In this case, a picture speaks millions of words and over 20,000 pages of words! This is a comparison of the original ObamaCare bill against all of the government regulations that have been written because of it. (H/T Sen. McConnell’s press office )

NRD Editor’s Note: This column was originally published at TheHill.com . By Rick Manning — “Taxes should hurt.” That is what then-Gov. Ronald Reagan of California said back in the late 1960s. And while these words seem curious coming from the man who lowered the overall income tax […]

By Adam Bitely — One day before Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s decree to stop the sale of large sugary drinks in some cases was to take effect in New York City, New York Supreme Court Judge Milton Tingling ruled that Bloomberg’s ban was banned. New York […]

NRD Editor’s Note: This column originally appeared at Investor’s Business Daily . By Bill Wilson — Of all the federal agencies engaging in “bold, persistent experimentation” with our economy in recent years, U.S. President Barack Obama’s National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has been among the boldest, most persistent and most […]

By David Bozeman — Columnist Kathleen Parker recently profiled Michelle Obama’s ascension to pop star status.  The first lady is everywhere — dancing with Jimmy Fallon, gracing the patrons of swanky restaurants with her appearance and, most famously, presenting the Best Picture Oscar.  Good Morning […]

By Rick Manning — Senator John McCain went all whacko bird to the Huffington Post attacking fellow Republican Senators Rand Paul and Ted Cruz.  His fellow Republican Senators crime was to have had the audacity to actually stand up to power and force the Obama Administration to […]

By Rick Manning — Just as I was going to write on how the crisis/government shut down threatened federal budgeting by continuing resolution has actually reduced government outlays significantly; the House of Representatives passed legislation without allowing substantive amendments, that continues funding of all of the programs congressional Republicans […]

By Marta H. Mossburg — Lost in the self-righteous clamor to demonize Marissa Mayer for making employees at Yahoo! work in the office is a sense of perspective. Everyone from feminist icon Gloria Steinem to Sir Richard Branson, founder and chairman of the Virgin Group, have […]

By Robert Romano — Sen. Rand Paul’s (R-KY) historic filibuster against the new Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) John Brennan has succeeded in its principal aim, which was not to defeat his nomination, but to answer a very specific question. In a Feb. 20 letter to Brennan , Paul had asked, “Do […]

You can thank Sen. Rand Paul for forcing the issue. Attorney General Eric Holder has written a letter to Sen. Paul that changes the position of the Obama administration on using drones to kill U.S. citizens on U.S. soil: The U.S. does not have the authority to use a drone attack against a U.S. citizen not […]