An entrepreneurship major and graduate of Belmont University, Wes believes that small business, innovation, and creative thinking are required to solve problems and improve our world.
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IVN Contributor, Tom Brown, who is also a delegate to the Republican National Convention, reports live from the overflowing Ron Paul rally Tampa is hosting this Sunday afternoon at the Sun Dome of the University of Southern Florida: http://youtu.be/D6XvQ06Rx9I Watch the rally live HERE
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Photo: Gage Skidmore Missouri US Senate candidate Todd Akin's rape comments have ignited a firestorm of criticism that has crossed party lines. While critics see his comments, which included the clumsily-worded and medically dubious assertion that a woman's body has mechanisms that prevent pregnancy in the
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Photo: Tim Harris / The New York Times WES MESSAMORE: I’m here with Zahra Billoo, the Executive Director of the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, and Davi Barker, the Assistant Director of Muslims 4 Liberty to discuss a recent rash of violence, vandalism, and
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This is a pretty funny video that makes a libertarian argument: That more regulation (i.e. more political involvement in the economy) does not reign in out-of-control corporations, but actually creates the incentive for corporations to capture control of the regulatory process through lobbying and campaign activism so they can
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Photo: sfcitizen.com The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, expected to be an important swing state in 2012, has made headlines all week for a controversial voter ID law backed by the state's Republicans. Critics are calling it a partisan ploy to restrict ballot access and fix the results of
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Photo: Breitbart.com ...and it's Joe Biden: 'President Obama has no intention of getting rid of Vice President Biden as his running mate, the White House said Thursday.' Obviously, the president's pick is going to get a little less fanfare than Mitt Romney'
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Big news Thursday out of the United Kingdom: 'CARACAS, Venezuela — Ecuador forcefully rejected British pressure to announce Thursday that it was granting political asylum to Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, who has been holed up for two months in the Ecuadorean Embassy in London trying to avoid extradition
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John Dennis, Nancy Pelosi's Republican challenger, just uploaded this hilarious anti-TSA campaign ad. Wait for his parting shot at the very end of the clip. I busted up laughing: http://youtu.be/O5UkE8sKvOk To get serious for a second on a humor blog, I've got to
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This is a very startling fact that has some serious ramifications for public policy. Jim Harper wrote recently at the Cato Institute: hereherehereFear of Terror Makes People Stupidyou’ll have plenty of helpWitches, Communists, and Terrorists: Evaluating the Risks and Tallying the Costs Consider that the Global War on Terror
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Photo: facebook.com/judgejimgray With the "Veepstakes" over and the spotlight on Mitt Romney's newly announced running mate, Rep. Paul Ryan, here's a closer look at the vice presidential candidate for the Libertarian Party, Judge Jim Gray. Why's it newsworthy? The Libertarian
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In a lot of ways, school choice programs, though perceived as a draconian libertarian policy, are similar to the single-payer policy that many progressives want for health care. School choice doesn't mean leaving disadvantaged parents without a way to afford their children's education. It means letting
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It should come as no surprise that a higher education generally means a higher income. However, education is not a guarantee of success. The infographic below shows common jobs and salaries base on the amount of education required: Hat tip: Socrato!