By Rick Manning — Ohio’s state government has a problem.  They face an $8 billion deficit in a state where the economy was struggling with more than half a million Ohioan’s are unemployed . Ohio’s tax base is not expanding.  Over the past ten years, Ohio’s population did not grow […]

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Finally the truth begins to emerge. And this story is one that many had long suspected to be true : Last week’s release of FBI documents finally put in writing what nobody had ever said on the record: The FBI suspected that former Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.) and lobbyists close to him were running a scheme to funnel […]

To receive the Must Reads in your inbox,  click here ! Good Tuesday morning, Here are the  Must Reads according to  Adam Bitely : The global debt apocalypse approaches How to fix the country’s debt-to-GDP ratio Occupy Wall Street and Washington’s history of bailouts The FBI investigated former Rep. John Murtha for funneling earmarks to friends/lobbyists Life is good in the capital of crony capitalism Government shouldn’t be picking Solyndra’s Another New York Times activist Something fishy for California’s agriculture NLRB stalls Boeing worker’s complaint against union Uncommon Knowledge: Larry Arnn on the Constitution and the Declaration

By Frank McCaffrey — President Obama is working on the economy without Congressional approval. ALG President Bill Wilson reacts. Plus, Montana Senator Max Baucus is on the super committee for deficit reduction. We hear what he has to say about government spending.

By Kevin Mooney — In November 2012, Oklahoma voters will have the opportunity to become part of a growing national movement built around state constitutional amendments that outlaw government sanctioned discrimination. The key player here is Ward Connerly, a former University of California regent, who […]

By Rebekah Rast — You know you’ve struck a nerve when a federal judge refers to a scientist based on their testimony as a “ zealot ” or “ untrustworthy as a witness .” But that is exactly what U.S. District Judge Oliver Wanger said in a court transcript after Jennifer Norris, a scientist […]

President Obama is working on the economy without Congressional approval. ALG President Bill Wilson reacts. Plus, Montana Senator Max Baucus is on the super committee for deficit reduction. We hear what he has to say about government spending.

In this episode, Larry Arnn, president of Hillsdale College, discusses the Declaration of Independence, the founders, Woodrow Wilson, and the founders of modern liberalism and how they gave more power to government.

To receive the Must Reads in your inbox,  click here ! Good Monday morning, Here are the  Must Reads according to  Adam Bitely : Is Big Labor’s political clout beginning to wane? Cult of global warming is losing influence The great green energy crack-up Joe Biden’s reckless bid for jobs bill The class war has begun ‘Adult baby’ is just one example of government disability fraud The big banks give capitalism a bad name The tax reform evidence from 1986 ObamaCare’s dubious assumptions Malfeasant central bankers, again Why more transparency is needed at the Fed Notes of a 99 percenter Ron Swanson vs. the State