Do you even liberty bro? The Huffington Post held a hangout with college kids where they stated they were socially liberal but fiscally conservative. Basically libertarians! Kids these days don’t care what you do with your personal life. They also don’t want to be saddled with student loans for the rest of their lives, especially…
Yes, I get it, you want marijuana legalized. You want the government not to interfere, mannnnn. Then, please, do not make the government and our tax dollars clean-up after your 420 “smoke-in.” After the traditional 420 pot party on “Hippie Hill,” the city of San Francisco spent $10,000 of taxpayer money cleaning up trash leftover…
Do animals have rights? a rebuttal By Guest Columnist: Kate Todd twitter: @KateToddPhoto https://www.facebook.com/KateToddPhotography Right now there is a battle between the animal agriculture industry and animal rights activists. State legislatures are trying to make it illegal to covertly videotape livestock farms. Arkansas introduced a Farm Protection Bill, making it a crime to…
Puppies & Kittens & Censorship! Oh my! The Institute for Justice is at it again, taking a bite out of big government with a new video about how a professional vet is being curbed by the state of Texas. In Texas, it’s a law that you can’t give medical advice for pets unless you’ve had…
“PISS POOR” THE STATE IN YOUR BEER SUPPLY Guest Columnist Mikael Sandstrom To what extent is the state involved in regulating your beer supply? The “three-tier” system was created after the prohibition of alcohol was repealed and was done so to establish control over the industry as well as a revenue source via taxation. …
Corporations aren’t bad. Yes, you heard right. Monolithic companies often get a bad rap. And because they’re deemed “evil,” the government often steps in to regulate them in the name of protecting consumers. But just this week one corporation proved that companies are willing to listen to consumers’ demands. Until recently, Chipotle didn’t list the…
Are libertarians getting in the way of marriage equality for the LGBT community? It’s a question so silly I can’t believe I’m even typing it. But it’s an argument Policy Director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights Maya Rupert made in her Huffington Post article: “The Myth of Libertarianism and the Fight for the…
Illinois is suffering from its worst budget ever, according to Gov. Pat Quinn. It’s got a $97 billion pension crisis to solve with no respite in sight. So if Illinois has such massive budget issues, why is one lawmaker there so concerned with banning lion meat? State Rep. Luis Arroyo recently proposed a bill to…
Texting while walking can result in a few things: misspelling words, tripping, and, yes, even falling off piers. But does that mean it should be outlawed? One Nevada politician thinks so, and he’s waging the war against texting while walking (cue the dramatic music). Nevada Assembly Bill 123 “prohibits certain pedestrians from manually typing or…
Legislating Hemp by Mikael Sandstrom The Bluegrass State has introduced a bill that would allow hemp production according to Kentucky Senate Bill 50. The usage of hemp has been widely known as an industrial product, biofuel, it has medicinal and nutritional values and it’s an amazingly strong fiber! The reason…