President Obama wants to borrow an idea from President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and work to tax the wealthy in America. This has historically been a bad idea. Reporter Frank McCaffrey explains.

The Halloween horror story of ObamaCare continues to unfold as Senator Mike Enzi announced that a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report showed that a program designed to help early retirees has effectively been looted by 24 organizations. The Health and Human Services (HHS) program has paid out $2.9 billion with a majority going to government entities and […]

Cartoon by William Warren — Here is a classic Halloween themed Warren Toon from 2008 that still rings true today. NRD Editor’s Note: As always, you may reprint this cartoon anywhere you please, but we ask that you provide a link back to this source. […]

These unilateral executive orders from the Obama administration , whether on government-backed student loans and mortgages or FDA oversight, are intended to sidestep the consent of the governed, and as a result they overstep the President’s constitutional boundaries.  Obama can rhetorically dress this up however he likes, but his actions are not predicated […]

To receive the Must Reads in your inbox,  click here ! Good Monday morning and Happy Halloween, Here are the  Must Reads according to  Adam Bitely : Ireland versus Greece: Pay attention, America On FOIA, Obama wants a license to lie Harry Reid’s HD vision lenses! Climate scientists caught lying and cheating again Obama’s new war in Uganda Can Romney win the GOP nomination? What happened at Occupy Oakland? Occupy’s anti-Semitic slurs Equally poorer Steny Hoyer’s intimate ties with lobbyists

By Frank McCaffrey — The President and his buddies seem to be fans of the “Occupy” movement. Some even claim they created it. They neglect to mention that there is a great deal of hate and even violence in this group.

By Kevin Mooney — Chevron is not backing down to New York State officials who are pressuring the company to settle a multibillion-dollar lawsuit that involves plaintiffs from Ecuador who are suing over alleged environmental damages. On Oct. 7, Chevron submitted a Freedom of Information […]

By Howard Rich — Ireland’s refusal to bow to Eurozone pressure on tax hikes has resulted in slow but steady economic growth on the Emerald Isle — while Greece’s insistence on tax hikes in lieu of tougher “austerity” measures has crippled its economy and threatened […]

By Rick Manning — Maybe it’s just me, but is anyone else wondering if Harry Reid is the best the Senate Democrats can do?  Of course with Dick Durbin and Charlie Schumer waiting in the wings, maybe he is. Maybe it’s just me, but is anyone else […]

The President and his buddies seem to be fans of the “Occupy” movement. Some even claim they created it. They neglect to mention that there is a great deal of hate and even violence in this group.