By Wayne Pac Many people are familiar with the “more guns equal more crime” myth. Something of interest is that the Chicago police report that August 2016 was the highest point of gun-related homicides in the past twenty years. Chicago police said 90 people were killed last month by firearm related deaths, a 66% increase from…
by Brian Nichols As I was reminiscing through old writings of mine from years past, I came across an article I had written that gave me goosebumps. This article was titled “Americans for Consistency.” The reasons behind said goosebumps? I predicted the 2016 election and future of politics in 2014. Seriously: First, I believe we…
Come on, Donald and Hillary, if you’re going to take my liberty, the least you can do is make it entertaining. by Joey Clark Upon considering the abysmal record of the 2016 summer movie season – Warner Brother’s spliced and diced mutant child, Suicide Squad, being the freshest hell of pish posh to afflict box…
Kevin Daley A coalition of atheists and secular groups have brought a lawsuit against the Pennsylvania state legislature, asserting its refusal to allow those who don’t believe in God to lead the convocatory prayer before legislative sessions is discriminatory. The suit, filed in federal district court in Harrisburg, says legislature officials have repeatedly denied their requests…
New threat to liberty as North Korea announced it has a nuke that can murder Americans on US soil by Kyle Perkins The North Korean regime recently increased its threat to the American People. It says it has constructed a nuclear warhead that can easily reach the United States. The exact news we are analyzing here is…
by Josh Guckert On Thursday, progressive YouTube channel The Young Turks released a video entitled “Libertarianism Debunked.” In the five and a half minute speech, Hasan Piker, the host of “Pop Crunch,” explains what libertarianism is before rebuking it. Though Piker praises libertarians’ “progressive” values on individual liberty issues, he has a problem with their economic…
Welcome Letter To Students Warns Them Of Disagreement, Discomfort, and a Lack of “Safe Spaces” or “Trigger Warnings” By Avens O’Brien Trigger Warning: This piece includes mention of free speech, disagreement, controversy and common sense. Forgive the snarky opening complete with a trigger warning, but this week, the University of Chicago said something that…
by Kyle Perkins US Talks With Iran Will Not Defend the Bill of Rights The State Department paid Iran $400 million for the release of four American prisoners a few days ago. And only one year ago the same department has conducted nuclear talks with Iran that ignore almost everything about it. This article is both an assessment…
Trump and Bachmann Share a Dangerous Foreign Policy by Kyle Perkins Michele Bachmann has gone on the record in saying she wants to give Donald Trump his advice on foreign policy. The problems I have with this have nothing to do with black-and-white binary thinking that either one agrees with Ron Paul on every foreign policy issue or…
Johnson Isn’t Perfect, but Trump and Clinton are Even Worse By: Elias J. Atienza Libertarian Republicans and liberty-minded Republicans need to look to Gary Johnson when voting for the presidency. Johnson may not be the ideal choice, as he is iffy on religious freedom, but he’s a proven governor who is fiscally responsible, socially tolerant, and…