By Rick Manning Adapted from a speech delivered to the Caffeinated Thoughts Briefing in Des Moines, Iowa on Oct. 31, 2015. Each of us knows that we are living in the most perilous times for our nation in at least 150 years.  $19 Trillion national debt, a devastatingly shrinking Navy, open borders, financial crises, stagnant […]

By Robert Romano and Dustin Howard The war by big government against people who don’t conform to their ever-evolving worldview continues. Take two cases in two different blue states: the Oregon bakers and the Minnesota truckers. Both objected to performing a service on the basis of religious […]

By Don Todd One would think that those who benefited the most from the free enterprise system would be its most ardent defenders when in fact the opposite is often the case. It has been said that free enterprise never wins because when a person succeeds they […]

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By Robert Romano “We can’t stop it. He’s in league with the Democrats.” That was U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie’s (R-Ky.) reaction to a deal by outgoing House Speaker Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio) and the White House to suspend the debt ceiling until March 2017. The measure is expected to require Democrat votes to get across […]

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By Robert Romano “What I tell people at home is I think we can get 85 percent of this, for sure, repealed in reconciliation.” That was U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) on the Mark Levin Show national radio program on July 11, 2012 , outlining House Republicans’ plan to repeal almost all of the health care law via the budget reconciliation process. “All the Medicare policy, […]

By Nathan Mehrens In today’s workforce, union membership isn’t as widespread as it once was. Years ago the percentage of private sector employees who were members of unions was much higher. In 1974, nearly a quarter of the private sector workforce was unionized. Now, that figure is 6.6 percent . […]