By Bill Wilson – On April 18, the Heritage Foundation’s Hans A. von Spakovsky, a former Federal Election Commissioner, broke a story for Pajamas Media about a draft executive order by the White House to compel companies, their directors, and officers to disclose donations to candidates, parties, campaign committees, and non-profit groups that make independent expenditures during an election cycle. The executive order would apply to both “[a]ll […]

By Paul Driessen – President Obama and environmentalists often say America should follow Europe’s lead on energy, climate and economic matters. Recent events suggest that we should listen more attentively to the Europeans. Two brutal winters have awakened Europe to the fact that global temperatures […]

By John Vinci – Last year Congress passed the 906-page “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act” followed by the 55-page “Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.”[1] Together, they form what is better known as Obamacare. If you thought that Obamacare was long, it […]

Past generations had lay-away, now it’s credit. This get what you want first and pay for it later mentality has hurt our country. ALG’s Don Todd Explains how this has hurt. Reporter Frank McCaffrey has the story.

Following up on our post this morning about a new executive order that Obama is considering that would require companies to disclose their political donations comes this statement from Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on the matter: “Just last year the Senate rejected a cynical effort to muzzle critics of this administration and its allies in Congress. Now, under the guise of ‘transparency,’ the […]

Good news! 60% of Americans oppose the government issuing an ID for online security, according to a survey conducted by Rasmussen Reports . The government ID has been pushed hard by the Obama administration and the Department of Homeland Security, but has found little support. Even 64% […]

The New Hampshire Senate passed a right-to-work bill by a veto proof majority . This means that the legislation that has already passed the House will move to the governor’s desk. Unfortunately, New Hampshire Governor John Lynch (D) has said he will veto the bill when it reaches his desk. While the Senate has a veto proof […]

The Obama administration is considering a draft executive order to compel companies to disclose donations to non-profit groups that might make independent expenditures during an election cycle. The executive order would apply to “[a]ny contributions made to third party entities with the intention or reasonable expectation that parties would use those contributions […]

To receive the Must Reads in your inbox, click here ! Good Wednesday morning, Here are the Must Reads according to Adam Bitely : S&P warns Washington to get its act together Why we must freeze the debt limit Obama has no budget plan The battle over gov’t unions is not against the workers, it’s against the union bosses Cartoon of the day, “Pumping out great news” Iceland endures The other Medicare cutters Why RyanCare will fail Governing while drunk on partisanship Keynesianism’s systemic failure California dreamin’ about Texas jobs Time to rule in a ground option in Libya… We’re stuck in a “McJobs” style downturn

By William Warrem – Today’s cartoon looks at the mainstream media coverage of the high gas prices that Americans are dealing with. If anyone remembers just a few years back when gas prices soared under the Bush administration, the MSM went nuts blaming Bush. But […]