By Robert Romano — Sunday, June 17 marked the 40th anniversary of the Watergate scandal that brought down the Nixon Administration. The Voice of America, the propaganda wing of the federal government, heralded the event as “the most consequential political scandal in U.S. history”. Certainly, the botched break-in of Democrat Party headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C. in 1972 […]

NRD Editor’s Note: This column originally appeared at TheHill.com . By Rick Manning — Sam Donaldson would be rolling over in his grave if he weren’t still alive. The foghorn-voiced broadcaster who boomed questions after fleeing presidents never shied away from asking the tough ones. What a difference […]

NRD Editor’s Note: This is the first of three articles examining three potential outcomes of the upcoming Supreme Court ruling on Obamacare’s constitutionality.  Today we examine what happens if the Supreme Court overturns Obamacare in its entirety. By John Vinci — Last March’s oral arguments […]

By Bill Wilson — In what passes for conservative commentary these days, National Review senior editor Ramesh Ponnuru and former Bush Treasury economist David Beckworth issued a new monetary manifesto on May 24 called “Monetary Regime Change” . In it, they claim that in the U.S. and in Europe, central […]

By Willie Soon — Regulatory actions being debated in Florida should raise bright red flags for Sunshine State residents, other U.S. states, and even other countries. On May 24, the Environmental Assessment and Restoration Division of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) issued a […]

By Kevin Mooney — Contrary to some of the key findings included within a new U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) report, unemployment is actually much worse among younger workers than older workers, according to recent congressional testimony. The GAO report r ecommends that lawmakers intervene on behalf of […]

The walking gaffe machine also known as American Vice President Joe Biden who moonlights as a wanna-be Chinese politician really stepped in it today. According to Joe, American cities are second rate to Chinese cities: I wonder if Joe is trying to tell us that […]

By Rick Manning — Short, understandable economic quips often define presidential campaigns for second terms in office which are inherently about whether or not to fire the sitting president. James Carville’s famous, “It’s the economy, stupid,” line both reflected the views of a majority of voters and […]

By David Nace — Small businesses owners are apparently one of the most misunderstood groups in America.  Despite overwhelming respect from the American public, Democrat administrations openly use envy and resentment of small business success to justify enacting legislation that threatens their prosperity. Periodic  polling  by […]

By Bill Wilson — If House Republicans believed in anything, they would vote to make the current tax rates permanent, send that to the Senate, and make that the only option to prevent the nation from driving off the fiscal cliff at year’s end. And if Harry […]