By Paul Driessen — Good for Wal-Mart! Despite intense pressure by anti-biotechnology activists, the retailing giant didn’t cave in to demands that it “reject” Monsanto’s genetically engineered (GE) sweet corn (maize). Other retailers had capitulated to intimidation campaigns by Food and Water Watch, Greenpeace and […]

By William Warren

By Kevin Mooney — Thanks to the heavy lifting of former Attorney General Edwin Meese, the concept of “originalism” has gained serious traction within the judiciary and even in certain sectors of academia. A key turning point came in 1985 when Meese addressed the American Bar Association (ABA) in Washington […]

As originally published at TheHill.com . By Rick Manning — Chairman Doc Hastings’s House Resources Committee released secret audio in which an Obama administration Interior Department official stunningly states, in connection to their rewrite of the 2008 Stream Buffer Rule, “this is not the real world, this is rulemaking” as a justification […]

As originally published at Investor’s Business Daily . By Howard Rich — The euro zone isn’t the only economy reeling from “failed states.” The United States has several of its own — most notably California and Illinois. According to the CIA’s world factbook, California’s economy is the ninth largest in the world […]

Bob McDonnell is a typical politician. Like most everyone else in political office, he is scheming for the next big elected job. And to get there he will cut deals and compromise with everyone along the way. For Bob, it seems that he will cut […]

By David Bozeman — National Review’s Jonah Goldberg has penned a brilliant and lively critique of what now passes for political discourse.  In The Tyranny of Clichés he frequently chides both sides of the aisle for ducking behind bromides and pieties in lieu of independent […]

By Rebecca DiFede — President Obama was once the most popular kid on the political playground. He had the most friends, had the coolest toys and everyone wanted him at their birthday party. Elected de facto prom king of America, he was constantly in the […]

By Rebekah Rast — “The fish are so big and there are so many of them they are almost coming up on the beach,” says Chip Blackburn, owner of his charter boat Miss Mary in Mexico City, Florida, in the Gulf of Mexico. This is […]

By Rebecca DiFede — A few months back, NetRightDaily reported on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and how it threatens to dramatically impact the lives of citizens and non-citizens alike. If you are suspected of terrorist activity in any capacity, you can be detained indefinitely until the matter is decided. Once this law […]