TV host Raven Symone appearing on The View caused controversy this week when she said she wouldn’t hire someone with ghetto sounding names. Symone apologized after the controversy blew up on social media. Marc Lamont Hill stated: “Raven seems to see no irony in supporting discrimination against non-traditional names while having a non traditional name…
Blake Neff writes The U.S. military is kicking University of Phoenix recruiters off its bases and barring the school from enrolling new students using military tuition assistance, a corporate filing released by the university’s holding company reveals. The sanctions, disclosed by Apollo Education Group, result from a variety of University of Phoenix practices, according to a letter…
Blake Neff writes The public school system in Milford, Conn., has banned Halloween-related events to avoid offending children who decline to celebrate Halloween. According to the Connecticut Post, a letter was sent home to parents last week letting them know that the school district’s annual Halloween parades are being called off, due to “numerous incidents of children being…
Connor D. Wolf Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson used a Sunday campaign stop in Georgia to accuse politicians of using poverty to bolster their voting constituencies. In his eyes, open-ended welfare has not only perpetuated poverty, its sustained a loyal voting bloc for certain politicians. “False compassion is patting them on the head and saying, ‘You can’t take care…
Whoa! A car runs a red light and nails a motorcyclist. As scary as the crash was, the rider was fine except for a concussion. Remember to exercise caution while driving, people. Watch the terrifying video below, warning- it contains NSFW language as the rider’s friend was quite alarmed.
The Supreme Court of the United States could soon announce it will hear a case challenging an “assault weapons” ban. Such a case could hold major ramifications for the future of such bans across the country. NBCNEWS reports: Gun rights advocates are challenging a 2013 law passed in Highland Park, Illinois, that bans the sale,…
By R. Brownell Things got real in Montana this past week. A recent article from the Tenth Amendment Center (TAC) covered a move by the state which will diminish the influence of federal programs aimed at enlarging the powers of local police: “Introduced by Rep. Nicholas Schwaderer (R-Superior), House Bill 330 (HB330) bans state or local law…
“Facts are stubborn things.” –John Adams [divider]✵[/divider] by Micah J. Fleck [dropcap size=small]O[/dropcap]n the whole, Americans are just generally bad at science. But there has been some debate on whether or not certain political affiliations are worse than others. Libertarians are not immune to this shortcoming, though we are certainly more scientifically literate (on average) than…
After a mass display of international outrage on social media and the pressc, the dentist who shot and killed Cecil the lion with a bow and arrow will not be facing criminal charges. CBS Minnesota reports: The Minnesota dentist who killed Cecil the Lion, sparking international protest, will not face charges, according to reports. His…
By R. Brownell 7. Randy E. Barnett Excerpt from Libertarianism.org “Randy E. Barnett is a lawyer and legal theorist, and a Senior Fellow of the Cato Institute. He is the Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Legal Theory at Georgetown University. Barnett writes about the libertarian theory of law and contract theory, constitutional law, and jurisprudence and…