by Andrew Follett The former NASA climate scientist who predicted parts of New York City would soon be underwater now says he’s not a global warming “alarmist.” “I don’t think that I have been alarmist — maybe alarming, but I don’t think I’m an alarmist,” James Hansen, who used to head up NASA’s climate arm,…
Connor D. Wolf A New York based food co-op is looking into ending it’s well-known, volunteer-based model over concerns it leaves them open to federal complaints, according to reports Sunday. Federal agencies have moved to redefined employment under President Barack Obama. The definition has grown to include workers who were not traditionally considered employees. Some members at…
Casey Harper The FBI arrested and charged a New York man who allegedly planned to carry out a terrorist attack on New Years Eve at a New York City bar or restaurant in the name of the Islamic State. Police arrested Emanuel Lutchman, 25, of Rochester Wednesday and filed charges against him Thursday. Lutchman allegedly received instructions…
by Micah J. Fleck [dropcap size=small]T[/dropcap]he Republic just published a very informative report on a new civil rights guideline that could end up with NYC citizens facing hefty fines for what is being called “misgendering.” The idea, as the original news story explains, is that calling a trans person the wrong pronoun or title is…
By Blake Neff Calling a person “she” instead of “ze” could be grounds for a $250,000 fine in New York City under new civil rights guidelines published just before Christmas which ban the “misgendering” of individuals. Discrimination based on gender identity has been illegal in New York since 2002, but last week the New York…
Guy Bentley A New York Times columnist has proposed the government introduce a minimum age for buying soda and card kids who try to buy Coca-Cola at the local store. In wide-ranging discussion with Luckypeach.com, food journalist and New York Times opinion writer Mark Bittman attempted to equate limiting the availability of soda with laws ensuring children…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: No image more clearly represents America and its ideals than the Statue of Liberty. Located in the Manhattan borough of New York City, designed by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, and given as a gift to the US from France on October 28, 1886. The statue is of the Roman goddess Libertas, and inscribed on the…
Pizza and soda — they go together like peanut butter and jelly. But, if you’re living in New York City like I do, then imbibing soda is right up there with committing a sin of sacrilege. If you don’t live near the Big Apple, then you may not know that Mayor Michael Bloomberg has been…