By: Laura Meyers Alabama’s state legislature passed a bill in the senate that would terminate the need for marriage licenses. Marriage would become a plain contract filed with the Probate offices. Who would’ve thought? Senate Bill 377 passed with a majority vote of 22-3, and is now on its way to the house floor. “Effective…
By: Laura Meyers In an interview with The Daily Beast, actor John Cusack said that President Obama has been worse than former president George W. Bush. “I’m not sure if you heard the news today, but CNN conducted a poll concluding that George W. Bush’s approval rating is now higher than President Obama’s. Well, Obama has…
By R. Brownell 6. Marvel’s Ultimate Comics: New Ultimates vs. Avengers Theme: the military industrial complex Showcasing the perils of the military industrial complex, this limited series (taking place in an alternate universe separate from the mainstream Marvel titles) shows the Ultimates (a government sponsored superhuman strike force run by the counterterrorism organization SHIELD) chasing…
By: Laura Meyers Recently, British Dame Elish Angiolini has called for a legal change that would assume a woman’s incapacity to consent when intoxicated. This would mean that police would be asked to carry out blood tests on alleged rape victims to establish the level of alcohol content, then calculate how affected she was at the…
Progressive discipline policies aimed at eliminating ‘white privilege’ are failing public schools by Alison Basley Public schools in struggling districts are giving millions to the consulting firm known as Pacific Education Group in return for “restorative justice” training for school staff. This new discipline program for troubled students is part of the Obama Administration’s federal guidelines…
by Mytheos Holt It is fashionable among some conservative circles these days to scoff at the transition of former Olympic athlete Bruce Jenner into being a woman named Caitlyn Jenner. And more than scoff. Witness Federalist writer Nicole Russell’s more-than-a-little upset piece decrying Jenner as lying “outside the law” because he “willingly and purposely def[ies]…
By: Laura Meyers In the wake of California’s four-year long drought, the Placer County Water Agency has created two new smart phone apps to help citizens track and report wasteful water usage. One is a shower timer, which converts time in shower to gallons of water used. The second allows people to tattletale on their neighboring, evil…
By Lina Bryce While the idea that an individual can be transgendered is becoming more widely accepted in society, we understand that an individual has the right to do what they want with their own body, as long as it doesn’t harm anyone else. But, what if the person didn’t like their arm, leg, or ear? Is it okay to…
By: Laura Meyers On Thursday, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will vote for a third time on approval of a pill that could increase women’s sex drive. Pharmaceutical companies have been in the business of creating a Viagra for women for almost 15 years, but to no avail. Now, a company called Sprout Pharmaceutical…
By: Laura Meyers In a new study by Christin L. Munsch, an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Connecticut found that married men who earn less than 70 percent of the household income are more likely to cheat on their wives than economically independent wives and breadwinner husbands. The study involved 2,757 married Americans…