By Rick Manning — In my Norco High School geometry class, my teacher Mr. Reid, used to teach us how to evaluate equations with the undergirding principle that in geometry there cannot be contradictions between rules. If two sides of a four sided figure were longer than […]
NRD Editor’s Note: This column first appeared at TheHill.com . By Rick Manning — Reading the pundits, you would have thought that Mitt Romney said something wrong about the failed Obama Middle East policy. However, the predictable reaction from the left shows us that in fact, Romney hit […]
By Rick Manning — “I know who I am voting for, and I wish all this nonsense would just be done.” That’s what a friend said to me at church on Sunday, and somehow I suspect he is not alone. The never ending campaign for president is […]
NRD Editor’s Note: This column originally appeared at TheHill.com . By Rick Manning — Fewer Americans are employed today than when Barack Obama became president in January 2009. That’s right, the actual number of people with jobs is down by 86,000 since Obama took over the economy. In […]
By Rick Manning — America is now officially 16 trillion dollars in debt. No other country in the history of the world has ever been even close to 16 trillion dollars in debt, and $5.3 trillion of that debt has been rolled up since Obama took office a little more […]
By Rick Manning — The faces of Labor Day are different in 2012 than they have been in the past, all 23 million of them. The traditional end of summer is greeted with cookouts, last splashes in the swimming pool, and final trips to the beach, but […]
By Rick Manning — The economic news continues its grim march toward a reality that many believe may not be in the fixable category. Preppers, who store foodstuffs and buy hard metal assets, have become mainstream as even Costco offers a wide variety of buckets filled with […]
NRD Editor’s Note: This column originally appeared at TheHill.com . By Rick Manning — The nation’s eyes are on the Gulf Coast region as the Republican Party prepares to nominate Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan to oppose the Obama/Biden ticket — and a hurricane threatens to run over […]
NRD Editor’s Note: This column originally appeared at TheHill.com . By Rick Manning — In November, the presidential election is likely going to come down to a left brain-versus-right brain decision. Obama’s campaign, desperate to change the subject from anything related to his actual job performance, has engaged […]
By Rick Manning — $2.6 trillion dollars! In the entire history of our nation, the federal government has never taken in more money than that in revenues in a single year. 2008 was the last year, this revenue amount was achieved. $3.6 trillion dollars! That’s how much […]
