Thanks to the wise advice from my partisan friends on the right and left, I’ll be voting for both major party Presidential candidates this November. by Joey Clark Each day I swim in the current “backlash” culture of the right wing―a populist confluence animated by the people’s feeling of downright betrayal on the part…
Casey Harper Bernie Sanders may be in trouble for illegal donations. The Federal Election Commission may take “further legal action” after the Bernie Sanders campaign was caught accepting thousands of illegal donations, the Washington Free Beacon reports. The FEC sent a letter Thursday to the campaign pointing out over 3,000 donations that violated campaign finance…
by Micah J. Fleck Once again, Bernie Sanders the “socialist” talked like a capitalist when on Thursday’s Democratic 2016 forum on MSNBC he argued that the false dichotomy between the Republicans and the Democrats limits competition in the market of ideas. The Hill reports: “I chose to run proudly in the Democratic primary and caucus and…
Andrew Follett South Carolinians head to the polls Saturday to vote on who they think should be president, and each candidates’ views on nuclear power could be a factor for voters. The South Carolina state government is currently preparing to sue the Department of Energy over a program to recycle weapons-grade plutonium into peaceful fuel for nuclear reactors. Nuclear power generates 54…
Connor D. Wolf A Massachusetts-based business professor, who supports raising the minimum wage, is urging lawmakers to proceed with caution as his state and others move to a $15 an hour minimum wage. Endicott College Professor Robert Chambers argues policies that raise the minimum wage can do a lot to address income inequality. The problem,…
By Connor D. Wolf Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont admitted Thursday that raising the national minimum wage to $15 an hour could cause a rise in prices but added the benefits outweigh the risks. Sanders argued prices would only increase by a few cents. He made his claims while debating his main…
Juliegrace Brufke In the wake of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s death, President Barack Obama said he plans on nominating a successor despite Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s vow not to fill the seat until the election is over. While Democrats in the upper chamber – including Sens. Chuck Schumer of New York and Russ…
by Julie Borowski At a recent Hillary Clinton rally, Former secretary of state Madeleine Albright told the crowd, “There’s a special place in hell for women who don’t help each other!” Welp, see you in hell, Madeleine Albright. Did she imply that women who don’t vote for Hillary Clinton are designed to burn in hell for eternity? Because…
by Micah J. Fleck Hudson Institute senior fellow Jeffrey H. Anderson has uncovered some shocking numbers that reveal a tax plan like what Sanders proposes would actually reduce the average citizen’s income by one sixth. Anderson writes in The Weekly Standard: Now that Bernie Sanders has routed Hillary Clinton by 22 points in New Hampshire,…
Andrew Follett Michigan Democrats want to celebrate Valentine’s Day by “breaking up” with hydraulic fracturing by introducing a bill to ban it across the state. Fracking “has become needy, sucking up a lot of resources and has taken too much control,” Michigan Democratic state Rep. Sarah Roberts, the bill’s sponsor, said during a Thursday press…