By David McFadden — Alongside evidence of weak job growth, there are also signs of recovery. What may be recovering, however, is the recession. New orders for manufactured goods declined 13.2 percent in August, the steepest decline since January 2009. Real average hourly earnings declined […]

By Bill Wilson — 10 billion. That will be the world’s population in 2050 by United Nations’ projections. Can the global economy sustain that many people? Will there be rationing of vital resources? Can free markets survive with less to go around? What of liberty? These questions […]

By Rick Manning — You can almost set your clocks by it.  The inside the beltway election prediction game, where people who live in D.C. pretend that we have some special psychic insight into what the electorate will do one week hence. In 2010, my original predictions […]

By Rebekah Rast — You can definitely see a partisan line when it comes to environmental policies in this country.  One side thinks many related laws and regulations go too far; the other side thinks many of these laws don’t go far enough. However, it […]

By Kevin Mooney — When one Democrat accuses another Democrat of rampant voter fraud, it creates a bit of a problem for left leaning media outlets and pressure groups that have been critical of voter identification laws. But it also presents an opportunity for citizen […]

By David Bozeman — Forget the poll numbers — discerning voters can gauge the direction of a campaign just by watching the candidates.  Which of the two is steady and focused?  Who is defensive, uninspiring and but a shadow of his former, winning self?  Nothing […]

By Rick Manning — Politicians, public employee unions and other supporters of big government have learned a simple lesson over the past thirty years — people don’t want to pay higher taxes to fund additional government services, except for police, fire or education. Because of this understanding, […]

By Eric Hovde — Last year six million children starved to death around the world — again.  On top of this, Worldhunger.org reports that 925 million people went hungry in 2010 worldwide. Anyone who has watched television late at night has seen the commercials for […]

By Rebekah Rast — Coal miners have made it clear that they don’t like where their industry is headed. Both presidential candidates are busy trying to win over this class of voters given the importance of the states where they reside, especially Ohio, Pennsylvania and […]

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