In an unusual move, on April 24, Republican leadership pulled legislation from the floor of the House of Representatives that would have taken $3.6 billion from the Prevention and Public Health Fund in Obamacare, and used it to bail out the preexisting conditions insurance plan. In spite of having lower than expected enrollment, the preexisting conditions program has been overrun […]

By Victor Morawski Commenting on John Kerry’s recent trip to China and his emphasis on anthropogenic (i.e. man caused) global warming as one of the most significant problems that the two nations should work together on solving, talk show host Rush Limbaugh voiced an opinion on science and scientific truth that the majority of his listeners and a […]

By Rick Manning The battle over the building of the Keystone XL pipeline took a somewhat bizarre twist as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency offered official comments to the U.S. State Department on a draft review of the project. The EPA’s comment complained that the State Department’s […]

By Robert Romano — “Under U.S. law, United States citizens cannot be tried in military commissions.” That was White House Press Secretary James Carney on the Obama Administration’s decision not to treat Dzhokhar Tsarnaev as an unlawful enemy combatant following the Boston Marathon bombings. What a difference two months can make. Just in February, NBC News famously revealed a Department of Justice memorandum outlining the legal basis for using lethal military force against U.S. citizens overseas . Then, the Administration argued, “Were the target of a lethal operation a U.S. […]

By Adam Bitely — Each year on April 22, Americans celebrate Earth Day. While the “holiday” is dressed up as a day to preserve the Earth, it serves little more as a day to attack the benefits of capitalism and modern society. Does anyone really […]

NRD Editor’s Note: This column originally appeared at The Washington Examiner . By Nathan Mehrens — Around $156 million, that’s how much taxpayers spent in 2011 on federal employees who did no federal work at all. These aren’t people who fail to perform the work assigned to them, […]

By Robert Romano — A recent post on Mish’s Global Economic Analysis, “Merkel needs opposition party votes to pass Cyprus bailout,” tells the story of how German Chancellor Angela Merkel required the votes from the Social Democrats and Greens in order to approve the so-called “bailout” of Cyprus (where citizens there are having their savings confiscated). […]

NRD Editor’s Note: This column originally appeared at TheHill.com . By Rick Manning — Obama’s failure to push his gun control agenda through the Democratic-controlled United States Senate revealed the craven political power of big government. A president with the assistance of a friendly media can drive emotional […]

By Marta H. Mossburg — Maryland made national news recently for a “rain tax” to start July 1. The tax, an unfunded mandate originating with the Environmental Protection Agency and cemented by the state legislature and governor last year, means homeowners, businesses and nonprofits in […]

NRD Editor’s Note: This column originally appeared at Forbes.com . By Howard Rich — Exploration and discovery are among our most fundamental human characteristics — setting us apart from the animals and chronicling our ongoing evolution as a species. They are also drivers of our innovation […]