By Rick Manning Recently, Rep. Peter Roskam (R-Ill.) introduced H.R. 1104 , the Fair Treatment for All Donations Act, that will protect donations to 501(c)(4), (c)(5), and (c)(6) groups, regardless of their ideological perspective, from any executive action by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to apply the gift tax. […]

By Don Todd President Obama gave an amazing interview to the Huffington Post on March 20th. (Disclaimer: I knew Arianna Huffington when she was a conservative, and I did not like her then either.) Largely ignored by the legacy media, the interview is amazing in the insights it gives into the President’s mindset, […]

By Rick Manning Is it okay to lie? Is it justified if it leads to the conclusion you hope to achieve? Senator Harry Reid provided a startling answer to a question about his own veracity when quizzed about his Senate floor charge against Republican 2012 presidential nominee […]

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By Robert Romano Reforms to Medicare enacted in 1997 to peg the costs of the program to economic growth — the sustainable growth rate — have been repealed easily in the House of Representatives 392 to 37 . These were the same reforms that were the centerpiece of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 to save the […]

By Rick Manning Peter Frampton once asked in a time not too long ago, “ Do you feel like we do? ” While the context of this song that led the Frampton Comes Alive climb up the charts is different, it is a question that I often find myself wondering. A guy who […]

By Nathan Mehrens Like thousands of government activities and programs that many people are probably not familiar with, the U.S. Department of Labor has a “ Hall of Honor .” Its ostensible purpose is “to honor those Americans whose distinctive contributions in the field of labor have elevated […]

By Rick Manning New Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) rules on requirements for states to receive federal emergency preparedness dollars are being met with disbelief by many of the nation’s governors.  The new rule forces a state to include a “consideration of changing environmental or climate conditions […]