As originally published by Investor’s Business Daily. By Howard Rich — Nearly two centuries ago Daniel Webster stood before the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of James McCulloch, head of the Baltimore branch of the Second Bank of the United States. At issue were two basic questions: Did the federal government have […]

By David Bozeman — This July 4 continues the budding tradition of honoring the sole American president born on Independence Day.  But to truly understand Calvin Coolidge (born 1872), who served from 1923-29, requires ditching the edicts of conventional wisdom and bypassing the shelves at […]

By Bill Wilson — Now that the Supreme Court has ruled to uphold Obamacare, vastly expanding the taxing powers of Congress to now compel behavior to enter into commerce or engage in other activities, the fallout is being seen everywhere. “It is not our job to protect […]

Here are some of the best memes and cartoons I have found floating around the web today in response to the SCOTUS ObamaCare ruling (if you have a good one that you think should be included send it to adam@netrightdaily.com): […]

To receive the Must Reads in your inbox, click here ! Good Friday morning, Here are the Must Reads according to Adam Bitely : Big government incentivizes commercialization of politics — NetRightDaily Chief Justice Roberts rewrote ObamaCare in order to save it — Wall Street Journal House holds Holder in Contempt — NetRightDaily Cartoon: It’s ok, it’s just a tax! — Warren Toons Conservatives’ consolation prize — George F. Will How judicial restraint shaped Roberts’ ruling — Reason An unpersuasive majority ruling on ObamaCare — NY Daily News Why Romney won’t actually repeal and replace ObamaCare — New Yorker The higher ed bubble is going to burst — […]

By Dustin Siggins — Today, the House and Senate are set to vote on the conference version of the transportation bill. With a transportation cost of $120 billion, and a total cost of $271, it’s far lower in spending than what liberals want for a […]

By Kelvin Kemm — The Rio+20 World Environmental Conference has come and gone. The “Plus 20” comes from the fact that it took place twenty years after the first such conference, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1992. Between these dates, I was a […]

By Rachel Swaffer — In 2010 liberal grant-making mega-foundations Tides Center, Ford Foundation, Robin Hood Foundation, and the Rockefeller Family Fund gave a combined total of $203,583,000 to liberal think-tanks, activist groups, and political action committees. Surprised? You should be. For years the liberal media […]

NRD Editor’s Note: This column originally appeared at TheHill.com . By Rick Manning — The Supreme Court is no longer relevant. Long viewed as the last bastion protecting the individual from the rapacious powers of the federal government, SCOTUS, in the name of Chief Justice John Roberts, declared […]

The House has voted to hold Eric Holder in Contempt of Congress with 255 voting in support of the contempt charge with 67 opposing and 1 voting present. Over 100 Democrats walked out of the vote. 17 Democrats supported the contempt charge with 2 Republicans […]