By Blake Neff A California Superior Court judge has gutted the state’s laws regarding teacher tenure and seniority protection, a devastating setback to the state’s powerful teacher lobby. In a decision released Tuesday, Judge Rolf Treu cited Brown v. Board of Education and other cases to rule that the extremely strict rules limiting how teachers are hired and…
Police responding to a domestic dispute in Madison, Wisconsin encountered an armed woman – 26-year-old Ashley DiPiazza – holding a gun to her own head. “We did make contact with the woman,” says police chief Mike Koval. “There were extended verbal discussions held, but at one point she presented a threat to those officers. Our…
In a recent appearance on Fox News, Vice co-founder and controversial commentator Gavin McInnes set his sights on astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, iconic demigod of the internet. “I hate this guy,” said McInnes. “I remember hearing Chris Hardwick on a podcast talk about Neil deGrasse Tyson and he was just salivating. White liberal nerds love…
You’d expect this type of thing from the French, but worldwide, spikes are popping up to deter the homeless from resting in places where people may actually see them. They are appearing outside luxury apartment homes in London, on park benches in Japan, and under highways in China. Twitter user David Wells stated, “The destitute…
By Michael Bastasch President Obama told New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman he wanted to “price the cost of carbon emissions” in order to fight global warming. Obama compared pricing carbon dioxide emissions to mandating pollution control technology that lowered pollution emissions that caused acid rain. His interview with Friedman comes after his administration put…
A young Connecticut man didn’t know what he was in for when he brought his remote-controlled drone to Hammonasset Beach in Madison last month. After the man landed his drone, an unhinged beachgoer – 23-year-old Andrea Mears – approached him to announce that she was calling the police, apparently under the impression that using the…
During the Miss USA pageant, Miss Nevada – Nia Sanchez – was asked about sexual assault. Sanchez, a fourth-degree black belt in taekwondo, suggested offering women’s self-defense classes as a way to combat rape. The feminist Twitterverse promptly erupted in a paroxysm of outrage. In the eyes of many contemporary feminists, advising others to take…
By Blake Neff Charles and David Koch have made a big $25 million donation to the United Negro College Fund (UNCF), the organization announced Friday. The UNCF is the largest provider of scholarships to black college students in the U.S. and also supports historically black colleges and universities. The $25 million donation is the fifth-largest ever received…
GOLDEN TEMPLE, INDIA – An honest-to-God sword fight broke out today in India after a disagreement between two rival Sikh groups over who should speak first at a memorial event boiled over. The event, which was supposed to mark the 30th anniversary of a military operation to remove militants from the Amritsar temple, devolved as…
AURORA, CO – “Virtually everyone was throwing punches at everyone else in this cop-on-cop and wife-on-wife fight,” Channel 4 reports. Denver cops are in hot water after a fight broke out at a swinger’s party at the home of one of the officers. Officer Steven Sloan and his wife hosted a get-together in late May…