Social Issues

As first discussed on Friday, in order to overcome vocal objections to Obamacare repeal by conservative republicans, the White House won the support of the Republican Study Committee members by agreeing to give states the option to impose work requirements on Medicaid recipients and the option to block grant Medicaid instead of the cap system in the bill.  Today, during the Sunday morning TV circuit, Paul Ryan elaborated further that House Republicans are working on additional changes to the Obamcare repeal bill which seek to provide more generous tax credits for older Americans, while conf

The world lost an incredible man, actor, and comedian named Robin Williams in 2014. Having chosen to take his life via suicide, people were devastated upon receiving the news, distraught by the idea that someone so popular and funny would opt [...]

Nigel Farage might not have lost the 2015 UK General Election, according to UK police, who claim the former UKIP leader may have been the victim of election fraud.   Police claim that the Conservative Party recruited unemployed [...]

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has vowed to approve the reinstatement of capital punishment in Turkey. Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he would approve the death penalty “without any hesitation ”and expects the Turkish parliament to [...]

A couple of days ago we noted that Mexican immigrants were suddenly flooding into Canada to avoid deportation from the U.S.  The increase in northern border crossings came, at least in part, courtesy of Canada's decision to lift visa requirements for Mexican 'tourists' as of December 1st.  Per the new rules, rather than a visa, under Trudeau's administration, Mexicans are now only required to have a so-called Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) which can be purchased online for CAD $7.