“I might get shot, because it happens here,” Mohamed said. This kid even met the president of the United States but still had to leave the country due to threats. Source: … Continue reading Ahmed Mohamed Said His Family Was Forced to Move to Qatar After Clock Story Went Viral

Tens of thousands of asylum seekers are languishing in camps, with more trickling in, and neither Western and Northern Europe nor Turkey are doing much to help. The EU’s limited and half-hearted … Continue reading Aid and Attention Dwindling, Migrant Crisis Intensifies in Greece

Last year, the FCC made a bold push to let cities and counties around the county make significant investments in their high-speed internet infrastructure. On Wednesday, a trio of federal judges dealt that effort … Continue reading U.S. Court Rules Against FCC Municipal Broadband Efforts

The 2012 Republican Platform on the Threat to Faith-Related Institutions states that the “war on religion” has been attempting to “…compel faith-related institutions, as well as believing individuals, to contravene their deeply … Continue reading Religion in US Politics: Leave God Out of It

Although taken slightly out of context, the above quote from Richard Nixon to interviewer David Frost (1939-2013) in 1977 was a salient response to a question on National Security. Still, it did little to … Continue reading “When the president does it, that means it is not illegal.”

To dismiss the rest of globalization’s critics as communists who hate freedom and just want to curl up in the lap of government and hide from change is absurd and insulting. Most … Continue reading Finally, an honest look at globalization! – Rolling Stone

A top State Department spokesman on Thursday boasted that his department is open and transparent, but could hardly finish the sentence before erupting in laughter. Welcome to the State Department, spokesman Mark … Continue reading Spokesman erupts in laughter after claiming State Dept. is transparent

Student loans were originally created in the 1960s to aid students who were short only a small amount from covering their tuition costs. Since then, taking out loans has become a prominent … Continue reading Fixing the Student Loan Crisis

The economy of a small town in southern Italy, which is home to a group of asylum seekers, has been boosted by the legal spending of fake money. In a far corner … Continue reading The Italian town that legally gives fake money to migrants

Ted Cruz’s speech at the Republican National Convention included everything that is considered essential to conservatives: freedom, the Constitution, the right to bear arms, a negative review of the performance from President … Continue reading Party Unification vs. Voting Your Conscience: Which One Matters More?

On Friday July 15 Donald Trump tweeted out to the world that his running mate for the 2016 election would be the current governor of Indiana Mike Pence. This choice came as … Continue reading Who is Mike Pence? (Part 1 of VP Series)

College tuition has become increasingly expensive over the years, and has reached the point where scholars today have had their education compromised or even cut short by impending tuition costs. Based on … Continue reading The Cost of Student Loans and their Debts