“I can’t imagine this is how President Obama wanted it to happen.” California cancer patients are being systemically turned away at the offices of their regular oncologists. The Los Angeles Times reports that sanctioned insurance providers are failing to cover the oncologists and other doctors to whom they refer patients. “I’m a complete fan of…
ALBANY, N.Y.–Critics of the new education standards demanded by Common Core have gained traction at the state and national level this week. New York legislators announced yesterday to state officials that the “flawed rollout” should delay Common Core’s implementation for two years. Senate Republican leader Dean Skelos (R-Rockville Centre) agreed that students should be better…
As big government feminism is questioned, feminists plan overhaul of Wikipedia By Ian Huyett Last year, while working as an editor at my college newspaper, I learned that a Women’s Studies professor had offered her students extra credit if they submitted letters to the editor attacking a particular female columnist. That columnist, Laura Meyers, had…
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Nate Cox received a notification in his mail last year that would intimidate most U.S. citizens. According to the Washington D.C. DMV, Cox’s car was caught speeding on camera. The Photo-Enforced Speeding ticket captures Cox’s car, complete with its abundant libertarian bumper stickers and “ENDW4R” license plate. The DMV clearly didn’t know who they…
“I’ve been so traumatized. I don’t sleep at night.” On Thursday, a column of armor-clad Ankeny police marched up a Des Moines street in a spectacle reminiscent of soldiers occupying foreign territory. The police battered down the door of Sally Prince’s home without warning and barged into the house. Officers were investigating a case of…
Washington, D.C.–At an event last Friday, Paul Reville, a Harvard professor and former secretary of education in Massachusetts, used the platform to make some assertions about Common Core, and those who are against it. The Center for American Progress (CAP), a liberal think tank, hosted the event where Reville made comments that ruffled feathers on…
Cruz says that drug laws should only be changed by Congress Republican Senator Ted Cruz has expressed an encouraging array of libertarian positions. Cruz played a prominent role in Rand Paul’s March 2013 filibuster and later said the U.S. should not serve as “Al Qaeda’s air force” by intervening in Syria. On NSA surveillance, Cruz…
ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, MD – A one-year “veteran” of the Anne Arundel County police approached a house this weekend and was greeted by a neighbor’s Chesapeake Bay Retriever named Vern. The officer shot the dog twice. Follow TLR on Google+ According to the dog’s family, the officer was on his way to interview one…
Conservative ire over Coke’s Super Bowl ad conflicts with their supposed love of freedom Keith Farrell A Super Bowl advertisement for Coca-Cola which depicted groups of Americans from varying cultures singing ‘America the Beautiful’ in their native languages has come under fire by conservatives. Conservatives took to social media to voice their outrage that an…
“Attempted assault” with a snowball An NYPD officer has changed key details of his story in the face of an ongoing lawsuit stemming from a 2010 snowball fight. In February 2010, Ariel Lopez and four of his friends were playing in the snow when one of the young men threw a single snowball at…