LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Gallup released a poll this week showing that Americans are, on average, getting heavier. Oddly, at the same time, the percentage of people who say they believe they are overweight is declining, as are the percentage of people who say they are trying to lose weight or want to lose…
What Happened? Let me fill you in if you do not know what happened to Alissa Violet the night she got battered by a female and male patron and sexually touched by a bouncer who works for Barley House. For this unlucky couple, an innocent night out turned into a nightmare. On November 25, 2017,…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Amber Randall A group of Maryland public schools have canceled field trips to Baltimore out of concern with the city’s rising violence, school officials announced Monday. Carroll County Public Schools received the official order last Wednesday after getting a recommendation from the county Sheriff’s Department to do so because of…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has publicly admitted its mistakes in trying to reform schools. The failure of a number of its education initiatives just underscores the fact that the foundation doesn’t really have a clue as to what makes for good schools. The lesson may just be that they…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: In the increasingly partisan atmosphere of America, some might hear “democratic fallacy” and immediately assume that it’s an insult directed toward supporters of the Democratic Party and its platform. However, it’s actually a real logical fallacy that we’re constantly bombarded with in politics, advertising, and our everyday discourse. According to…
Starting your own business is an extremely brave undertaking. It is a chance for you to take control of your career, generate your own income, and make a difference to the world around you. However, no entrepreneurial endeavor comes without risk. That is why you need to be prepared for every eventuality. If you are…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: When we pontificate upon or dream of further human progress, it is often accompanied by utopian images of peace, equality, and tolerance. And yet if we look to the past to measure human progress we find not peace and equality, but rather conflict and intolerance. In The Devil’s Pleasure Palace,…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Rob Shimshock The part-time lecturer who coined the phrase “white fragility” said that there are too many white teachers, according to a Thursday report. Robin DiAngelo made this remark and others at the University of Texas during an event titled “White Fragility: Understanding and Working Against White Privilege,” reported The College…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Professionally, Peter Gray is known for his prominent book on psychology and for his professorship at Boston College. To the general public, however, Gray is perhaps best known for his book Free to Learn, which argues that the institutional nature of schooling is killing the natural learning ability of our…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Try this at your rural home at your own risk. From VSO Gun Channel: I didn’t even know that Anti-gun people lived around here. Well apparently someone does and has the nerve to call the cops about people shooting, suppressed in the middle of the afternoon. The individual who keeps…