10.03.2011
Report compiled by Brad Tidwell — Despite Rahm Emanuel’s departure from the White House, the coercive, dominating style of the Chicago Way is still infiltrating Barack Obama’s presidency. Americans for Limited Government (ALG) put together a report highlighting examples of the president and his team’s […]
10.03.2011
By Howard Rich — North Carolina Gov. Bev Perdue’s recent suggestion that federal elections should be suspended until after the economy improves is a testament to political tone-deafness. Self-serving career politicians in Washington, D.C. are directly responsible for our nation’s ongoing economic malaise — and […]
10.03.2011
UPDATE: The Senate passed a cloture vote which paves the way for final passage of S. 1619, the Currency Exchange Rate Oversight Reform Act, for later this week . By Adam Bitely — Some Republicans and Democrats in the Senate have found something they can agree on. And that is rattling sabers to start a trade war with China. S. 1619, the Currency Exchange Rate Oversight Reform Act , is aimed to hit the Senate floor today. The […]
09.30.2011
By Rebekah Rast — During the Great Depression it was not uncommon to see tent cities going up around the nation. People could no longer afford their homes and didn’t have jobs so they banded together and lived in tents, often moving around in an […]
09.30.2011
By Robert Romano — The embattled creditors of Greece, Portugal, Ireland, and other troubled sovereigns breathed a collective sigh of relief as Germany has overwhelmingly approved those creditors’ next round of bailouts. But not so fast. It’s not over yet. “It is not at all excluded that […]
09.29.2011
By Adam Bitely — Can anyone remember a time when Congress had a decent approval rating? Didn’t think so. Every couple of election cycles or so, a wave of frustration at Congress sweeps the nation and voters change the partisan makeup of the House and […]
09.29.2011
By Bill Wilson — Most Americans think that tyranny comes with the stomping of boots, secret police and a bloody takeover by brutish thugs. It is the vision of the Cold War, of the Nazi and of countless tin-horn dictators over the last fifty years. And while […]
09.29.2011
By David Bozeman — The prevailing notion — and conservatives fall for it, too — is that on one side of the ideological spectrum, you’ll find liberalism, on the direct opposite, conservatism, and directly in the middle is the mainstream of American thought. On the […]