By Rebekah Rast — Hard times can fall on anyone. Joe Kerekes, 56, and his wife, Anita, live in the southern part of West Virginia—once the heart of America’s coal producing region.  But now this area that heavily depended upon a single industry for jobs […]

By Mark Wohlschlegel II — In a state that generally votes Republican, this year’s Senate race between Democrat nominee Heidi Heitkamp and Republican former U.S. House Representative Rick Berg has become a dead heat with two weeks to go. Why so close?  Many political analysts […]

By Paul Driessen — Governor Mitt Romney strongly supports North American energy independence as the foundation of renewed U.S. employment and prosperity. President Obama is waging war on fossil fuels, job creation, and efforts to end our economic recession and reduce dependence on Middle Eastern […]

By Rebekah Rast — In the second presidential debate, President Obama and Gov. Romney had a difference of opinion on the facts about America’s energy development. President Obama : “So here’s what I’ve done since I’ve been president. We have increased oil production to the highest levels […]

NRD Editor’s Note: This column was originally published at Forbes.com . By Bill Wilson — Selective outrage has long been the professional left’s stock-in-trade, but the over-the-top invective hurled at U.S. Court of Appeals judge Brett Kavanaugh this week has exposed something darker and more sinister than garden […]

By David Bozeman — I guess I qualify.  Though a two-story house in the suburbs has eluded me, I am by no means impoverished.  But therein lies my point — I do not know where I rank economically, at least not down to the dollar.  […]

By Rick Manning — Joe Biden got one thing right in his debate with Paul Ryan – the next four years are likely to bring multiple picks to the Supreme Court of the United States and the implications have never been more important for Montanans who support […]

By Rebekah Rast — America hasn’t seen a new oil refinery built in 30 years . That is until this upcoming year, when North Dakota will begin construction on a $400 million refinery. Nine years ago, North Dakota’s Three Affiliated Tribes asked the Department of Interior to put land in a trust for the building of this refinery , which will be used to produce feed for the tribe’s buffalo herd. Department of Interior Secretary Ken Salazar […]

  ALG President Bill Wilson : “Governor Romney did exceedingly well considering he had to debate two people at once.  Candy Crowley is a disgrace.  But even with her doing everything in her power to help Obama, he has failed as miserably tonight as has his Administration.  He doesn’t […]

By Rick Manning — Joe Biden got one thing right in his debate with Paul Ryan – the next four years are likely to bring multiple picks to the Supreme Court of the United States and the implications have never been more important for Pennsylvanians who support […]