by Kitty Testa According to the Innocence Project, “Astonishingly, more than 1 out of 4 people wrongfully convicted but later exonerated by DNA evidence made a false confession or incriminating statement.” Most of us believe that we would never confess to a crime we did not commit, but many people are unable to stand up…
By Kody Fairfield According to a report out of the The Business Standard News (BizStandard), quoting from an his interview with The Conservative Chronicle, former presidential candidate Pat Buchanan, is feeling nostalgic about the 1950’s America where, as he puts it, different races “knew their place.” “Back in the ‘50s everyone knew their place, whites over here, blacks over…
by Josh Guckert A new petition has begun online which demands that a British supermarket called Asda stop selling children’s shirts depicting a snowman with the caption “I’m having a meltdown.” Protesters suggest that this phraseology is insensitive to the mentally ill. The pleading states: Last year Asda showed how little they care for people suffering…
With so much going on politically around the world at the moment, there has been some amount of concern in major markets such as the United States and Great Britain. However, both markets seem to be going strong in spite of a highly questionable presidential race in the US and Brexit in the UK. In…
by Saagar Enjeti Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton vigorously defended the Clinton Foundation’s work at Wednesday night’s final presidential debate. “I’m thrilled to talk about the Clinton Foundation, because it is a world-renowned charity and I am so proud of the work that it does,” Clinton said in a response to a question from moderator Chris Wallace about…
by Eric Lieberman The Swedish Cancer Society, an independent nonprofit, has changed an instructional breast-examination video by making the boobs square-shaped after Facebook censored its content. “Our main task is to raise and distribute money for cancer research,” the organization’s website reads. Other tasks “within the frame of the Swedish Cancer Society’s opinion-leading efforts is cancer prevention,”…
by Brian Nichols It is an undisputed fact that Donald Trump is, by and large, the worst candidate the GOP could have nominated to face off against Hillary Clinton in the contest for President of the United States. With polls showing Trump losing to Clinton by several points (in some cases, double-digits), it’s not hard…
by Ted Goodman The Arlington Municipal Patrolman’s Association (AMPA), which is one of four police unions in the city, is contesting a new police department policy that prohibits association members from meeting with new academy recruits while off-duty and outside city property. The AMPA, which represents about 350 of the city’s 600 sworn officers, filed a lawsuit, arguing…
by Michael Bastasch Liberals pundits and reporters took to Twitter to complain Fox News host Chris Wallace didn’t ask a question about global warming during the third presidential debate Wednesday night. “It’s really disgraceful,” Paul Krugman tweeted, adding in another tweet: “Debate moderators have completely failed on the most important issue.” So, four debates; four…
by Brett Chandrasekhar Though Gary Johnson was unable to reach the 15% cutoff to make the debates this year, there is another important number his supporters are hoping he’ll achieve. By hitting 5%, Johnson will make the Libertarian Party (LP) eligible for public funding for the presidential campaign in 2020. Many principled libertarians, however, are…