Yagan made a $500 donation to a congressman who supported a national ban on same-sex marriage. Follow TLR on Google+ OkCupid recently spearheaded the campaign against Brendan Eich’s hiring as Mozilla’s CEO. OkCupid’s online protest, sparked by a $1000 donation that Eich had made to Proposition 8 several years ago, devolved into a cultural…
A Family that Shoots Together, Stays Together Follow TLR on Google+ WINTER HAVEN, Florida – When a stranger tried to break into the Pena family home, the Penas were ready for him. “If this guy would’ve stayed home, he’d have been alive right now,” a neighbor told Fox 13 Orlando. Early Monday morning, the…
A cellphone video from inside Santa Monica High School in California is causing worldwide debate over just who is charge of the classroom. Mark Black, a longtime teacher and coach allegedly caught a teen with drugs, which lead to a physical altercation when Black put his hands on the student. Follow TLR on Google+ Black…
by: Chuck Ross Mozilla, the company that operates the web browser Firefox, experienced its highest level of negative customer feedback the day after its embattled co-founder Brendan Eich resigned as CEO after gay rights activists objected to his appointment. On Thursday, Mozilla forced Eich to resign just two weeks after hiring him. At issue was a…
CHINA – Being a male will net you all sorts of privileges in this world. Whether it’s being drafted off to war, being last in the lifeboat or dying a full decade earlier than women, one thing’s for sure: It sure is great being a male. That’s why when one little boy was mauled with…
A Republican congressman from Louisiana was caught on video making out with a staffer, in spite of the fact that he’s married with children. Congressman Vance McAllister was spied kissing his district scheduler in a security camera video that was obtained by the Ouachita Citizen from an anonymous source. The congressman can be seen passionately…
Would executing public officials reduce corruption? Follow TLR on Google+ The English writer G.K. Chesterton said “it is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged.” In the wake of Democratic legislator Leland Yee’s arrest for gun trafficking, one California politician agrees with him. Phil Wyman, a 17-year state senator and Republican candidate for…
FLINT, MI – A video is being shared on social media showing an 11-year-old boy being beaten with a belt, triggering a fierce debate over the difference between spanking and child abuse. Follow TLR on Google+ Two people are in custody after the incident where a shared video showed a boy being slapped by a…
President Barack Obama declared that on Tuesday he will sign an executive order aimed at equalizing wages between genders for federal contractors. A second order will create transparency by forcing contractors to disclose to the Secretary of Labor the gender of employees, and reveal their relative compensation. Follow TLR on Google+ The president’s initiative is…
DEER TRAIL, CO– In a small mountain town of around 600 people, an idea to allow residents to shoot down drones from their private property was introduced by 49-year-old welding inspector Phillip Steel last summer. Steel described the notion as a “call to all who love peace and freedom to stand up and resist all…