By Rick Manning The Northern Spotted Owl is back in the news, as the U.S. government is moving forward with plans to kill its larger cousin the Barred Owl to help save it from possible extinction. But why should we care about this news that the biggest […]
By Rick Manning Millionaire taxes don’t work. State or local taxes aimed at the wealthy merely drive a jurisdiction’s tax base away. The latest example of someone who is successful who would be better off living elsewhere is professional golfer Phil Mickelson. Mickelson made a dream come […]
By Rick Manning Apparently sloganeering, Joe Biden’s bluster and Super Bowl car ad buys could not pull the Motor City back from the brink. The once proud city of Detroit buried under $18 billion of debt, a taxpayer exodus, collapsed infrastructure and public employee pension promises that cannot be kept has filed for bankruptcy, making […]
By Rick Manning Earlier this summer, headlines blared across many conservative oriented and mainstream websites declared , “DOJ Defunds Youth Programs that Reference God.” A Young Marines program run by the Bossier Parish Sheriff in Louisiana was notified that they would be denied future federal support of their […]
By Rick ManningA version of this article was published at TheHill.com. Welcome to the new Senate, the formerly august body where the minority used to be able to influence executive branch nominations through a vetting process and the threat of blocking confirmation is no more. In their quest to “save” the institution, John McCain (R-Ariz.) […]
By Rick Manning Jamie Dimon, the CEO of JP Morgan/Chase Manhattan Bank said it, and it just may be worth listening to, “We’ve got a world-trade flush,” he quipped. “We don’t have a divine right to success. But we have an unbelievable hand. If we play it well, […]
By Rick Manning Major fault lines have suddenly appeared in the formerly dependable Big Labor/Democratic Party coalition, and the earthquake that follows could have major future electoral ramifications. Labor unions are one of the primary funders of Democratic and far left politics. The hundreds of millions of […]
By Rick Manning Obstructing policies that dramatically expand the size and scope of government is not only the right thing to do, it is the duty of elected officials who swear an oath to protect our nation and uphold the Constitution. Our entire constitutional system of government […]
By Rick Manning New York City tabloids have to be sponsoring this year’s City elections. In case you missed it, and I don’t know how you could have, the unfortunately and predictively named Anthony Weiner is mounting a comeback with his run to become the next Mayor […]
By Rick Manning You can either laugh or you can cry. But in case you have any doubts, this past week provided proof that the world has indeed gone mad. The Supreme Court found that racial inequities stemming from Jim Crow laws have been rectified based upon […]
