By Rick Manning — The U.S. Post Office is in financial trouble. It is no secret.  Everyone knows it.  And the only way out is for Congress to change some of the laws that dictate to the USPS how it should be operated. Unfortunately, expecting our elected […]

NRD Editor’s Note: This column originally appeared at The Washington Times . By Bill Wilson — A massive embezzlement case in Mexico involving the leader of Latin America’s largest labor union should send shivers up and down the spines of American workers. It should also force the administration of Barack […]

By Rick Manning — Richard Griffin, Jr. has had a rough 2012, and 2013 doesn’t look much better. For Griffin, 2012 started brightly as he was given a recess appointment to the National Labor Relations Board and was sworn in as a Board Member on January 9, […]

Due to the sequester, some entrances to Capitol Hill Congressional building have been closed. But in a sign that these entrances are merely being closed for the theater of it all, the closed entrances are still receiving regular maintenance . Odd. Here’s a picture of one of the closed entrances being painted: The […]

By Robert Romano — Shameless. There is simply no other way to describe the disgraceful “end of the world” proclamations by Democrats describing the effects of budget sequestration. The claims have bordered on the sick and twisted, such as Sen. Harry Reid’s blaming the tragic deaths of seven Marines in Nevada in an accidental explosion on sequestration cuts to “training and maintenance.” To […]

By Albert Maslar — Absent prospects for jobs after graduation, college is not worth incurring six-figure debt not counting loss of wages and entry-level job training. Today’s job market in the US and the world is dismal with real unemployment at about 14 percent and up to 25 percent in some Euro zone countries . College is over-priced, over-rated, […]

Obama is already incredibly late turning in his budget for FY 2014. In fact, the President is required BY LAW to turn in a budget by the first Monday of February–a deadline that has come and gone with no sign of an Obama budget. But yet, he has found time to submit his March Madness bracket to ESPN in a televised special . […]

By Jim Wiegand — In 1984 the California Energy Commission said “many institutional, engineering, environmental and economic issues must be resolved before the industry is secure and its growth can be assured.”  Though it was not clearly stated, the primary environmental issue alluded to was […]

By Robert Romano — We are all Cypriots now. The parliament of Cyprus has — for now — overwhelmingly rejected a €5.8 billion ($7.5 billion) tax on savings deposits that was being imposed by the European Union (EU) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to bail out banks that bet badly on Greek debt. The decision leaves the bailout in doubt and if no other resolution can be found, could compel Cyprus to […]

Sen. Harry Reid has abandoned Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s assualt weapons ban amendment to a gun control bill moving through the Senate. The reason? Reid could not find many people that supported it . Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said Tuesday he will not include a renewal of the federal assault weapons ban in […]