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Today’s episode of the Freedom Report podcast features a very, EXTRA special guest: Former Green Beret and father of TLR’s editor, John D. Petersen. Petersen was a Green Beret during the war years of Vietnam 1966-68. And although he never had to go to that hellhole, Petersen has many a childhood friend whose name…
Lord of the Internet Trolls, Dominic Vietti appears on the Freedom Report podcast today to defend his title as the king troll of the liberty movement. As a professional roofer, Dominic doesn’t do politics for his day job, but by night he emerges… to strike fear and terror into the heart of the movement. If…
By Blake Neff Published: July 25, 2014 Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul outlined his views on education reform in a speech to the National Urban League in Cincinnati Friday. The National Urban League is a political advocacy group focused on issues of importance to black Americans in cities, such as racial discrimination and gun violence. While…
Pictured: Carlos Cachari Ticona signing in to lobby for relaxing child labor laws CREDIT: REUTERS Bolivia recently passed a law which reduces the minimum age of employment from 14 years old to 10. The law offers some protections to children who decide to work, such as parents being required to supervise those between 10 and twelve….
By Jonah Bennett Despite dropping approval ratings, a poll released Friday by CNN/ORC indicates little political will for the impeachment of President Barack Obama. The issue was brought to the forefront most recently by former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, also the 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee. According to the results of the poll, while 45 percent of…
“Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.” By Connor D. Wolf The AFL-CIO demanded Tuesday that a tax loophole that benefits U.S. corporations competing in foreign markets get closed. The practice known as corporate inversion allows U.S.-based companies to avoid some taxes by moving their headquarters to a foreign country where taxes are less…
By Michael Bastasch Environmentalists have declared that global warming can’t be stopped without ending the “hegemonic capitalist system,” saying that cap-and-trade systems and conservation efforts are “false solutions.” “The structural causes of climate change are linked to the current capitalist hegemonic system,” reads the final draft of the Margarita Declaration, presented at a conference including about 130…
By Blake Neff A new report from the University of Arkansas says that charters schools are more efficient with money than ordinary public schools, producing notably better test scores for each dollar spent. The study, which covered charter schools in 21 states plus the District of Columbia, measured effectiveness by comparing students’ scores on national NAEP exams…
Former Georgia Congressman Bob Barr says that if it came down to Rick Perry or Rand Paul for President in 2016 that he’s more of a Rand Paul kind of guy. The former federal prosecutor who led the impeachment of Bill Clinton appears on the Freedom Report podcast to discuss a host of issues that…
Every movement has its cranks and weirdos, but with the rise of the libertarian movement in the United States, fresh scrutiny and the ease of social media commentary has shined a light on some of the movement’s kookier segments. The recent conflict with Israel v. Hamas has brought forth some of the darker aspects of…