By Bill Wilson — Respected military magazine Small Wars Journal recently published an article co-written by a retired Army Colonel named Kevin Benson.  The article, entitled “ Full Spectrum Operations in the Homeland: A ‘Vision’ of the Future ,” was ostensibly written as a training manual for military commanders and general staff. Benson is a seminar leader at the University […]

NRD Editor’s Note: This column originally appeared at Forbes.com . By Howard Rich — As politicians hunt for votes in the final days before this November’s elections, they would be wise to take a look at fresh data proving the efficacy of income tax relief as […]

By Rebekah Rast — Should dead people be able to vote?  No, of course not. Yet some states are in a hurry to get the deceased off their voter rolls. Politico reported in May 2012 that as many as 53,000 dead people and 182,000 non-U.S. citizens may be registered to vote in Florida . In September, The Charlotte News Observer states that the […]

NRD Editor’s Note: This column first appeared at TheHill.com . By Rick Manning — In the days of yore, Obama’s appearances caused class cancellations; excited crowds of breathless students lined up early in the morning to just be in the presence of the great man. Obama’s visit to […]

By Rick Manning — Foreign policy debates tend to make Americans hit the snooze button, and the debate last night was no different. A responsible challenger cannot really make substantive attacks on a sitting president’s policies or on-going actions because to do so provides aid and comfort […]

By Kevin Mooney — Losing New Hampshire could mean losing it all for the Obama campaign. After reportedly pulling back on Florida, Virginia and North Carolina, where Gov. Mitt Romney is surging, the Obama campaign has settled on the Granite State as one of its must-wins. That’s far from […]

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 […]