By Bill Wilson — Obama could not have been clearer. Or more disingenuous. “[If Congress won’t act soon to protect future generations, I will,” he said in his Feb. 12 State of the Union Address. “I will direct my cabinet to come up with executive actions we […]

By Robert Romano — As a part of the fallout of Obama’s successful reelection in 2012, many in the Republican establishment and conservative circles have been engaged in a thorough soul-searching over Mitt Romney’s defeat and the GOP’s failure to recapture the Senate, some of which is […]

By David Bozeman — The Great Recession has produced one thin silver lining for some of the nation’s unemployed:  the opportunity to serve others.  Along with polishing your resume and networking, most job search experts advise volunteer work as a meaningful way to fill the […]

NRD Editor’s Note: This column first appeared at TheHill.com . By Rick Manning — Tonight, we will hear President Obama give a defense of big-government liberalism and make an argument that growing government is good for America. He couldn’t be more wrong. Almost 1 in 6 Americans depends […]

By Adam Bitely — In typical Washington fashion, politicians are claiming to have made bold moves while doing anything but. A recent Washington Post report outlines that the $37 billion of “cuts” to government spending that were a part of the deal reached by Republicans […]

By Bill Wilson — Reporting annually on the “State of the Union” is one of the few founding principles U.S. President Barack Obama has bothered to honor over his first four years in office. Article II, Section 3 of the U.S. Constitution states that the President “shall […]

By Rick Manning — Tonight President Barack Obama is expected to declare that the job of debt reduction is almost done in State of the Union speech.  Combined with his campaign arm, slyly called Campaign for America’s Future, sending an email alert out with the subject line, […]

By Rick Manning — President Obama’s second term national security team is in trouble on Capitol Hill, but the trouble is not just a few Republican Senators, but instead revolves around nasty ties to Islamic terrorist groups, waterboarding and drone killings and a stunning revelation by the […]

By Robert Romano — Under the Budget Control Act of 2011, which will implement approximately $53.8 billion of sequestration cuts to outlays in 2013, the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) was required to submit to Congress its plan for implementing the cuts. That should […]

By Adam Bitely — Even though Michigan has become a right-to-work state, labor unions are fighting for their lives in such a way that exposes their true motives. Rather than being an advocate for the workers, some public sector unions in Michigan are exposing their […]