06.21.2012

BREAKING. Commerce Secretary John Bryson has resigned. From Politico : “I have come to the conclusion that I need to step down to prevent distractions from this critical mission,” Bryson said. Bryson had been on a medical leave of absence since June 11, following a seizure […]
06.21.2012

By Bill Wilson –The Supreme Court deserves praise for their 7-2 decision today in the Knox v. SEIU case , which determined that a state cannot require its employees to pay a special union fee that will be spent for political purposes without first giving the employees information about the fee and a chance to object […]
06.21.2012

NRD Editor’s Note: This is the last of three articles examining three potential outcomes of the upcoming Supreme Court ruling on Obamacare’s constitutionality. On Tuesday, we examined what happens if the Supreme Court overturns Obamacare in its entirety . Yesterday, we examined what happens if it is overturned only in part . Today, we look to what happens if the individual mandate is upheld. By […]
06.21.2012

By Kelvin Kemm — If you want to learn what farmers think (and need), talk to African farmers – not to bureaucrats, environmental activists or politicos at the Rio+20 United Nations summit in Rio de Janeiro. You’ll get very different, far more honest and thoughtful […]
06.20.2012

99% of species and humans are ill served by the 0.1% UN and environmentalist elites By Paul Driessen and David Rothbard — The UN Conference on Sustainable Development is underway in Rio de Janeiro. This time, 20 years after the original 1992 Rio “Earth Summit,” […]
06.20.2012

By Kevin Mooney — AFSCME delegates attending the union’s 40th International Convention in Los Angeles know they are losing the argument. But they are also convinced they can make significant inroads with the American public by retooling their message. Both of the candidates running to […]
06.20.2012

NRD Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared at SEIU Monitor . Yesterday at around lunchtime, Mary Kay Henry, President of Service Employees International Union, issued an emergency email to her SEIU email list, with an urgent call to action : Collective bargaining rights are under attack – again. The “RAISE Act,” […]
06.20.2012

By Bill Wilson — This is a tragic defeat. Enough Democrats voted with the Republicans to defeat the EPA’s crippling regulation against the coal industry, but then five GOP senators led by Lamar Alexander provided the margin of victory for the radical environmentalists . If all five had voted with their party, this regulation would have been defeated. Therefore, it is these five […]