Have the two major parties finally disenfranchised too many Americans? By Darrell England The Republican and Democratic political parties may have held the advantage for decades by dominating mainstream news coverage on television, radio, and newspapers. However, thanks to the digital age, Google is changing that. While Donald Trump was accepting the official Republican nomination in Cleveland, searches for…
Johnson Deserves a Place in the National Debate There is very little that can anger libertarians more than telling them that they’re throwing their vote away. People who want to escape the two-party paradigm are immediately derided. People tell them it’s one or the other. Chicken or fish. Coke or Pepsi. They can’t be allowed…
Republicans really don’t care about limited government anymore — at least, those who were in Cleveland for the RNC do not. Such facts became crystal clear when the droves of sycophantic followers cheered enthusiastically for a speech that sounded like it belonged at Hillary Clinton’s convention. Ivanka Trump used debunked liberal stats and talking points…
By Blake Neff What’s it like to hole up in a special “safe space” during the RNC? Very, very sad, it turns out, unless you really like coloring books. Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) grabbed headlines, and no small degree of ridicule, when it was revealed the school was maintaining a special “safe space” during the…
By Brett Chandrasekhar “Fiscally conservative and socially really don’t give a damn,” stated Gary Johnson in an interview with MSNBC in late June. “As long as you don’t force me into believing what it is you believe. Let people have choices in life.” After months and months of criticism, Johnson finally buckled. He modified his…
By Casey Harper Protesters faced off against law enforcement at the Republican National Convention Wednesday with several arrests, two injured officers and one person setting himself on fire. Cleveland police said 22 protesters have been arrested so far. Law enforcement said no media, only protesters, were apprehended. Protestor lit flag on fire, then lit himself on fire, catching…
By Blake Neff Documentary filmmaker Michael Moore expressed despair over the 2016 presidential race, predicting on “Real Time with Bill Maher’ that “Trump is going to win” the presidency. “To millions and millions of Americans, this was music to their ears,” Moore said following GOP convention festivities Wednesday night. “We’ve been sitting in our bubble,…
By Michael Bastasch One of the top candidates being considered for former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s Running mate in 2016 has had some email problems of his own. Tom Vilsack, the former governor of Iowa and President Barack Obama’s current secretary of agriculture, was caught up in a 2004 scandal that resulted in emails…
The most shocking thing about last night at the RNC was not that Senator Ted Cruz refused to endorse Donald Trump — that was as easy to predict as rain in April. The shock came from the reaction of Trump supporters who were delusional enough to actually expect an endorsement. As if Trump had done anything…
The primaries in 2016 featured a high degree of disdain for the eventual nominees, with both Trump and Hillary having high unfavorables within their own party. But with all of the threats, with all of the fire and brimstone, it appears that right now, the rank and file members of the two main parties are…