By David Rothbard and Craig Rucker — Waning interest and credibility forced organizers to replace climate change with sustainable development as “the world’s most urgent problem” during the UN’s June 2012 Rio+20 Conference. However, climate alarmism is again taking center stage this week at the […]

Senator Jim DeMint will leave his Senate seat in January to become President of the Heritage Foundation. From a Wall Street Journal news alert: Sen. Jim DeMint will replace Ed Feulner as president of the Heritage Foundation. Mr. DeMint, a Republican from South Carolina, will leave his post […]

By Rebekah Rast — Nine gas stations in the nation now have pumps with E15 gasoline. E15 is a blend of regular gasoline mixed with 15 percent ethanol.  The pumps are recognized by their black and orange labels. And that label is not something you want to ignore. […]

By Rick Manning — Hot on the heels of Big Labor suffering a stunning defeat at the polls in the state of Michigan, where an attempt to entrench collective bargaining into the state constitution was rejected by 57 percent of the voters, the Michigan state legislature is […]

By Kevin Mooney — With Obamacare set to go into effect this coming January, the small-and medium sized business that typically create most of the new jobs will be at a severe disadvantage. That’s because the new federal health care law includes provisions that discourage […]

By Rick Manning — The human tragedy that occurred in the stadium parking lot, where a professional football player killed his girlfriend and mother of his child, and himself became magnified into a gun control debate when columnist Jason Whitlock and television sports commentator Bob Costas chose […]

ANY “GRAND BARGAIN” MUST INCLUDE: 1.    NO NET TAX INCREASE 2.    NO DE-COUPLING OF TAX RATES 3.    NO SEQUESTER WITHOUT REAL SPENDING REDUCTIONS 4.    NO TWO-STEP PROCESS THAT KICKS THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD 5.    NO INCREASE TO THE DEBT LIMIT WITHOUT BUDGET CUTS and […]

By Paul Driessen — Climate alarmists are meeting in Doha, Qatar, to hammer out a new international treaty to replace the Kyoto Protocol that expires this year. The US Environmental Protection Agency is poised to unleash its first wave of carbon dioxide regulations. And Congress […]

NRD Editor’s Note: This column first appeared at TheHill.com . By Rick Manning — The Kinks song “Lola” tells the story of “a mixed up muddled up shook up world,” and that is how any Capitol Hill observer must feel with Washington, D.C., Republicans openly talking about agreeing […]

By Robert Romano — Is Internet the future of radio? Or will government regulation crush a budding industry? The answer to both of those questions may be yes, if one small-town band is to be believed. Cello rock band Break of Reality member Patrick Laird attributes much […]