By Rebekah Rast — One of the central parts of the 1996 welfare reform law was work requirements through the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Program. The law states work activities include job search and job readiness assistance, education related to someone working towards a high school certificate of […]

  Looks like Sebelius violated the Hatch Act : The Office of Special Counsel (OSC) sent findings to the President today from its investigation of complaints of prohibited political activity by Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius. OSC concluded that Secretary Sebelius violated the Hatch Act when she made extemporaneous […]

By Rick Manning — “I know who I am voting for, and I wish all this nonsense would just be done.” That’s what a friend said to me at church on Sunday, and somehow I suspect he is not alone.  The never ending campaign for president is […]

NRD Editor’s Note: This column was originally published at Forbes.com . By Bill Wilson — As Frankin Roosevelt observed in 1937, “The process of collective bargaining, as usually understood, cannot be transplanted into the public service.” He called a strike by public workers “unthinkable and intolerable”. Now we can see why […]

By Paul Driessen — Seven score and nine years ago, President Lincoln resolved to take increased devotion to ensuring that government of the people, by the people and for the people shall not perish from the Earth. Yet, today, our lives are determined not so […]

By Kevin Mooney — What is the real story behind the dispute between Ron Paul supporters and the Republican National Committee (RNC)? Some of the Rhode Island GOP delegates who were asked to comment said the Paul supporters may not have followed all the rules, […]

By Rebekah Rast — The average teacher pay in Chicago public schools is $76,000 a year .  The school system has a $665 million budget deficit .  Ten months of negotiations with the teachers union have ended in a strike and left 350,000 students without a teacher . The school district has already agreed to a 16 percent pay raise over the next four years for teachers, increase job opportunities for laid-off teachers, paid maternity leave and short-term disability coverage, and a freeze on health care cost increases for two-thirds of the union’s membership , according to CNN. What more could these teachers […]

To receive the Must Reads in your inbox, click here ! Good Monday morning, Here are the Must Reads according to Adam Bitely : Chicago teachers union goes on strike — NetRight Daily Chicago bled dry by striking teachers’ unions — John Fund Why Chicago teachers are striking despite a 16% pay raise over 4 years — Reason Official trailer for Atlas Shrugged part 2 released! — NetRight Daily FBI’s sinister new $1 billion project will track every by their face… — Gizmodo GM loses $49,000 on each Chevy Volt — Reuters Illinois doc diagnoses ObamaCare in one great sentence — Investor’s Business Daily College bubble is headed for a big burst — Daily Beast Should majorities decide everything? — LearnLiberty.org The insatiable taxman — […]

NRD Editor’s Note: This column originally appeared at The Flash Report . By John Fleischman — Apparently the Board of Directors of the California Chamber of Commerce is meeting tomorrow at the posh Casa Del Mar Resort located right on the beach in Santa Monica.  It’s a stunning […]

By Willie Soon and William M. Briggs — Scientists have been studying solar influences on the climate for over 5000 years. Chinese imperial astronomers kept detailed sunspot records. They noticed that more sunspots meant warmer weather. In 1801, the celebrated astronomer William Herschel (discoverer of […]