Gas prices are plummeting in Michigan, with some places reaching as low as 47 cents. As reported by WILX: “The Beacon and Bridge Market first dropped its prices to .78 cents a gallon, after Marathon and Citgo slashed their prices to .95 cents a gallon. Then, that same station went even lower, going all the…
Blake Neff The chancellor of Oxford University in the U.K. said Thursday that students unhappy about a Cecil Rhodes statue on campus should consider moving to a different school, or even to China. A student movement at Oxford called Rhodes Must Fall has been campaigning for a statue and plaque honoring Cecil Rhodes to be…
Blake Neff The president of Ithaca College in New York announced he will retire next year, brought down by protesters who say he hasn’t done enough to handle racial issues on campus. Tom Rochon was one of several college presidents last fall besieged with demands he resign for race-related reasons. He’s the second, following University…
By Blake Neff Chris Christie, New Jersey’s famously hefty governor, spent over $300,000 of his annual state allowance on food and drinks in the past five years, including over $82,000 that was used to buy drinks and snacks at NFL games. However, the governor’s food spending appears to have dropped sharply in a manner that…
By Lina Bryce The NYPD is investigating an officer caught on video berating, insulting, threatening and basically throwing a huge hissy fit over a minor traffic dispute with an Uber driver. The uploader of the YouTube Account that goes by Sanjay Seth, reported that the “Uber driver pulled around and gestured that he should use his blinker, casually…
#1. “Freedom (n.): To ask nothing. To expect nothing. To depend on nothing.” ― Ayn Rand A far cry from the welfare statist social democrats’ ideas of freedom. Their idea of freedom is one of government dependency. All power to the Soviet! All power in the hands of the state! From each according to his…
The founding fathers of the United States were the definition of preeminent badassery. This list of their most epic quotes is sure to inspire the hell out of you and send any redcoats packing! #1. “The time is now near at hand, which must probably determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves;…
Some people love big government. And when we say they love government, we really mean they worship it like some people do a god. Statism is the world’s most dangerous religion. These quotes prove why. #1. “The presidency is the incarnation of the American people, in a sacrament resembling that in which the wafer and…
by Josh Guckert 1. “Peace is not the absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.” Though Reagan is remembered in modern times as a crusader in foreign policy, it was his friendship with Mikhail Gorbachev that successfully helped to “thaw” the Cold War. In this quote, Reagan decries those…
Capitalism gets a bad rap when it comes to environmental issues. And yet, when you look at the most polluted areas of the world, what’s the one thing they all have in common? Socialism! #1. Where socialism thrives, the environment dies. Time Magazine produced a report in 2009 which listed the world’s 10 most polluted…