LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Evan Reid While gambling may be legally restricted in most of the United States, some states are starting to tolerate it, at least in some of its forms. Since 2013, when casino expansion was approved in New York, the state is witnessing a steady growth and positive revenue in…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: by Micah J. Fleck According to a new report: Last week, the Yellowhammer State’s Senate passed a measure that would abolish marriage licenses altogether while removing ceremonial requirements for obtaining marriage. Instead of the state issuing documents and requiring that agents of the state take part in the marriage process,…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: by Micah J. Fleck Yesterday, TLR reported on a controversial bill proposal in West Virginia that if passed would have reclassified homeschooling as “abuse.” Many other outlets jumped on this story, as well, and we are now learning that the very same day all the controversy came to a head, the…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Luke Rosiak Liberals seeking to move to Canada because they are unhappy with the election results are finding that Canada won’t take them because its immigration policies exclude those who won’t contribute to the economy. One of the policies of President Donald Trump that has some Democrats claiming they want…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: by Micah J. Fleck The student activist group Students for Concealed Carry have released the following press release regarding an anti-Trump protest group at University of Texas at Austin and their unwillingness to contend with the concealed carry laws now allowed on campus: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – 01/21/2017 Anti-Trump Activists…
by Kitty Testa My father once told me, “The pendulum swings.” We were talking about history, and I was very young at the time. He explained how the licentious 1920s were a response to the prudish Victorian Era, how the conservative post-WWII of the 1950s was a rejection of the risk-taking 1920s that led to…
By Micah J. Fleck The news has once again rolled around that the EpiPen, a specific brand of epinephrine auto-injector, has risen in price astronomically – far beyond the normal rate of inflation. Most recently, the company behind the EpiPen, Mylan, has reportedly raised their price from $100 to $500 per pack – right…
Connor D. Wolf Hundreds of thousands of food stamp recipients are expected to lose their benefits in April with work requirements going back into effect in 22 states. The food stamp program has included work requirements since 1996, but were waived for many in response to the great recession. Able-bodied adults without children are…