Author: Sydney Robinson

The NRA has begun a new pro-gun ad campaign called Freedom’s Safest Place which uses fake patriotic language and ominous music in order to try to convey a sense of danger and impending doom regarding ISIS and Islamic extremists. Images of trains, skyscrapers, the Capitol building and more, all cast in grey scale, flash across the screen as a man who represents the everyday God-fearing American talks directly to an imagined Islamic extremist. “I cower to no one because I am the National Rifle Association of America” These ads are nothing more than a reinforcing scare tactic to those who already...

A radically religious Christian couple from Georgia are being charged with horrible abuse of their adopted daughter who claims she was kept in unlivable conditions during her six years in the home. The victim was homeschooled from the time she was adopted at age 9 and was subjected to multiple daily tortures based on biblical proverbs and commandments. Among the unspeakable abuses, the girl was forced to sleep in a chicken coop with no clothes, stay locked in a shed with various chemicals and no air circulation during her menstruation, was beaten regularly, and was often deprived of food for long periods of...

In the most recent McClatchy-Marist poll, Sen. Bernie Sanders continues to hold his advantage over Donald Trump, Marco Rubio, Carly Fiorina, and most other Republican candidates. This poll is the first to report that Sanders holds an advantage over Jeb Bush, a sign that true Democratic values are gaining ground as Big Business politicians are on their way out. Previous polls have had Sanders and Bush neck and neck, with Bush sometimes polling slightly higher. The only Republican that Sanders polled below was Dr. Ben Carson, which is troubling. Of course, when Carson inevitably drops from the race in order...