By Rick Manning — The Labor Department faces a scandal over their mismanagement of funds for the Job Corps program at the very worst time for the Obama political appointees who roam the halls of the Frances Perkins Building. With the old Secretary out, and the new […]

By Bill Wilson — NBC News sent shockwaves throughout the nation’s capital when it released a Department of Justice memo providing the legal basis for the federal government to invoke its war powers against U.S. citizens, targeting them for assassination. The memo deliberately limited its focus to “the circumstances in which the […]

By Chris Freind — The Super Bowl is over, so now the really big game begins. And it’s a head-knocker . On one side we have the raiders. No, not Oakland, but the Trial Lawyers, who delight in raiding everything good in America. They are […]

By Rick Manning — Ever since coming out of the closet and disclosing his intent to go to war with the tea party in Republican Party primaries in a New York Times exclusive, Rove has come under attack from everyone from Rush Limbaugh and Mark Levin to […]

Can you find the sequester cuts? Even if the sequester occurs, spending will STILL increase. (H/T Dan Mitchell for the chart)

By Bill Wilson — It is convenient that just two days after the New York Times publishes an editorial calling for sequestration to be eliminated , the Obama Administration is dutifully responding with calls for it to again be delayed. The fact is, sequestration has already been delayed in the fiscal cliff deal, costing taxpayers $24 billion. No more delays. […]

By Robert Romano — Everyone knows that few lawmakers actually take the time to read the laws they are passing. But one might think that an organization treated by the New York Times in this case as an authority on the impending March 1 sequestration cuts due […]

NRD Editor’s Note: This column originally appeared at TheHill.com . By Rick Manning — The Groundhog Day New York Times headline screamed, “Top Donors to Republicans Seek More Say in Senate Races.” Now there’s a man bites dog.  Big money wants more power.  Who’da thunk it? Steven J. Law, president of American […]

By Paul Driessen — Companies everywhere extol their sustainable development programs and goals. Sustainability drives UN programs like Agenda 21, EU and US green energy initiatives, and myriad manufacturing, agricultural, forestry and other efforts. But what is sustainability? What is — or isn’t — sustainable? […]

By Adam Bitely — On Friday, the unemployment rate increased for the second month in a row to 7.9 percent as 126,000 more Americans reported that they were unemployed in January than in December. To make matters worse, the number of Americans reporting that they […]