WASHINGTON, D.C. While some are hesitant to subscribe to any “isms”, –Melody Hensley is a proud feminist and atheist. As the executive director of the Center for Inquiry in Washington and organizer of the Women in Secularism national conference, she finds herself defending her ideals on Twitter often. Hensley said her outspoken nature made her…
Our generation could be the last to enjoy any degree of privacy whatsoever. Follow TLR on Google+ The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department has been experimenting with technology that could bring Americans’ privacy to a final and dystopian end. In 2012, police used high-powered aerial cameras to videotape the entire city of Compton for…
“One of the boys was punching the man in the face.” Follow TLR on Google+ SAN ANTONIO – A carjacker got more than he bargained for on Thursday when he leapt into Lucia Lozada’s car and sped away. The thief stole the car as the Lozada family prepared to leave for church. Lozada’s…
“That is the blood of my dog that I was holding because this deputy pulled up and shot her in my yard.” Follow TLR on Google+ Update: KLTV says that the officer responsible for the shooting has been fired after a veterinarian reportedly determined that the dog was shot in the back of the…
EPA, biofuel industry criticize study Follow TLR on Google+ A large, government-funded study published in Nature Climate Change has both the government and the biofuel industry up in arms. The study alleges that corn-based biofuels actually release 7 percent more greenhouse gases than conventional gasoline. The research contradicts the Obama Administration’s characterization of corn…
“He was in pain, man.” Follow TLR on Google+ RIVERSIDE COUNTRY, Ca. – A Riverside County sheriff’s deputy was serving court documents Wednesday afternoon when neighbor Jorge Rodríguez’s medium-sized pit bull barked at him. Startled, the deputy pulled out his firearm and shot himself in the leg. “The officer got scared and unfortunately he…
by Luke Wachob If you give those in power an inch, they will take a mile. Administrators at Bergen Community College (BCC) are turning that old adage up to eleven, using their power to investigate threats to place Professor Francis Schmidt on leave without pay and force him to meet with a psychiatrist before being…
BELLINGHAM, WA–Western Washington University (WWU) recently posed an interesting question to its students in a survey. “How do we make sure that in future years ‘we are not as white as we are today?’” Follow TLR on Google+ This isn’t the first time WWU has made its bigoted stance known. WWU President Bruce Shepard, a…
DETROIT, MI–Detroit can bring out the best and worst of humanity. Earlier this month, Steve Utashwas driving when 10-year-old David Harris stepped off the curb in front of his car. Surveillance footage shows Utash had no time to stop, and he accidentally hit Harris, breaking the boy’s leg. Utash, a 54-year-old father of three, immediately…
LOS ANGELES, CA – The PC police are at it again, this time targeting Los Angeles teacher Greg Schiller after two of his students created a pair of relatively innocuous science projects with the words “gun” and “cannon” in the title. According to L.A. Teacher’s Union representative Rover Scott, Schiller was removed from his classroom…