By Michael Bastasch MSNBC host Al Sharpton took to Twitter Thursday to ask people whether or not they thought the devastating floods in Texas were caused by man-made global warming or “God’s rebuke.” So far, massive flooding in Oklahoma and Texas has killed about 24 people, with more injured and missing as rescuers continue to pull people…
Big Brother is Watching You; He Says To Stop Before You Go Blind by Josh Guckert Following five years of procedural hurdles, California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health has proposed a set of safety standards outlining how adult film performers and others on set can operate in their jobs more safely. Among 21 pages of proposals, it…
By: Laura Meyers You just think you can splash in the puddles after its rained? You think you can just destroy federal property like that? You noob. Obama owns all the puddles now. And streams. And creeks. And rills, ditches, brooks, rivulets, burns, tributaries, and wetlands. The Obama administration, along with the Environmental Protection Agency…
Study reports that women lose interest in making it to the top of a company after just two years, saying they are turned off by having to sacrifice so much for work. By: Ryan Carrillo The gender wage gap is a hot topic in today’s society. One side claims this gap exists due to structural…
By Michael Bastasch It ain’t easy being green. Rooftop solar panels on an Apple-owned facility in Mesa, Arizona caught fire Tuesday morning, lighting up the roof of one of the company’s potential data processing centers. “The fire appeared to be on solar panels on the roof of the building over a loading dock,” Arizona’s ABC…
By Peter Fricke Published: May 27, 2015 Regulators have spent decades trying to protect consumers from exploitation by predatory sellers, but the Internet may have already solved the problem. According to a paper released Tuesday by Mercatus Center fellows Adam Thierer, Christopher Koopman, Anne Hobson, and Chris Kuper, the rise of the Internet-based “sharing economy,” exemplified by services such as ridesharing and consumer review websites, has…
By: Laura Meyers It pains me to say this, but the Canadians may have gotten it right for once. Last month, the Canadian Government announced the success of a recently adopted resolution called the One-For-One Rule, which states that for every federal regulation created, one must be eliminated. The resolution was first created in the…
By Michael Bastasch Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders got his supporters fired up in a speech Tuesday, talking about all the problems in America and his socialist solutions. The crowd also went wild as Sanders talked about how global warming is “causing devastating problems in our country.” RELATED: Why Bernie Sanders Is Wrong About…
By Don Rasmussen This week I look at the dynamics of the Republican presidential nominating process. Hopefully it will be insightful and informative, helping TLR readers to contextualize important facets of this process. If you want to be a super-supporter for your candidate, understanding campaign dynamics is a huge value-add. At the end I have…
by Micah J. Fleck [dropcap size=small]F[/dropcap]ull disclosure: I really like Greta Christina. I’m a fan. She and I have a lot in common – we are both irreligious, we are both sex-positive feminists, and we both seem to value the power of critical thinking and skepticism more than many of those around us. She even has a…