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Brad Fox | April 8, 2015
Wisconsin’s Board of Commissioners of Public Lands enacted a staff climate change ban on Tuesday. They will not be allowed to respond to emails on the topic or engage in any work associated with climate change according to Bloomberg. The Public Land’s Commission manages the sale of public land to fund libraries, grant community loans, and fund other projects related to public education.…
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Brad Fox | April 8, 2015
Valery Spiridonov has been suffering from a rare genetic Werdnig-Hoffman muscle wasting disease his entire life and wants to give Dr. Sergio Canavero the chance to cut off his head and reattach it to a healthy body. Mr Spiridonov is a 30 year old computer scientist from Russia and says his decision is final about the operation. He wants to get the chance at a new body before he dies.   Dr.…
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Brad Fox | April 8, 2015
The University of Michigan decided against showing “American Sniper” after 300 students and others complained the film perpetuates, “negative and misleading stereotypes” of Muslims. The College Fix reports the signers were mostly students, some staff, and included the Muslim Students’ Association and the president of Students Allied for Freedom and Equality, a Palestinian solidarity group.…
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Brad Fox | April 7, 2015
The Native American reservations in the United States are considered sovereign land which means the Supreme Court law allowing same sex marriages does not need to be followed there. The Navajo and Cherokee are the largest Native American tribes (with 600,000 members collectively) and have both reaffirmed their decades old tribal laws banning gay marriage. Since 2011 six smaller tribes have…
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Brad Fox | April 7, 2015
No more welfare-funded energy drinks, soda, cookies, chips, steak, or seafood for welfare recipients in Missouri? Republican Representative Rick Brattin's House Bill 813 would prevent the 930,000 food stamp recipients from buying food that doesn’t provide adequate nutrition - or food that is usually unaffordable for other working-class people - using their EBT (Electronic Benefit Transfer)…
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Brad Fox | April 7, 2015
On July 4, 1776, after approving the Declaration of Independence, Congress chose Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and Benjamin Franklin to design a great seal for our new nation. Everything in the United States Seal is symbolic, such as the eagle's head directed at the olive branch signifying that we prefer peace. Maybe, you forgot what the phrases on the reverse side of the seal mean: "…
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Brad Fox | April 6, 2015
British Prime Minister David Cameron’s Easter speech yesterday mentioned Christianity’s persecution around the world and an overall tone of standing for what Christians believe and do for his country. Cameron speaks about The United Kingdom’s aid to the persecuted Christians in the Middle East and the great works Christians do in his own country and the laws that seek to help them continue to…
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Brad Fox | April 6, 2015
Climate One founder Greg Dalton and the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) Christiana Figueres held a climate change discussion in 2013 about the role of women in fighting global warming. Ms. Figueres had just spoken about women’s roles in developing countries with the food, water, and energy supplies, which she said places them at the…