By Robert Romano –The ascendancy of new Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti, along with the European Union’s latest efforts to overthrow the Greek government will not necessarily fix the fundamental underlying problems of the European debt crisis. For example, increasing the retirement age of women from now 60 years old to begin rising in 2014 to only reach 65, and then only in 2026 , or overall raising the retirement age for men to 67 in 2026 and 70 in 2050 , will hardly move […]

By John Vinci — Today, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear the so-called “26-state lawsuit” against the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare.   This announcement ends speculation whether recent Obama appointee Justice Elena Kagan will recuse herself from the case. […]

To receive the Must Reads in your inbox,  click here ! Good Monday morning, Here are the  Must Reads according to  Adam Bitely : SCOTUS agrees to hear ObamaCare case Supreme Court will tackle ObamaCare How Congress is getting rich off Wall Street Documents suggest that Rep. Spencer Bachus profited from insider trading on TARP bailout… Transparency needed for Super Committee Jefferson County’s courage to default Barone: Tea Partiers upset political order The road to nowhere Toxic for Business: California may be left behind in national economic recovery NBC hires Chelsea Clinton as a reporter… NLRB acting general counsel has an ego problem Back to economic basics Budget blunders of 1990 are no blueprint for 2011

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the ObamaCare case. According to the Wall Street Journal , “[t]he court, in a short written order, agreed to hear a challenge brought by a group of Republican governors and attorneys general from 26 states, the National Federation of Independent Business […]

By Kevin Mooney — What is the real story behind Glenn Beck’s departure from Fox News, and what does it mean for conservative media going into the 2012 elections? Mainstream news outlets explain Beck’s departure by pointing to the “precipitous decline” in his program’s ratings. […]

By Rick Manning — Fox News’ Chad Pergram has a great story , “Stalking the Super Committee”, details the challenges facing reporters trying to find out what the so-called Super Committee is considering in their mandated quest to cut at least $1.2 trillion in deficits over the next ten years. Pergram’s piece details the stake […]

By Robert Romano — When Jefferson County, Alabama took out $5.8 billion of interest rate swaps in 2003 through JP Morgan with no competitive bidding to help pay for a $3.2 billion bond to finance a sewer project, it was supposed to save the county money on […]

By Rick Manning — The Washington Examiner reported that Judicial Watch has uncovered internal emails at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) that reveal a petty, whiny acting general counsel, who is jealous of the publicity recess-appointed NLRB member Craig Becker has received. The acting general counsel worries that he has not been getting due credit for the NLRB decision to attack Boeing Corp.’s […]

By Frank McCaffrey — The Peanuts (courtesy: Charles M. Schulz/peanuts.com) have saved the day. Charlie Brown was not happy with the President’s new tree tax and decided to fight. Of course, a lot of the photos are doctored and this story is fictional. But we’re […]

By Rebecca DiFede — A few months ago the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a 28 page ruling that stood to leave over a thousand people homeless near the Lake of the Ozarks in favor of a hydroelectric project funded by Ameren Energy Corporation . People were furious, as they had […]