NRD Editor’s Note: This column originally appeared at TheHill.com . By Rick Manning — The nation’s eyes are on the Gulf Coast region as the Republican Party prepares to nominate Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan to oppose the Obama/Biden ticket — and a hurricane threatens to run over […]

By Paul Driessen and David Legates — Back in 1983, during the information processing Cretaceous Period, Maxis developed a new genre of educational, yet entertaining computer games. The latest version will be released next year. SimCity allows players to build virtual cities by zoning land, […]

To receive the Must Reads in your inbox, click here ! Good Tuesday morning, Here are the Must Reads according to Adam Bitely : More evidence that spending cuts are the best way to shrink gov’t debt — Veronique de Rugy Feds: Too few Americans turn to gov’t for assistance… — Washington Examiner Is it fair to raise prices after a natural disaster? — Don Boudreaux Cartoon: Ohio spells trouble for Obama — Branco Toons Obama’s $107 billion transportation plan to nowhere — Washington Examiner A rational discussion of the federal budget — Thomas Sowell Obama’s policies are why he’s in trouble — Chicago Sun-Times GOP fight erupts over ‘disavowing’ Paul delegates — Washington […]

To receive the Must Reads in your inbox, click here ! Good Monday morning, Here are the Must Reads according to Adam Bitely : Obama’s pay-for-play green grants — NetRightDaily On energy, Obama rewards friends and punishes enemies — Washington Examiner Outsourcing is bad? — The Freeman FCC eyes tax on internet service… — The Hill Romney and Obama: Both wrong on Medicare — Cato GOP going for the gold standard? — NetRightDaily GM bans political candidate visits until after election day — Detroit Free-Press The not so Golden State of America — NetRightDaily Revised RNC schedule — Washington […]

By Rebekah Rast — A flood of criticism and questions surround the president’s energy agenda. Unfortunately for him, it seems his “green” energy ventures reek of biased decision making, thereby rightfully calling his agenda into question. Forbes states that 71 percent of Department of Energy grants went […]

By Robert Romano — Today, delegates at the Republican National Convention will be voting to adopt the Republican Party’s platform for 2012. Included is a proposal calling for the establishment of a “gold commission” that would reexamine whether the U.S. dollar should be “set [as] a fixed […]

NRD Editor’s Note: This column originally appeared at TheHill.com . By Rick Manning — In November, the presidential election is likely going to come down to a left brain-versus-right brain decision. Obama’s campaign, desperate to change the subject from anything related to his actual job performance, has engaged […]

By Bill Wilson — “If you want to change big things, you pay attention to small things.” That was how former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani described his approach to crimefighting to CSPAN during his tenure in office from 1994 to 2001. Called the broken windows […]

To receive the Must Reads in your inbox, click here ! Good Thursday morning, Here are the Must Reads according to Adam Bitely : The not-so Golden State of America — NetRightDaily Why government needs a diet — George F. Will Chains we can believe in — O.C. Register Obama’s Policies: Someone Else’s Fault — San Diego Union-Trib Romney’s VP pick is a friend of the welfare state — Reason Defining Ryan — Cato CBO warns of deep recession touched off by tax increases — NetRightDaily Great moments in government regulation — Mark Perry The state is asphyxiating the people — Forbes Rewriting its own bad ObamaCare law — […]

By Rebekah Rast — In the 1850s droves of gold-hunters hoping to make it rich rushed into what would later be established as the Golden State. The pristine beaches, vast mountains and plenty of opportunity persuaded some to stay in the state.  But now, California […]