By Rachel Stoltzfoos Ben Carson surged to the top of the Republican presidential primary field in a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll released Tuesday, solidifying recent polling gains and coming within striking distance of Donald Trump’s polling average. Carson is the first Republican to overtake Trump in a Journal/NBC poll since June, winning the support of 29 percent…
By Ethan Barton Sensitive information about nuclear plants and materials could be compromised because the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board – a federal advisory agency – doesn’t protect its documents and hasn’t updated its document security rules since before 9/11. The safety board allows all of its computer network users to “access and manipulate” sensitive documents called “unclassified…
By Guy Bentley The latest report accusing Uber of being a jobs killer has been slammed as a “laughable attempt at economics” from a committee threatened by competition. The Committee for Taxi Safety released a report Monday claiming that should Uber expand throughout New York State, more than 11,000 nondriver jobs could be lost. The…
By Ethan Barton A conservative watchdog group is demanding copies of official documents about the activities of key operatives linked to Hillary Clinton, some of whom have previously escaped attention in the continuing investigations of the former Secretary of State’s relations with her family’s foundation and her use of a private email and server for…
By Michael Bastasch Environmental economist Richard Tol wants the world to deal with global warming, but his data shows the past 25 years of climate policies in rich countries have done nothing to fundamentally tackle the issue. If anything, Tol argues, current and past climate policies have only served to make most people a little…
The line between fantasy and reality must remain bold and unbroken. When I was about 14, I realised I was attracted to older women. I don’t simply mean those who were a couple of years above me at school; I mean 10-15 years older than me. That’s something that hasn’t gone away. I still…
Whether or not global warming can be attributed to man’s actions is debatable. However, regardless of the reason, a warmer plant may mean a serious cool-down in your bedroom. Bloomberg reports: An extra “hot day” (the economists use quotation marks with the phrase) leads to a 0.4 percent drop in birth rates nine months later,…
Jacob Bojesson The husband of an Oklahoma town’s mayor had a little too much to drink Halloween night and decided it was a “good idea” to dress up in Ku Klux Klan outfits with his friends. An image of Cary Sharp, husband of Lahoma Mayor Theresa Sharp, dressed up in a KKK outfit while attempting…
Jonah Bennett Two senior officials from the Department of Veterans Affairs have pleaded the Fifth Amendment in front of a House Veterans’ Affairs Committee hearing on relocation bonus corruption to avoid self-incrimination. Philadelphia and Wilmington VA regional offices director Diana Rubens and St. Paul VA regional office director Kimberly Graves pleaded the Fifth and refused to…
Blake Neff Students at Scripps College in Claremont California held a “Project Vulva” event recently to fight the “taboo” on showing women’s genitals in society, only to find themselves under attack for allegedly engaging in “transmisogyny.” The event was held Oct. 29 at a coffeehouse near the all-women college, and invited participants to come and decorate cupcakes so…