Seemingly every time we pick up a newspaper or watch the evening news we are confronted with the tragedies of gun violence. People use incidents in the news to further whatever their agenda may be. The Political Left uses the news in an attempt to restrict the liberties of Americans to obtain, … [Read more...]
Professors offer rationale for exaggeration and information manipulation to further the cause of climate activism
April 11, 2014 by 3 Comments
The American Journal of Agricultural Economics has published a paper offering a defense for the manipulation of data in order to influence nations to adopt climate change measures. This wouldn't be necessary of the data didn't already show there's been no warming in nearly two decades. The data … [Read more...]
Insistence on diversity is the opposite of diversity
April 10, 2014 by 26 Comments
In a letter to the editor of the Daily Bruin, UCLA's campus newspaper, a UC Berkeley alumnus encapsulates the problem with obsessing over diversity. His view mirrors my own on this issue. Martin Luther King's I Have A Dream speech embodies what true diversity looks like. True diversity is … [Read more...]
Funding schools doesn’t help students learn
April 8, 2014 by 10 Comments
What could possibly account for the disparity between the United States' spending more than any other country when it comes to education, and the lack of increased performance? If you listen to our politicians, it’s because we are not spending enough on our country's "most valuable resource". A … [Read more...]
Navigating the news
April 6, 2014 by 3 Comments
White people are white, and that's racist A speaker at an event railed against white people claiming that being white brings inherent racism. (Maciver Institute) – The city of Madison hosted the 15th annual national White Privilege Conference last week at the Monona Terrace to discuss issues of … [Read more...]
Unfit mother arrested for leaving children locked in a hot car, Progressives rush to her defense
April 4, 2014 by 97 Comments
I have been reading in Progressive leaning blogs about a homeless woman who was arrested after attending a job interview for child abuse. Apparently, she left her children, 2 years-old and 6 months, locked in her car (in Arizona) for at least 45 minutes while she interviewed. The spin being added … [Read more...]
Massive amounts of (non-existent) voter fraud uncovered in NC for 2012 election
April 3, 2014 by 3 Comments
An "Interstate Crosscheck" has uncovered more than 36,000 instances of voter fraud in the state of North Carolina. The compact is between 28 states to check their voter registration roles against one another. (WRAL) — State lawmakers last year mandated the State Board of Elections to enter into an … [Read more...]
Liberal panelists caught in their double standard about race
April 2, 2014 by 2 Comments
Notice the change in the tone of the panelists. It's quite telling. Almost as if the whole racist "code words" thing is just made up to discredit and slander political opponents. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1oUAo3aPFc … [Read more...]
Disagreement doesn’t cause suicide
April 1, 2014 by 3 Comments
As a follow-up to THIS POST, it was reported that despite the group intending to hold an event where speakers defend traditional marriage, LGBT activists aren't satisfied that The Stanford Anscombe Society has a history of not being "anti-gay". Jeffrey Cohen, vice president of GradQ, a homosexual … [Read more...]
Do you understand the Hobby Lobby controversy?
March 31, 2014 by 97 Comments
I ask because many people don't. They don't because most media outlets are contorting Hobby Lobby's actual position. Abortion activists and Progressive talkers are trying to make the story one which paints the crafting retailer as being anti-birth control. However, Hobby Lobby's already-offered … [Read more...]
Pro-Choice is one thing, celebrating abortion is another
March 28, 2014 by 2 Comments
The University of Michigan is hosting an event celebrating abortions wonderful and glorious history. 'Sickening' is the only thing that can describe this. (CollegeFix) -- Abortion – the “life-sustaining act” of the ages. That’s the theme behind an exhibit currently on display at the … [Read more...]
The Weather Channel founder: Global Warming is political
March 25, 2014 by Leave a Comment
The founder of The Weather Channel, John Coleman, has released a presentation making the argument that the debate over global warming and climate change is driven by politics, not science. As I've been arguing for some time now, there has been no increase in the Earth's warming for nearly two … [Read more...]
Why banning My Little Pony backpack is the right decision
March 20, 2014 by 34 Comments
By now most everyone has heard about the 9 year-old boy who was bullied for bring his My Little Pony backpack and accessories to school. The school told the boy he could no longer continue to bring the backpack to school because it was prompting bullying and causing a disruption. Supporters of the … [Read more...]
Reason 346 to bust teacher unions: Special consideration given to “Non-Christians” in contract
March 19, 2014 by 46 Comments
When an opening for promotion arises in the Ferndale public school system, special preference is given to non-Christians, among others. From page 22 of the Ferndale Michigan Public School teacher's union contract: … [Read more...]
Coat hanger pendant is a sick token of appreciation
March 19, 2014 by 2 Comments
Abortion fundraiser, DC Abortion Fund, whose purpose is to make funds available to mothers who can't afford abortions on their own. They are now offering a morbid token of thanks for donating $10 per month or more to the group: a coat hanger pendant for a necklace. I am curious about something … [Read more...]
Who’s to blame for exhorbinant student loan debt?
March 14, 2014 by 9 Comments
Every so often some politician makes it their (brief) mission to address the burdens of overwhelming student loan debt. Universally overlooked is that these students chose their institutes of higher learning knowing exactly what the costs of education would be. They intentionally overlooked … [Read more...]
Do you censor yourself on social media?
March 10, 2014 by 16 Comments
The advent of social media outlets have made a small world even smaller. Friends of yesteryear and family rarely seen or heard from have been brought back together via Facebook, Twitter and other internet social mediums. In addition to reconnecting with family and friends, people voice their views … [Read more...]
The Oscars is an Affirmative Action awards show, apparently
March 8, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Liberal rag Salon.com derides Rush Limbaugh for insinuating that the Academy Award voters picked 12 Years a Slave simply because it was about slavery and had the word 'slave' in the title. Even in the headline they throw a little dig at Limbaugh for not having seen the movie. Many other leftist … [Read more...]
Are graphic images of abortion appropriate?
March 7, 2014 by 20 Comments
One complaint pro-abortion choice activists have about the pro-life movement is their propensity to display images of aborted fetal human being. In Athens Georgia, at the University of Georgia, pro-abortion choice activists erected a make-shift barrier to block such images. (The College Fix) … [Read more...]
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