By Robert Romano Don’t think the government is ubiquitous? Consider the following data published by the U.S. Census Bureau . In 2012, 109.6 million Americans were on some form of means-tested welfare, including Medicaid, food stamps and public housing. Another 43.7 million were on Social Security, Medicare, unemployment, and other government programs. Add to […]

By Rick Manning President Obama has officially become the laughingstock of the world, happily ensconced in the wonderland of Martha’s Vineyard on one of his many vacations, while a junior varsity terrorist group runs amok lopping off heads of everyone in their path, the borders remain a […]

By Robert Romano “It was a suicide mission.” That was House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), commenting in a new book on the ill-fated 2013 effort to defund Obamacare by the House of Representatives that led to a partial government shutdown for a couple of weeks. But was it really a suicide mission? Or was it simply the […]

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By Rick Manning Seemingly contradictory economic headlines jumped out over the past couple of weeks. In one, federal revenues are reaching all-time highs with the Department of the Treasury projecting another 5 percent gain in revenues after posting a whopping 13 percent increase in 2013 due at least in part to […]

By Rick Manning School bells across America are ringing again with trusting parents putting their precious cargo on yellow buses for another year of learning. In local school board meetings and state capitols around the nation however, a debate is occurring that would shock most parents.  It […]

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By Rick Manning Does anyone think it is any coincidence that two Republican Governors who are all considered presidential contenders for 2016 are being subjected to what can be at best described as spurious prosecutions led by Democratic prosecutors? Governor Rick Perry of Texas is the latest […]

By Brad Tidwell Wednesday evening, I had the distinct pleasure of watching the premiere of the new Weinstein Company-Walden Media collaboration movie, The Giver, at the conservative Heritage Foundation. This collaboration is particularly notable as the former was the production company for Michael Moore’s “Capitalism: A Love Story” , […]

By Rick Manning The August Congressional recess leads to the inevitable forward looking political chatter as various contenders seek to catch the eye of donors and those of primary state voters with a view toward the start of the first presidential primary in just a short 17 […]