Socialism doesn’t work. Just ask the Pilgrims. Most Americans are familiar with the story of the Puritans landing at Plymouth Rock in 1620, but few perhaps understand their early experiment with socialism and how its failure led them to embrace ...
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Outrageous: Company Issues Family $3,500 Fine For Posting Negative Review Online
A Texas woman was fined $3,500 for writing a negative review online. Jen Palmer’s husband ordered her a number of Christmas gifts from the website Kleargear.com several years ago, but 30 days passed and the products never arrived, and PayPal ...
Read More »Drivers At Texas Roadblock Asked For Saliva And Blood Samples
Drivers in Fort Worth, Texas, last week faced a so-called “voluntary” roadblock, where police and federal contractors asked for samples of their breath, saliva and blood. The stops are part of a government study trying to determine the number of ...
Read More »Popular Bug Spray Ingredient Linked To Behavioral Problems In Children
A new Canadian study suggests common household insecticides such as bug sprays may be linked to behavior problems in children. According to the Scientific American, the study by researchers in Quebec is one of the first to examine potential human ...
Read More »Man Arrested For Carrying Legal Gun Wins Suit Against Police
A man who was arrested while legally carrying a handgun near his own mailbox has won a settlement against the city of Corvallis, Oregon. The city’s insurance carrier paid 31-year-old Kevin Hall $5,000 after a federal judge concluded that a ...
Read More »New Research Shows Asteroids Could Strike Earth Every Decade
Earth is far more vulnerable than previously thought to asteroids like the one that exploded over the Russian city of Chelyabinsk in February, injuring over 1,000 people and shattering windows for miles, say scientists in new research While experts previously ...
Read More »America Falls Out Of Top 20 In Worldwide Economic Ranking
The United States is now less economically prosperous than China, Thailand, New Zealand and South Korea, ranking 24th overall in the world. The ranking is part of the Prosperity Index, which is produced by the Legatum Institute, a think tank ...
Read More »All Gun Owners Must Provide Thumbprint If California Town Passes Measure
Voters in Sunnyvale, California will decide next week on a strict new gun control measure that has already set off both sides of the debate on gun laws in the United States. The ballot initiative, known as Measure C, would ...
Read More »Wheelchair-Bound Storeowner Stops Two Robbers With His Gun
Crooks in three different robbery attempts got more than they bargained for when they ran into gun-wielding citizens. All three demonstrate what gun rights supporters call the “equalizing” power of firearms. In the first incident, the owner of a jewelry ...
Read More »Army Threatens Soldiers If They Donate To Tea Party, Christian Groups
Judging from one briefing at Fort Hood in Texas, the Army’s leaders consider evangelical Christians and Tea Party members greater threats to America than radical Muslims. Soldiers at a pre-deployment briefing on Oct. 17 were told for nearly half an ...
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