In light of the Rolling Stone-University of Virginia libel lawsuit and other rape hoaxes across the U.S., The Women Against VAWA Excess (known as WAVE) issued a brief directed towards Democratic Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and her rhetoric on sexual assaults.
Topic: Accuracy in Academia
Libertarian Gary Johnson Based Religious Freedom Stance on Fear and Slippery Slope
Reason highlighted the problem with Libertarian Party candidate Gary Johnson’s views on religious liberty, which Reason hinted that Johnson’s position is based on the ‘slippery slope’ perspective and not critical analysis.
Study: Tall People Vote Conservative
Hmm, that’s interesting…guess it’s in the genes? The study finds that in Britain “taller individuals are more likely to support the Conservative party, support conservative policies, and vote conservative.” Specifically, the researchers report that a…
How Do Democrats Plan on Paying for Free Stuff?
Reason TV interviewed Democratic delegates at the DNC convention to pick their brains on how to pay for all this free stuff they’ve been proposing:
During DNC Convention Speech, Joe Biden Cites Debunked ‘1-in-5’ Statistic
Biden gonna Biden, huh?
Anti-Semitism on Campus 2016
The anti-Semitism evident in e-mails from the Democratic National Committee (DNC), which WikLeaks obtained, might not surprise so many if they knew how prevalent that attitude is on American college campuses. The AMCHA Initiative housed…
Libertarians Remind Americans that Both Democrats, GOP Like a Surveillance State
Reason pointed out that despite Obama’s speech (and Leon Panetta, one of Obama’s appointees) at the DNC convention last week, he’s been a willing participant in the enforcement of an American surveillance state.
UT-San Antonio Looking to Curb Campus Carry
The University of Texas-San Antonio is looking to curtail the Texas law that will allow concealed carry on college campuses at state colleges in the Lone Star State.
Why did the RNC and DNC Conventions Suppress Free Speech?
An intriguing read over at the libertarian outlet Reason on the suppression of the First Amendment by the two major parties at their conventions the past two weeks: The freedom of speech issues arose when…
Here Lies Black Lives Matter Data
In the wake of Harvard researcher Roland G. Fryer’s finding that the central thesis of Black Lives Matter — that unarmed black suspects are more likely to be killed by white cops than white “persons…