Female engineers earn as much as male coworkers Follow TLR on Google+ Establishment feminists have long claimed that the underrepresentation of women in certain fields is automatic evidence of systemic discrimination that must be corrected with legislation. In particular, this school of thought tends to decry female underrepresentation in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics)…
Big Brother Turned On His Head RIALTO, CA– A small California town outside Los Angeles has been the subject of an intriguing experiment in law enforcement. Over the past year, the 70 officers of the Rialto police department have all been equipped with body cameras. The results are encouraging, and are likely to expand to…
Big Hearts Down In Texas A Texas man risked his own life to save a dog who was spotted wandering near a freeway and laid down right in the middle of traffic. Rickey Young had heard reports of the dog on the radio and hurried over to help the yellow labrador. The dog was scared…
A Tiger Walks Into A Bar… LOCKPORT, IL – John Basile is facing criminal charges for bringing his tiger Shere Khan into Uncle Richie’s Bar in February. “I don’t know if I had permission, the owner was not there, so I brought him in the back door, and he stayed for 15 minutes and…
As tensions rise in Ukraine, a number of Eastern Bloc weapons are showing up in the news, often in the hands of soldiers bearing no identification. Here’s a look at some of the firearms seen in the news: AK-74M The AK-74M traces its lineage through the venerable AK-47. Like it’s ancestors, the AK-47 and…
A Jersey teenager is suing her parents for living expenses, private school fees and future college tuition after a disagreement over her curfew. Rachel Canning, 18, moved out of her home voluntarily after refusing to abide by her parent’s rules about her curfew and her boyfriend who may have been a poor influence. Follow…
Cruz: my preference is “between me and the ballot box.” Follow TLR on Google+ Ted Cruz has decided not to endorse his state’s senior senator, Republican John Cornyn, in the wake of Cornyn’s recent vote to raise the federal debt ceiling. Cornyn likely would have cast a “show vote” against the debt ceiling increase –…
He’s A Barbie Girl, In The Women’s Room Life in plastic is not so fantastic for a man accused of sexual assault dressed as a Barbie doll. Follow TLR on Google+ Last Friday a man walked into the women’s restroom at a Big Lots store in Clairemont. A woman entered a stall to use the…
War: The Ultimate Male Privilege A collection of British war propaganda posters is going up for sale, and in doing research for this piece about them, I uncovered an unsettling story about how during the Great War feminists and suffragettes sent men off to die by shaming them into enlistment. How did they shame them?…
WAUSAU, WI – Terry Boyd of Wisconsin was arrested for holding two men hostage and demanding they have sex with her. Boyd appeared in court on charges of resisting arrest, false imprisonment, disorderly conduct and bail jumping. Boyd was sentenced to nine months probation and will avoid any further time in jail so long…