by Connor D. Wolf New York and California both enacted a $15 minimum wage Monday, marking the first statewide victories for advocates of the increase. New York and California have been among a handful of states fighting to be the first to raise their minimum wage to $15 an hour. Supporters have advocated for years…
By Michael Bastasch European Union climate and energy commissioner Miguel Arias Cañete has been ensnared in the controversy surrounding the newly-released “Panama Papers,” which detail how the global warming czar’s wife invested in a shady Panama-based law firm. Cañete’s wife, Micaela Domecq Solís-Beaumont, reportedly was “empowered to approve transactions of Rinconada Investments Group SA, a…
By Connor D. Wolf and Steve Birr Marijuana advocates from across the country gathered outside the White House with a massive inflatable joint Saturday to urge President Barack Obama to make the drug legal. The inflatable joint measured 51-feet long and stretched out across a crowd of protesters, bystanders and police. Secret Service agents and police officers patrolled…
Chris White Former Vibe editor and current author Dave Bry wondered publicly in a Saturday editorial for The Guardian whether or not it is moral to birth a child in a world that could supposedly become uninhabitable within the next few decades. “For while the world is a wonderful place, one we humans have made nicer for…
Last Friday, the first nationally televised Libertarian Presidential Forum aired on the Fox Business Network’s Stossel. The first hour was aired on April 1st at 9 P.M. ET, the second part will be aired next week on Friday April 8th. The Forum featured the three leading Libertarian presidential candidates and was moderated by John Stossel. The candidates were former…
After a slightly humorous April Fool’s Day joke where he claimed to be giving a ‘YUGE’ endorsement and then merely endorsed entropy, Senator Rand Paul seemed to be getting back into the swing of things regarding his mainstreaming of his principled libertarian views. Unfortunately, today we get news that Rand was apparently only half-kidding when…
Michael Bastasch Coal mines shed more than 11,000 jobs in the last year, according to recently released employment data, as the industry continues to contract under onerous federal regulations and faltering demand. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports there were around 56,700 coal miners employed across the U.S. as of March 2016, which is down about…
By Julie Borowski Cosmopolitan has released a cringeworthy video of four women confronting their boyfriends about their guns: “It’s this extremely powerful death machine,” one girlfriend says. I know, I know. Some readers are rolling their eyes and saying, “Who cares what Cosmo thinks about guns?!” Yeah, but, it’s one of the most read magazines…
For a number of years now, there’s been a growing trend on the left of playing victim politics. This is when a group of individuals attempts to derail civil, sensible political debate by pulling out the victim card, claiming racism, sexism, homophobia, or general bigotry when confronted with an opinion or argument to which they have…
Comedian, actor and one of the hosts of “The View,” Whoopi Goldberg, has announced she is launching a line of cannabis products designed to help women with their period pain. The company, Whoopi and Maya, was formed with Whoopi’s friend Maya Elisabeth, who is an edibles maker. The line will contain a balm, a tincture,…