By Rick Manning The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) has a problem.  They are now directly tied to a terrorist act committed by a nut who attacked the Family Research Council because the SPLC listed that group as a “hate group” due to their traditional views on […]

By Rick Manning — Some things just make you say HMMMM???? Former Labor Secretary Hilda Solis’ final Public Financial Report Filing (SF 278) is one of those documents. Why did Hilda Solis spend between $50,001 and $100,000 to retain the services of one of the most prestigious […]

By Rick Manning The battle over the building of the Keystone XL pipeline took a somewhat bizarre twist as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency offered official comments to the U.S. State Department on a draft review of the project. The EPA’s comment complained that the State Department’s […]

NRD Editor’s Note: This column originally appeared at TheHill.com . By Rick Manning — Obama’s failure to push his gun control agenda through the Democratic-controlled United States Senate revealed the craven political power of big government. A president with the assistance of a friendly media can drive emotional […]

By Rick Manning The Boston Marathon bombing followed the next day with a reported attempt to attack a U.S. Senator’s office with a deadly chemical known as ricin, are stark reminders about the dangers our nation faces going into the future. Just as after 9/11, it is […]

By Rick Manning It was a staid brand catering to middle aged and older customers who had a strong loyalty, but that wasn’t enough. Change was needed. A freshening up was called for. A decision was made to appeal to younger, more hip customers. Everyone with a […]

By Rick Manning — Is Obamacare at least partially behind last month’s disastrous job creation numbers? At least one prominent traditionally pro-Obama economic analyst, Mark Zandi , chief economist for Moody’s Analytics, thinks so saying on CNBC, “The retail trade number would be consistent not only with the payroll […]

By Rick Manning The MSN.com headline reads, “ Jobless rate dips to 7.6 percent ,” and the casual observer thinks about how the economy must really be improving even as they see the contradictions of this thought all around them. Here is the inescapable truth revealed by a cursory glance at the actual […]

NRD Editor’s Note: The following column originally appeared at TheHill.com . By Rick Manning — The Washington Post reports that President Obama is pushing banks to make home loans for people who currently don’t qualify. Haven’t we been living in this bad movie for the past six years? […]

By Rick Manning — Elected officials in California, Connecticut, Maryland and New York have told the rest of America the truth about their vision for private ownership of firearms in America. They want to eliminate it. Only the most willfully blind believe that the politicians in these […]