On June 5, the House passed via voice vote an amendment to HR 5325 by Rep. Jeff Landry that would defund a “green” energy propaganda campaign by the federal government. It was supposed to encourage us to get off fossil fuels and on to “cleaner” […]

To receive the Must Reads in your inbox, click here ! Good Friday morning, Here are the Must Reads according to Adam Bitely : Who will protect the freedom to blog? — Michelle Malkin Fiscal reality wins a victory in Wisconsin — Reason What’s changed after Wisconsin — Wall Street Journal Obama administration signals that small businesses won’t be able to keep their health care plans — NetRightDaily We’re heading in to stupid season — Reason Boehner leads commemoration of Nancy Pelosi on House floor for her “25 years of real service” to the nation — NetRightDaily What counts as a green job? — Veronique de Rugy Detroit will be broke in 1 week — Detroit Free Press Food stamp spending up 100% since Obama took office — Daily […]

By John Vinci — Imagine that, in order to increase competition among grocery stores, the government created local farmers’ markets all across the country.  Anyone could sell food within these farmers’ markets — including the grocery stores.  But when the grocery stores refused to participate, […]

By Adam Bitely — The regulatory nightmare that has developed out of the Obama administration since taking office in 2009 has finally caught up with them. The Obama administration ordered that all federal construction projects that exceeds $25 million must have a project-labor agreement (PLA). […]

How greedy is the UFCW? Greedy enough to stop a blood drive to get their way. From the UFCW Monitor : For about four years, there hasn’t been a contract between the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 75 and the Red Cross’ Toledo office. Despite […]

Boehner gave a “stirring” commemoration of Pelosi on the House floor today in honor of her “25 years of real service” in Congress…

To receive the Must Reads in your inbox, click here ! Good Thursday morning, Here are the Must Reads according to Adam Bitely : Give me ‘Big Gulp,’ or give me death! — NetRightDaily Romney, Republicans out fund raise Obama, Democrats? — Reutrers Romney’s tipping point? — National Journal Big Labor’s Little Big Horn — NetRightDaily Walker changes attitudes on public employee unions — Michael Barone The wisdom of public-sector unions? — Cafe Hayek Where is the outrage over the domestic use of drones? — Reason Beginning of the end of the Euro? — Cato Reform entitlements now, or face bleak austerity later — Washington Examiner The myth of unfair paychecks — Reason Why Obama strikes out in court — […]

By Howard Rich — New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has declared war on the “Big Gulp.” In fact he’s declared war on any soda or sugary drink that’s larger than sixteen ounces (or contains more than 25 calories per eight ounces). Bloomberg’s Orwellian assault […]

By David Bozeman — It may be too early to tell, but the Republican Party appears to be shedding its draw-no-blood, lose-gracefully approach to campaigns that has kept conservative voters either frustrated or stubbornly at home on election days. On May 30, former New Hampshire […]

NRD Editor’s Note: This column originally appeared at TheHill.com . By Rick Manning — Democrats are spinning the Wisconsin results, saying, “The exit polls show O is leading in the state, so it doesn’t matter.” Of course, those same exit polls showed that the Big Labor Walker recall […]