By Casey Harper You’d think a pair of armed men could carry out a heist with no problem, but one store owner proved that isn’t the case. Police are searching for one of two armed Florida robbers who fled after the robbery Monday of an auto parts store went bad, Local 10 reports. Surveillance video of…
By Guy Bentley A new report on the freedom of countries around the world ranks the United States 20th, putting countries like Chile and the United Kingdom ahead of the U.S. Last year, the U.S. was ranked 17th, but a steady decline of economic freedom and “rule of law” has dropped the level of freedom, according to the…
by Alexandra Ivanov Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders (D) has said that socialist policies characteristic of countries like Sweden should be implemented in the U.S. As a Swede, I would strongly advise against this. RELATED: Here’s Why Bernie Sanders Is Wrong About Everything The worldwide socialist movement praises the Scandinavian countries for their high living standards…
by Sarah Gompper The case Charlie Craig and David Mullins v. Masterpiece Cakeshop was decided by the Colorado Court of Appeals on August 13th in favor of Craig and Mullins. As previously reported, the couple was denied service for their same-sex wedding in 2012 by Jack Phillips, the owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop. Colorado state law says…
By Connor D. Wolf In the past year the movement to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour has seen success in a few major cities – and now several more are looking to be next. Seattle led the way in implementing a $15 minimum wage back in June 2014. San Francisco and Los…
By Blake Neff An appeals court in Oregon issued a ruling Wednesday declaring that having sex with one’s co-workers cannot be considered a job-related duty. The case goes all the way back to 2006, when Eastern Oregon University (EOU) administrator Robert Davis had sex with co-worker Marla Johnson while the two were attending a conference in Atlanta. Johnson…
By R. Brownell “One of the great mistakes is to judge policies and programs by their intentions rather than their results.” -Milton Friedman New York City, NY- Month after month of state and county level attacks throughout the country on app-based ridesharing companies such as Uber and Lyft, have finally caused Uber General Manager Josh Mohrer…
By: Laura Meyers The dating website for married cheaters, Ashley Madison, was hacked over the weekend by a group that calls themselves The Impact Team. They temporarily shut down the homepage of the website and ordered the site to be shutdown permanently, or The Impact Team would release all users’ personal account information to the public….
Labor Department Sets Its Sights On The Sharing Economy Connor D. Wolf on July 16, 2015 The U.S. Department of Labor joined opponents of the “sharing economy” Wednesday in condemning the new use of contracting as a way to avoid paying employee benefits. “Misclassification of employees as independent contractors is found in an increasing number…
By Milton Friedman’s Rowdy Millennial Spirit Animal, R. Brownell 1. The Ron Swanson aka “Don’t teach a man to fish, you go fish instead and feed yourself” The ultimate independent, rough and tumble individual. Have a problem with your car? You fix it, mechanics cost money and its your car, you should know how to fix your own stuff, or why…