By Rick Manning An iceberg is heading into the path of the United States Constitution.  A destructive wave of political thought that appears out of the mainstream on the surface, but which like an iceberg has 90 percent of its mass below the surface. You see evidence […]

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By Rick Manning Want to know what is wrong with Washington, D.C.?  Well a big window opened last week when the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) endorsed Hillary Clinton for President. While you might not recognize the NTEU, even though they are big money players in D.C., you […]

By Dustin Howard  Peter Roff, who writes for U.S. News and World Report, has recently documented how the Obama Administration’s “watchdogs” are waging war on the car dealers of America, trying to destroy their business model. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) organized an event last week […]

By Robert Romano “[Trump could] probably work with Congress, because he’s, you know, he’s got the right personality and he’s kind of a deal-maker.” That was former Senate Majority Leader and failed 1996 Republican presidential nominee Bob Dole all but endorsing Donald Trump in the Republican primary over Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, questioning Cruz’ ability to work with Congress. “Nobody likes […]

By Nathan Mehrens Should a city buy concrete trucks and start its own construction company if it doesn’t like the demographic makeup of the employees of the construction companies that could do work on city construction projects? Most people with any experience around government operations […]

By Rick Manning The nation’s political eyes are on Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina for the beginning of the 2016 presidential selection process with the rural South and Texas following hot on their heels.  It is obvious that agriculture issues play a heavy role in the […]

By Dustin Howard Spoiler alert: If you have not seen the movie, 13 Hours, and do not wish to have the movie spoiled, read no further. I married a beautiful, non-political woman who watched 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi with me last weekend. […]

By Rick Manning As published at http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/economy-budget/266239-combined-economic-riders-and-defunding-bill-should-unite House Republicans left dozens of important policy riders and measures that defund various parts of the Obama agenda on the table during the failed omnibus negotiation, but that doesn’t mean that their work should go for naught. Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.) […]

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