LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Rob Shimshock The Point Foundation will open a community college scholarship for LGBTQ students starting March 1, 2017. As detailed on the foundation’s website, applicants for Point scholarships “must be ‘out’ as a person who identifies as a member of the LGBTQ community.” “Point Foundation empowers promising lesbian, gay,…
By Kody Fairfield On the heels of the resignation of Gen. Michael Flynn, President Trump’s former National Security Advisor, for his controversy involving Russia, we take a look at the rest of his current administration, and other characters that the administration can benefit from losing.
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Eric Lieberman Disney has cut ties with Felix Kjellberg, a YouTube superstar from Sweden, after he posted a series of videos with anti-Semitic references. The 27-year-old viral sensation who goes by the name “PewDiePie” posted nine videos since August that feature anti-Semitic jokes or Nazi imagery, according to The Wall…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Eric Lieberman A popular mobile dating app will start to ask political questions as part of its matchmaking criteria in March. OKCupid, a social networking website, is expected to rollout a new redesign in March that will include 50 potentially provocative questions, like how a user feels about Trump’s immigration ban….
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Rob Shimshock Resident advisers at Ohio State University (OSU) must reflect on social justice workshops they attend and a social justice event they host by writing a 1,200-word essay. The requirement is part of OSU’s three-step Diversity, Intercultural, and Community Engagement (DICE) certificate guidelines. To complete the first step,…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jacob Bojesson The Swedish government, which calls itself the world’s first “feminist government,” has defended its decision to wear hijabs Saturday during a state visit to Iran. Trade Minister Ann Linde got slammed by Swedish politicians for her decision to wear a hijab during meetings in Iran. The government said it…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kevin Daley Though law rarely makes for literature, the late Justice Antonin Scalia — dead one year ago today — made the peppery dissent a drama of its own right. Eliot Milco, writing at First Things, described Scalia as the “mighty rearguard in our long and slow defeat,” an apt…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Brendon Berger Recently as I was spelunking my way through the internet, when I was mildly, though pleasantly, surprised to come across a little Facebook page called “The Libertarian Lesbian”. This was enough to halt my journey momentarily as I felt like a natural biologist coming across some…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jacob Bojesson German tennis players are furious after the U.S. Tennis Association (USTA) played the Nazi-era version of Germany’s national anthem before a Fed Cup match Saturday in Hawaii. The famous first verse of Germany’s national anthem — “Deutschland, Deutschland, uber alles” — was cut after World War II…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kevin Daley Conservatives reached for the easy cudgel when the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld an order temporarily barring enforcement of key provisions in President Donald Trump’s executive order on refugees — the “nutty 9th,” critics say, is the “most overturned court in the country.” The argument stems…