Peter Hasson Attorneys representing Mark and Patricia McCloskey, the St. Louis couple who displayed firearms after a group of protesters broke a gate and approached their private property, want St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner disqualified from the case after she cited her prosecution of the pair in a fundraising email for her re-election campaign….
by Joshua Ferguson In a stunning and brave example of top-tier Twittering, Libertarian Party Chair Nicholas Sarwark has shown us, once again, how to analyze a complex situation and get it completely wrong from even a basic understanding of libertarianism. For many the fundamental part of American libertarianism is the Non-Aggression Principle. Think “do no harm”. One…
On Saturday a Catholic prayer event in front of the St. Louis statue in Missouri was interrupted by Black Lives Matter protesters. Violence broke out at the event as Black Lives Matter members attacked participants of the prayer event. The event was documented by Conor Martin who was present at the event and was attacked…
The last Planned Parenthood in the state of Missouri is expected to close its doors sometime this week. The closing of the last remaining Planned Parenthood office is expected to end legal abortions in the state. Dr. Leana Wen, President and CEO of Planned Parenthood Federation of America released the following statement on their web…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Written by Jennifer Fisher Protesters gathered in St Luis on Wednesday night to hold what has been described as a vigil, demonstration, and protest by different news organizations to remember the life of Kiwi Herring, 30, who was killed after allegedly stabbing a police officer. The officers were responding to…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Kush Desai The Missouri House of Representatives passed a bill last Wednesday that covers regulations on abortion. Numerous media outlets and pro-choice activist groups have criticized the bill for “roll[ing] back” a recent St. Louis “anti-discrimination” ordinance regarding reproduction and abortion. A few days later, NARAL Pro-Choice America sent out a fundraising email with…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ted Goodman An $11 minimum wage in St. Louis, Missouri may cost the city 1,000 jobs, mostly belonging to the area’s most vulnerable populations, according to a report from the Employment Policies Institute. Using Census Bureau data, Dr. David Macpherson of Trinity University and Dr. William Even of Miami…
Blake Neff Students at an impoverished school district in Illinois have lost an entire month of school thanks to a strike by teachers which still hasn’t ended. The teacher walkout in East St. Louis, a suburb of the Missouri metropolis, began Oct. 1 when teachers rejected a deal that would have given them $2,000 apiece and…