By David Bozeman Every year in this space we pay tribute to the only president born on the Fourth of July.  Calvin Coolidge served from 1923-29, and we have profiled his greatest accomplishments (slashing taxes and spending) and shared his most inspiring words (“There is […]

By Rick Manning As America’s government grapples with what to do about an influx of tens of thousands of unaccompanied children, one group is petition government on their behalf – the United Mine Workers of America labor union. A Capitol Hill insider reports that UMWA Secretary Treasurer […]

By Nathan Mehrens Hear that sound?  It’s your daily deluge of high-pitched hyperbole coming out of Washington, D.C.  People’s attention spans have become so short — and their patience for government so thin — politicians have become convinced they must elevate the decibel level of […]

  The full version of this article was originally published in TheHill.com, linked below. By Rick Manning I’m offended. I’m offended that a politician like Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) wastes time worrying about whether a professional football team’s name is appropriate rather than doing his job and moving […]

By Nathan Mehrens Adapted from a June 30 letter to the U.S. Senate. In an April 2, 2014 letter to Assistant Secretary of Commerce Larry Strickling , head of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), 35 Senate Republicans including Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) sought “clarification regarding the recent announcement that NTIA intends to relinquish responsibility of […]

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A full version of this article is published on The Hill, linked below. By Rick Manning The greed and avarice of public employee union leadership and their Democratic Party beneficiaries was struck down in a 5-4 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in Harris v. Quinn. Somewhat incredibly, […]

By Nathan Mehrens On Monday, June 22, the U.S. Supreme Court granted the Obama Administration’s petition to review a case involving a Congressional delegation of regulatory authority. The case is Department of Transportation v. Association of American Railroads, and involves delegations of Congressional authority to Amtrak. […]

By Robert Romano On June 27, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Dave Camp (R-Mich.) and Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Rep. Charles Boustany (R-La.) expanded its search for the missing Internal Revenue Service (IRS) emails relevant to the targeting of the tea party and other 501(c)(4) organizations. […]

By Rick Manning Politics is about the acquisition, expansion or maintenance of power, and the lengths that people go to achieve that power is what we actually learn from the process. In the Mississippi Republican primary and run-off elections, we saw this pursuit in its most raw […]