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Behind The Support For Brexit And Trump: Economic Resentment

The United Kingdom’s stunning vote to leave the European Union was driven by much of the same sentiment that fueled Donald Trump’s insurgent march toward the Republican presidential nod: a rejection of economic globalization and the elites who favor it by those who feel left behind. Many economists warn that the British vote to leave […]

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Social Services Seeks Extra Funding In Wake Of Sojourners’ Troubles

Here go our taxes again! The Latah County Social Services Department requested additional funding Wednesday in its proposed budget for the upcoming fiscal year to help with housing and utility costs during the temporary – and possibly permanent – closure of Sojourners’ Alliance. The department, which handles the county’s indigent needs by providing money for

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Many Say Political Opponents Frighten Them, Threaten Country

You mean like the videos of the anti-Trump supporters physically attacking people attending rallies? Or The Huffington Post saying that anti-Trump violence is fine? Democratic and Republican views of the opposing political party have sunk to such lows that many say their rivals make them feel afraid, a major public opinion poll released Wednesday found.

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Climate and Human Civilization for the Past 4,000 Years

More data for progressives who cry for scientific truth. The Holocene Thermal Optimum ended at different times in different parts of the world, but it had ended everywhere by 4,000 BP (BP here means the number of years before 2000) and the world began to cool. The timeline shown in Figure 1 shows the GISP2 Central Greenland ice core temperature

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Columnist Fails Gun Check, Blames Store Owners

A newspaper columnist is crying foul after a gun store rejected his application to purchase a firearm following a background check that uncovered his “admitted history of alcohol abuse, and a charge for domestic battery involving his wife.” “Gun manufacturers and the stores that sell them make their money in the dark,” the Chicago Sun-Times’ Neil Steinberg wrote in

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It Only Took Eight Years For This Innocent Woman To Get Off The No-Fly List

This is why using the NoFly list to determine civil liberties is a bad idea.  Preventing terrorists from purchasing firearms is something everybody can agree on, but how we get there is another story. Since the Orlando terror attack, Democrats have demanded anyone placed on the secret terror No-Fly or Watch lists be stripped of their

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