By Blake Neff Published: February 23, 2015 Fat kids are serious business. So serious, in fact, that the United Nations is urging countries to let its bureaucrats micromanage what foods are allowed to advertise on TV. The European branch of the World Health Organization (WHO), the health arm of the U.N., is trying to stop…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Father of Modern Liberal Thought Said Very Outrageous Things by Josh Guckert 1. “There seems to be no question that [Mussolini] is really interested in what we are doing and I am much interested and deeply impressed by what he has accomplished and by his evidenced honest purpose of restoring…
Mark Cuban, the billionaire owner of the Dallas Mavericks, has a very grave message for American colleges: student loan debt will put them out of business soon. The debt itself currently tops a trillion dollars, and the federal government has been continuing to subsidize these aforementioned loans for decades. The argument from economists is simple:…
Marijuana legalization has proven that the most violent cartels cannot resist the powerful forces of market economics. Thanks to new market competition, Mexican drug cartels are beginning to experience serious losses on their operations. The effects will continue to diminish their business as marijuana prohibition is slowly repealed. Unfortunately for cartels, economics is not a…
Even for the Time, Wilson was Caught Saying Very Racist Things by Josh Guckert #1. “The white men were roused by a mere instinct of self-preservation—until at last there had sprung into existence a great Ku Klux Klan, a veritable empire of the South, to protect the Southern country.” This quote from Woodrow Wilson’s 1901 work,…
by Josh Guckert #1. Again, do we really want an oligarchy? Jeb Bush aims to make the Bushes the first family to produce 3 Presidents. Perhaps more alarming would be the proximity with which the 3 men would serve their terms, as if Jeb Bush were to be elected in 2016, there will have been…
Clinton Gives More Than Enough Reasons to Disfavor Candidacy by Josh Guckert #1. Do we really want an oligarchy? The United States was founded upon the selection of rulers by popular sovereignty rather than ascension through bloodlines. Do we really want the first female President to be the wife of a former President? There is no…
By Jonah Bennett A Washington, D.C. group is preparing to file suit against Colorado in federal court, alleging that state officials are promoting the commercialization of marijuana, which violates federal law. In terms of relief, the group, called Safe Streets, is asking the court to prevent licenses from being issued to dispensaries which, it says,…
LONDON, UK – A man on his way to a job interview learned an important lesson in why it’s important to be polite to strangers. You just never know when that stranger might be someone more important to you than you might have imagined. Matt Buckland, a job recruiter tweeted a story that has been…
Rising costs of medical care have spurred calls for elaborate reforms such as Obamacare. While I doubt it will ultimately succeed, there is a less intrusive reform that could have a profound effect on costs and save thousands of lives. A quick internet search provides numerous stories of people who await organ transplants. Unfortunately, statistics…