LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ian Tartt This is the final entry of a three-part series examining the gradual death of the American Dream. The first entry examined how the groundwork was laid, the second focused on the next stage that built upon that initial foundation, and this will look at further expansions that…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ian Tartt This is the second of a three-part series examining the gradual death of the American Dream. The first entry examined how the groundwork was laid, and this entry will focus on the next stage that built upon that initial foundation. So, without further ado… Return to…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kitty Testa In honor of Tax Day approaching this coming April 18, The Wall Street Journal published the latest findings from the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget showing the allocation of how our government spends $100. Laura Sanders writes: Looking at the list of expenditures, it is clear…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Will Racke Civil rights groups called out school districts in nearly three dozen California counties last week for inquiring about students’ citizenship and immigration status, raising the issue of how public schools deal with their obligation to educate the state’s enormous immigrant population. California Rural Legal Assistance and the…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Aidan Mattis On Friday, GOP leadership pulled the American Health Care Act from a vote, realizing that they would not have the required votes to make sure it passed. Speaker Paul Ryan surely knew he could not count on support from the Democrats, what he didn’t prepare for was stalwart…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Aidan Mattis I’ll come right out and say it – I’m biased. I have nothing but disdain for Planned Parenthood, those who run it, and those who founded it. The organization championed as the most available and affordable women’s health clinic in the country is nothing but a scam,…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ryan Pickrell A Duterte administration official argued that suspected drug criminals are not human, and that’s why they can be killed without consequence. Amnesty International accused Filipino police officers of committing “crimes against humanity” in President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs Wednesday. Amnesty reported that police shot and killed…
Libertarians believe a lot of things, and they wish to politically lead others with those beliefs. Most of those beliefs — virtually all of them, actually — are worthy of acceptance. The one thing that libertarians believe that I simply cannot abide, though, is their insistence on pretending that their political philosophy is separable from…
by Micah J. Fleck The House Republicans are finally talking about seriously reforming Social Security. Again. But this time, it might not actually just be all talk, seeing as how the president-elect is also a Republican and there is likely to be less push-and-pull negotiations on these matters. According to The Huffington Post: Rep. Sam…
Are White Liberals Really Interested in Helping the “Oppressed”? By Darnyell Wint Who would’ve thought that The Huffington Post would publish an article critiquing liberals and pointing out liberals’ hypocrisy? The Huffington Post Contributor Nikki Johnson-Huston, recently wrote a blog called “The Culture of The Smug White Liberal,” which does just that. It should be noted…