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Blake Neff Activists at Harvard University are calling for the university’s law school to abolish and replace its long-standing seal, because it is based on the crest of a family that owned slaves. Harvard Law School (HLS) was founded in 1817 and is the country’s second-oldest law school. The land Harvard used for the school, and…
Connor D. Wolf Manhattan Institute Senior Fellow Edmund J. McMahon warned Monday that a $15 minimum wage could kill pizza restaurants in New York state. McMahon spoke at a panel discussion hosted by the Center for New York City Affairs. He argued the minimum wage debate is too focused on large corporations. While big companies…
Casey Harper The FBI has created a strange video game to train teachers and students to identify potential Jihadist students. The game is called “Don’t Be A Puppet” and will be available to the public and teaches ways to identify students who are leaning toward Islamic radicalization. The game shows a puppet and snips a string to…
By Lina Bryce Cops in Connecticut are breaking into cars and stealing expensive items with legal impunity. In fact, they say it is for their residents’ own good. In an effort to curb thefts and car break-ins, police have taken it upon themselves to beat the criminals to the score. Lt. Herbert Sharp told the…
By Guy Bentley The latest report accusing Uber of being a jobs killer has been slammed as a “laughable attempt at economics” from a committee threatened by competition. The Committee for Taxi Safety released a report Monday claiming that should Uber expand throughout New York State, more than 11,000 nondriver jobs could be lost. The…
Jacob Bojesson The husband of an Oklahoma town’s mayor had a little too much to drink Halloween night and decided it was a “good idea” to dress up in Ku Klux Klan outfits with his friends. An image of Cary Sharp, husband of Lahoma Mayor Theresa Sharp, dressed up in a KKK outfit while attempting…
Jonah Bennett Two senior officials from the Department of Veterans Affairs have pleaded the Fifth Amendment in front of a House Veterans’ Affairs Committee hearing on relocation bonus corruption to avoid self-incrimination. Philadelphia and Wilmington VA regional offices director Diana Rubens and St. Paul VA regional office director Kimberly Graves pleaded the Fifth and refused to…
Blake Neff Students at Scripps College in Claremont California held a “Project Vulva” event recently to fight the “taboo” on showing women’s genitals in society, only to find themselves under attack for allegedly engaging in “transmisogyny.” The event was held Oct. 29 at a coffeehouse near the all-women college, and invited participants to come and decorate cupcakes so…
Steve Birr Top French weatherman Philippe Verdier was fired Saturday for publishing a book critical of the climate change narrative. Verdier’s story first gained traction in early October following reports that he was forced to take a vacation after his new book Climate Investigation published. In the book, Verdier accuses global warming scientists ofmisleading the public…
Connor D. Wolf Nearly 30,000 Pennsylvania residents could lose their food stamp benefits early next year with the state gearing up to reinstate work requirements that were waived in response to the recession. The federal government has required work or job training to qualify for benefits since 1996. After the recession, many states were granted…