NRD Editor’s Note: This column originally appeared at Investors.com . By Bill Wilson — Government interventionists insist the free market, if left unchecked, endangers individuals and our planet. According to their collectivist worldview, profits trump safety — while “corporate greed” overshadows the greater good and the right of […]

By Rick Manning It was a staid brand catering to middle aged and older customers who had a strong loyalty, but that wasn’t enough. Change was needed. A freshening up was called for. A decision was made to appeal to younger, more hip customers. Everyone with a […]

By Paul Driessen and James H. Rust Georgia residents recently learned that a rare bat has stalled state highway improvements. The May 2012 sighting of an endangered Indiana brown bat in a northern Georgia tree has triggered federal regulations requiring that state road projects not “harm, […]

By Rick Manning — Is Obamacare at least partially behind last month’s disastrous job creation numbers? At least one prominent traditionally pro-Obama economic analyst, Mark Zandi , chief economist for Moody’s Analytics, thinks so saying on CNBC, “The retail trade number would be consistent not only with the payroll […]

By Robert Romano — Breitbart.com rocked the boat on April 4 when it reported that new Republican National Committee (RNC) chief of staff Mike Shields had attacked what he called the “professional right” and other groups at a meeting of the Ripon Society. Shields’ statements came in […]

By Rick Manning The MSN.com headline reads, “ Jobless rate dips to 7.6 percent ,” and the casual observer thinks about how the economy must really be improving even as they see the contradictions of this thought all around them. Here is the inescapable truth revealed by a cursory glance at the actual […]

By Marta H. Mossburg Imagine the pitch to a History Channel executive for the smash hit “The Bible.” Here’s one scenario: Producers Roma Downey and Mark Burnett: “Hi, we want to produce a story that appeals to all age groups. It’s has everything: love, lust, […]

By Robert Romano Establishment Republicans are in the midst of what can only be described as an intellectual meltdown. They must be. Whether it’s the revelation that American Action Network attempted to get the ever-controversial, exceptionally talented Lady Gaga to perform for $1 million at the Republican National Convention — an institution, to put it mildly, she shares almost nothing in common with. Or […]

By Rick Manning — Elected officials in California, Connecticut, Maryland and New York have told the rest of America the truth about their vision for private ownership of firearms in America. They want to eliminate it. Only the most willfully blind believe that the politicians in these […]

By Adam Bitely — It’s been a month since the sequester spending cuts kicked in and — shockingly — America has survived against the longest of odds. With fear of foreign invasion running high in the days leading up to sequestration taking effect, the Federal […]