would be wearing a hijab until Christmas to show solidarity with Muslims who encounter bigotry in their daily…
Andrew Follett Despite President Barack Obama’s pocket veto Saturday of attempts to repeal the Clean Power Plan and recent increases in taxpayer support, solar and wind energy are in a tough spot, requiring an estimated $90 trillion of investment to meet carbon dioxide reduction goals. The fundamental issues of solar and wind power are numerous, so let’s review the top 11. 1:…
Casey Harper The “war on Christmas” has pretty much become a common American holiday tradition. In a politically correct, increasingly secularized America, the fight has engulfed nativity scenes and Starbucks Christmas cups and has even motivated thieves to steal Baby Jesuses. In the annual war, there are a few usual suspects: Nativity scenes, Christmas trees, etc. There’s…
Michael Bastasch United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon praised former Republican President George W. Bush for kickstarting efforts to put together a global agreement to fight global warming. “That was the beginning of our success,” Ban told The Associated Press Saturday, referring to Bush’s attendance of U.N. global warming talks in 2007. After refusing to ratify…
Luke Rosiak After a federal employee assaulted a female colleague on the job, the American Federation of Government Employees took the side of the abuser — even though the woman was also a union member — and made bosses give a cash payout to the man. The union convinced an arbiter that management was in the wrong for trying to keep…
Blake Neff The Washington Post has published a lengthy year-end report on fatal police shootings in the U.S. that hints at possible police bias in the form of disproportionate killing of unarmed black men. Deceptive statistics that nakedly push a narrative substantially taint the report’s objectivity, and call into question its conclusions. Post staff decided to log every…
FDA Failed Gay Americans With Changes to Blood Donation Regulations BY SARAH GOMPPER The queer community has made incredible strides in the past few years. As the New Year approaches, LGBT Americans, single and legally married, are looking back on 2015 with #Pride. This week, exactly five years since Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell was overturned,…
Senator Sanders Misleads his Twitter Audience Yet Again [dropcap size=big]S[/dropcap]ocialist presidential candidate Bernie Sanders drew scorn from the right after a post he made on Twitter went viral. The post, which criticized the rates of home refinances versus student loans, was mocked by anyone and everyone with a clear understanding of banking, economics, and politics. Critics of…
10. “Liberty” Album by Jordan Page An oldie but a goodie, this tribute to the Ron Paul 2012 campaign covers everything from the post-constitutional republic, to the bank gangsters, and neocons. This song is not just the theme of the liberty revolution, but is nice enough on the ears to listen to while sitting near…
Josh Fatzick Police in Washington, D.C., arrested two people Tuesday night for allegedly distributing marijuana after the pair had been selling pot for “donations” in the city for months. Nicholas Cunningham, 30, and Evonne Lidoff, 18, operated three vehicles throughout the district where they would sell pot brownies in exchange for “donations” from patrons, according to…