This is what some Democrats actually believe. During an ABC roundtable yesterday, host Jonathan Karl asked his guests about a recent Congressional Budget Office report on ObamaCare. Follow TLR on Google+ The report found that, because ObamaCare offers more subsidies to those who work less, many people will actually lose income by working more. It…
“Farm bill” actually finances food stamps and insurance companies while taxing Christmas trees President Obama signed the so-called Farm Bill on Friday in front of a John Deere tractor, but the legislation had little to do with agriculture. Nearly eighty percent of its funding will go to food stamps. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or…
No Knock Raids Extremely Dangerous For Police SOMERVILLE, TX— Last December, Henry Goedrich Magee was sleeping peacefully with his pregnant girlfriend when authorities entered his home in a “no-knock” raid around 6 a.m. With no warning, or search warrant, police swarmed Magee’s home searching for marijuana and guns. Magee believed the police were thieves and…
Separate gender roles strongly associated with happier, more stable marriages In an expansive and fascinating New York Times piece yesterday, psychotherapist Lori Gottlieb put some challenging questions to a modern doctrine. Gottlieb pointed to some compelling research to suggest that – contrary to many peoples’ stated preference for gender equality – couples are happiest when men and…
Darren Mccollester/Getty Images Unusual statue is “triggering,” college must “notify us before displaying public art.” WELLESLEY, Mass. – All-female Wellesley College has ignited a fit of controversy with the outdoor installation of a lifelike bronze statue. Tony Matelli’s Sleepwalker depicts a vulnerable-looking man sleepwalking in his underwear. Matelli has said “the sculpture is of a…
It’s Time to End the Nonsense About Keystone XL For nearly five years the Keystone XL pipeline has sat in political limbo, awaiting approval from the Obama administration. The proposed oil pipeline from Canada requires blessings from the West Wing because, once completed, it will obviously cross the U.S./Canada border. Follow TLR on Google+ In…
For The Love Of The Unborn VICTORIA, B.C.–Few can imagine a scenario more heart wrenching than that of Dylan Benson. On December 28, 2013, his beloved wife and high school sweetheart Robyn Benson suffered a severe brain hemorrhage. Doctors could find no way to repair the damage, and the following day she was declared brain…
Ask Not For Whom The Bell Tolls, It Tolls For Thee ALBUQUERQUE, NM – When Christopher Chase, 35, tattooed the words “Cop Killer” on his knuckles, he was dead serious about his intentions regarding the police. On the morning of October 26th, 2013, he set up an ambush, and had witnesses call the Albuquerque Police…
“Pop-Tart Bill” named for a student who was suspended after he chewed a Pop-Tart into the shape of a gun Last year, 8-year-old Jordan Bennett was suspended from his Florida public school for playing “cops and robbers.” Bennett’s playacting, which involved miming a gun with his hands, violated his school’s hysterical zero tolerance policy…
38% of Republican voters say Graham deserves reelection South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham, reviled by conservatives for siding with President Obama on a range of key issues, has been censured by a considerable segment of the Republican Party in his own state. Now a poll conducted by Wenzel Strategies shows that Graham may be in…