Zuckerberg’s Money Won’t Solve Government Schooling Problems by Josh Guckert In an article for The Wall Street Journal published on Monday, James Piereson and Naomi Schaefer Riley wrote about the results of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg‘s gift of $100 million to Newark public schools. The short answer: “not much” has changed. Zuckerberg, working in conjunction with New Jersey…
President Obama is preparing to enact new gun control measures through executive order, the White House has confirmed. Press Secretary Josh Earnest addressed reporters on Monday, noting gun control is a “high priority” and, “… will continue to be until we start to see more progress on this issue in this town […] I can tell you…
By Lina Bryce Union activists who were protesting Air France’s 3,000 proposed layoffs stormed the airline’s headquarters during a meeting on Monday, sending two managers fleeing from the building with shredded clothing, forcing them to climb over a fence to escape the angry mob pursuing them. An Associated Press photographer captured nearly a hundred activists rushing the…
Never before seen footage of Robin Williams performing for the troops in Kuwait in December of 2007. His performance is unexpectedly interrupted by military tradition. The scene that unfolds is one of decorum, patriotism, and class, as Williams joins the troops in solemn pose as Retreat sounds as the flag was lowered. Williams jokes he…
A group of people enjoying a nice afternoon of target practice are suddenly at risk from shrapnel as one of the targets explodes. Everyone has a good laugh, but I think it’s safe to say they shouldn’t be shooting explosive targets. At TLR we are firm believers in your right to own and carry firearms;…
By R. Brownell To make your home more inviting to guests, you put down a carpet, clean up, and maybe light up a scented candle; but you wouldn’t take down your family pictures, right? So what do you do if you want to make your church more inviting? Maybe a paint job, mow the grass,…
Thinking, speaking, and acting freely in an unfree world is often seen as an act of rebellion by those who hold power, privilege, and fealty to the ideas that support a given society’s power structures. And that means there will be much acrimony, harrumphing, and even outright blood-lust displayed by those with power and those…
By R. Brownell Vacant positions for federal court judges not filled by the senate have overstretched many judges, forcing them to work across state lines. A recent Huffington Post article discusses the state of overworked judges: “The Huffington Post talked to half a dozen federal judges about how court vacancies and the lack of new judgeships…
Ivan Plis on October 5, 2015 A program to train Syrian rebels is the most public failure in the multi-billion-dollar effort to advance U.S. interests through local militias, but far from the only one. Starting with the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan early last decade, the U.S. was determined to create and support anti-terrorist forces without…
By R. Brownell 3. Barry Loudermilk Loudermilk isn’t a libertarian by any means, but please bear with me and hear me out. He knows the language of the establishment but owes his allegiance to his conservative constituency. A leader in the Georgia Assembly, he reduced the size of government, stopped privacy invasion by halting provisions…