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The Republican Party has always defended the values of free enterprise and free trade. The ideological foundation of the party holds that the separation of economy and state are necessary to ensure freedom and prosperity. Yet Donald Trump, enjoying around 41% support nationally in the GOP primary, has shown a complete hostility towards the ideas…
by Micah J. Fleck [dropcap size=small]T[/dropcap]he Republic just published a very informative report on a new civil rights guideline that could end up with NYC citizens facing hefty fines for what is being called “misgendering.” The idea, as the original news story explains, is that calling a trans person the wrong pronoun or title is…
Connor D. Wolf Walmart was hit hard financially this past year after it decided to increase its own minimum wage in response to national pressure, according to a prominent business leader Monday. Walmart and several other large companies earlier this year decided to raise the minimum wage above what the law requires. CKE Restaurants President Andy Puzder, however,…
Rachel Stoltzfoos The Department of State boasted of “bringing peace” to Syria in 2015 in a blog post inspired by a hashtag Thursday, although the country is still being torn apart by Islamic State and a devastating civil war. Inspired by the hashtag “2015in5Words” and an email from Secretary of State John Kerry charting out…
Andrew Follett NASA announced Monday that the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is halfway completed, but the project is $7.2 billion over its initial budget and 7 years behind the original schedule. The telescope has a long history of major cost overruns and delays. The JWST was initially projected to cost $1.6 billion and should have been launched in…
Kathryn Watson A Daily Caller News Foundation analysis of OpenSecrets.org data found Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employees have backed Democrats over Republicans by 2-1 in their political donations over the last 25 years. Donors listing the IRS as their employer have donated roughly $453,800 to Democratic candidates and causes and $221,400 to Republican candidates and causes…
Blake Neff The top education official in the United Kingdom made waves by instructing public schools to teach students that Britain is a Christian country, and saying religious views can be prioritized over those of atheists. The guidance by education minister Nicky Morgan says there is “no obligation for any school to give equal air time…
Andrew Follett Real estate mogul and Presidential candidate Donald Trump Tweeted that wages in America are too low Monday, but in the November 10th Republican debate stated that American wages were too high. In the November 10 Republican debate, Trump stated “[t]axes too high, wages too high. We’re not going to be able to compete against the…
Rachel Stoltzfoos The Islamic State has set up an extensive bureaucracy that includes a ‘war spoils’ department with jurisdiction over slaves, documents seized in Syria by U.S. forces and reviewed by Reuters show. One of the documents is a booklet that lays out rules on treatment of enslaved women captured from “infidels,” such as a mandate…
Guy Bentley E-cigarettes could be the most important factor in hundreds of thousands of people quitting smoking, according to a study published in the International Journal of Public Health. France’s 2014 Health Barometer, using responses from 15,635 people, aimed to investigate the relationship between tobacco and e-cigarette use. The research found that just over a…