“If intelligence agencies are spying on Congress, they are circumventing oversight and usurping power from our elected leaders.” by Keith Farrell Follow TLR on Google+ New allegations of CIA spying on members of Congress have surfaced, the implications of which are alarming. It has been alleged that Central Intelligence officers hacked into California Senator Dianne…
Words have meanings… Keith Farrell America’s foreign policy critics often call her an empire. They point to two ongoing military operations, America’s prolonged military presence in Europe and Asia, and our territories of Puerto Rico, Guam, Samoa, and the Virgin Islands as proof of this claim. It is true, America has a worldwide political and…
The economic cost of unilateral action Keith Farrell The United States and its western allies are preparing to impose economic sanctions on Russia in response to that nation’s military aggression in Ukraine. It appears that the economic costs of that intervention are already being felt in Russia, even without sanctions. Follow TLR on Google+ In…
A Tyrant By Any Other Name… A disturbing trend among some libertarians and conservatives has been to make excuses for Vladimir Putin and his actions in Ukraine. A distaste for Western intervention and the popularity of a world leader whose macho persona begs to be satirized online has probably helped to fuel a sympathetic narrative of…
Protest group crashes Sochi games, puts spotlight on Russian Rights Keith Farrell The protest rock group Pussy Riot recorded their first song since two of the members were freed from Russian prison. Members of the group filmed a video on them trying to perform their song in Sochi while being whipped by Cossack guards. The…
US Delegates unveil UN plan that leaves congress in the cold Keith Farrell The Obama Administration is quietly circumventing Congress to regulate carbon missions in accordance with a new United Nations international climate agreement. U.S. delegates Wednesday submitted to the UN their outline on what the new agreement should contain. Delegates from over 190 countries…
Lecturing the world about income inequality while their pets dine on crystal Keith Farrell Does America have royalty? It may not, but we certainly have elected aristocrats who live a lavish lifestyle on the taxpayer dime. President Barack Obama and his family have become the go-to example for irresponsible, audacious behavior, while the nation suffers…
Valentine’s with a Murderer? Diabolical schemes, lying, cheating and deception; the Netflix original series House of Cards starring Kevin Spacey is a fitting Valentine’s Day companion. The second season of the acclaimed series has its long awaited release this Friday. So if you’re bitter and alone, happily single, or in a relationship but would rather…
#StopTheNSA Keith Farrell A large campaign against mass surveillance is coordinating call-ins and emails to Congress today. The cooperative effort is being undertaken by a group of leading tech giants, social media companies and civil rights groups. Mozilla, Reddit, the ACLU, Twitter, Amnesty International and Greenpeace are just some of the notable partners. The campaign…
The presumptive Democratic frontrunner for 2016 makes a big target Keith Farrell There is certainly a lot of hype surrounding Hillary Clinton and her possible run for the White House in 2016. The potential for Hillary to win the Democratic nomination for president is great. Some Republicans are salivating over the possibility, seeing Clinton as…