The Department of Justice is the recipient of a prize awarded to those in government who attempt to act in secrecy the best in an effort to make sure the public doesn’t know what they are doing. In the most transparent administration in history as […]

By Bill Wilson — In high-brow business seminars as well as casual conversations and in every form of discourse in between, there is a strong sense of foreboding; a nagging sensation that something is fundamentally wrong. There is, of course, no end to the partisan and ideological […]

By Bill Wilson — Only in Washington, D.C. can a proposed budget that increases spending and borrowing every single year be considered to somehow reduce the deficit. The latest Obama budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 — and how the Administration is spinning it — was no exception. According to Barack Obama himself , the proposal would somehow “reduce” the deficit […]

By Rick Manning — Who knew that the National Labor Relations Board was so important? After a year and a half of battles over whether Boeing can build a plant in a state other than Washington, and forcing the National Right to Work organization to put employee […]

By Howard Rich — Earlier this month the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that America’s unemployment rate fell from 8.5 percent in December to 8.3 percent in January — its fifth consecutive monthly decline. The agency also estimated that the U.S. economy created […]

MEMO FOR THE MOVEMENT: A Transportation Bill should not be used as an Opportunity to Increase Federal Spending RE: The next transportation reauthorization is shaping up to be yet another big spending boondoggle.  Despite four straight trillion dollar annual deficits, Congress refuses to accept the […]

To receive the Must Reads in your inbox,  click here ! Good Monday morning, Here are the  Must Reads according to  Adam Bitely : Obama’s tenuous truce with the Church Insuring the uninsurable The real trouble with the birth control mandate 4 Pinocchio’s: Jack Lew’s misleading claim about the Senate’s failure to pass a budget Inside Media Matters Indiana right-to-work law could boost state’s competitive standing and transform the midwest Are state colleges ripping us off? Romney’s good weekend: Wins CPAC and Maine National Review calls on Newt to drop out Santorum’s plan to derail Romney Santorum leads in Michigan? Newt loses sugar daddy? Is there one person that will stand up for the constitution in the Senate?

By Robert Romano — In response to the Obama Administration’s supposed modification of its rule mandating religious-affiliated institutions to provide contraceptive services that violate their doctrines , the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) adopted an old Reagan mantra — trust but verify. “[W]e reserve judgment on the details until we have them,” Cardinal-designate Timothy Dolan, president of the […]

By Kevin Mooney — Indiana’s new “right-to-work” could have a transformative impact on the entire Midwest region where organized labor has traditionally held considerable sway and influence, according to policymakers and lawmakers who support the legislation. The law will prohibit union contracts from requiring non-union […]

NRD Editor’s Note: This column was originally published at The Washington Examiner . By Bill Wilson — In late December, Barack Obama announced that he believed the U.S. Senate was in recess and that he had the right to plant four people into sensitive governmental positions without Senate concurrence.  Coming […]