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Oliver Attempts to Paint a Narrative Which Simply Isn’t True by Josh Guckert Satirist John Oliver is always using his platform on Last Week Tonight to promote his liberal agenda. While he can at times make both valid and humorous points, as when he hosted Edward Snowden to discuss the overreach by the NSA, Oliver just as often…
By Connor D. Wolf According to reports released Saturday, Vít Jedlička, the self-proclaimed president of Liberland, was arrested by Croatian police for trespassing. “In the evening of 9th May 2015 [sic], the Croatian police arrested the president of Free Republic of Liberland Vít Jedlička,” the Liberland official website reported. “The Liberland president was detained on the Croatian territory without him having crossed the border and thus…
LA Times Points Out That Progressives Are Libertarians of Convenience A new column from the LA Times tears into progressives for being hypocrites, calling them “Libertarians of Convenience” when it comes to government regulations. Aaron Ren penned a column describing how urban progressives decry regulation when it comes to food trucks or marijuana, but think that Wal-Mart…
Why Black Lives Matter: Because All Lives Do By Avens O’Brien Given recent news headlines, riots and police brutality, an understandable hashtag has arisen: #blacklivesmatter, but some people don’t like singling out one race, don’t all lives matter? In my second video in my new YouTube series, I explore the concept behind #blacklivesmatter. Transcript: Let’s…
The Garland shooting shouldn’t have opened a discussion on free speech, but rather a discussion of what to do about radical Islam By: Ryan Carrillo [dropcap size=small]N[/dropcap]early every article I read or interview I watch in which the Garland shooting is being discussed, the assertion that this event has opened a discussion on free speech is made. While…
By Josh Fatzick District of Columbia Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton told Republicans Thursday to back off D.C. laws and stop using them to further political agendas. Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton said there will be no hiding from their constituents if Republicans in the House try again to “infringe on the rights of D.C. residents” and…
#1. Women have the right to vote without agreeing to die (for now) When a man turns 18, he is required by law to register for the Selective Service. While the draft has been eliminated in the United States, thanks to the work of Milton Friedman, there is technically still a registry in the event the…
You might be a socialist if…. by Keith Farrell Libertarians come in all forms. But many have latched onto certain beliefs that actually contradict core libertarian tenets. #5. GMO Labelers Not only is science not in the corner of misguided individuals who want to label GMOs, but wanting to do so is actually supporting even…
By Julie Borowski Surprise! As of right now, 21 out of 22 female CEOs on the Standard & Poor’s 500 have reported their income. They were paid an average of $18.8 million during their latest fiscal years. Male CEOs on the list, on the other hand, were paid an average of $12.7 million for the same period….
Gender Identity, Transgender and Bruce Jenner Explained by Avens O’Brien [dropcap size=small]I[/dropcap]f you’ve been paying any attention lately, you’d know that Bruce Jenner, former Olympic gold medalist, came out on ABC’s 20/20 as a transgender woman this week. We discovered that a lot of people didn’t exactly understand what that meant, so we figured we’d…