Mary Margaret Olohan Domestic Violence Hotline calls increased in Nashville while domestic violence arguments increased in Seattle amid coronavirus quarantines. The Seattle Police Department reported a 23% increase of 114 domestic violence–related events over the same time in 2019, Detective Patrick Michaud told the Daily Caller News Foundation, referring to the past 21 days of…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Michael Bastasch GOP Texas Rep. Lamar Smith is demanding the Energy Department (DOE) turn over documents related to the agency paying for a government engineer’s law degree that was completely unrelated to his job. Smith wants to make sure more DOE employees aren’t having taxpayers foot the bill for college…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: by Micah J. Fleck As someone who was not only born and raised in West Virginia, but also homeschooled my entire pre-high school life, I have particular reason to be frustrated with this bill. But all TLR readers should be as well, if the point is as much liberty as possible….
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Eric Lieberman Congregants of a North Carolina church were systematically punched, choked, throttled, and slammed through walls, all in the name of religion, according to 43 former members who spoke to the Associated Press. Leaders at the Word of Faith Fellowship in Spindale, N.C., would allegedly shake and smack toddlers and crying babies in order…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield After the fall of former Breitbart News tech editor Milo Yiannopoulos over his alleged condoning of sexual abuse of a minor, comedian and host of HBO’s “Real Time,” Bill Maher was quick to take credit for taking down the once untouchable provocateur. Unfortunately for Maher , it looks as if he…
Blue Lives Matter, But Not More Than Everyone Else By 1776 The emergence of the Black Lives Matter movement has resulted in some uncomfortable discussions concerning the appropriate use of force within America’s law enforcement agencies. These discussions have often centered around the historical relationship between said agencies and the ethnic minority neighborhoods they’re charged…
The Concept of Self-Ownership Begins At Home by Avens O’Brien Is there a Libertarian parenting style? Does non-aggression begin in the home? People ask me all the time, as a second generation libertarian, what that must be like. People who are raising their own second generation libertarians ask me how my parents dealt with certain…
by Russ Read Nearly everything can be instantly recorded, and instances when police use deadly force face significant scrutiny — especially when multiple angles of the same event exist. But video evidence may not always be what it seems. While conventional wisdom may say that more evidence will help lead to the truth, it can…
by Josh Guckert According to The Sun, a record 5,640 wives and girlfriends were convicted in the United Kingdom of assaulting their male partners last year. This is up from 1,850 such cases in 2007. One British Member of Parliament, Philip Davies, has decided to finally address this issue. Said Davies: When people think of domestic violence,…
by Amber Randall A lawsuit filed on behalf of an autistic boy alleges Minnesota police officers used excessive force when arresting him and a friend. Marcus Abrams, an 18-year-old, alleges two Metro Transit police officers attacked him at a light rail station after getting off work at the state fair, reports the Star Tribune. The lawsuit asks…