By Anita MonCrief — The sometimes strange and increasingly alarming “age of Obama” continues to bring the average American startling and upsetting news. The ever reliable Vice President Joe Biden stepped in to add insult on top of injury to the growing number of Americans […]

At a George-Soros funded symposium on prison labor, Alan Krueger, Obama’s choice to head up his Council of Economic Advisers, advocated for unions for prisoners: Krueger …. supported the Fair Labor Standards Act and Occupational Safety and Health coverage for inmates, as well as the […]

To receive the Must Reads in your inbox,  click here ! Good Wednesday morning, Here are the  Must Reads according to  Adam Bitely : Obama will seek $300 billion in new ‘stimulus’… Teamsters promise in 2003 not to use weapons including balloons filled with excrement anymore… Is the Euro about to collapse? Civility for me, but not for thee Gore in denial: The other climate theory SolarGate Barone: GOP needs a stronger front-runner than candidate X Obama avoids scrutiny of his respect for civil liberties GOP candidates need to get serious about entitlements How scared of terrorism should you be? Litmus test Some perspective on Obama’s call for infrastructure spending Virginia’s big-government conservatism

By Bill Wilson — Markets have begun pricing in the likelihood of a European collapse, where key members of the eurozone withdraw from the monetary union, banking institutions collapse, and widespread defaults reshape the landscape across the pond. This possibility, considered remote at best in recent months, […]

By Adam Bitely — The ugly face of Big Labor has reared its head again—this time in Detroit with Obama. This past weekend, at a Labor Day event in Detroit featuring an address from Obama, Teamster boss Jimmy Hoffa threatened anyone opposed to Big Labor […]

To receive the Must Reads in your inbox,  click here ! Good Tuesday morning, Here are the  Must Reads according to  Adam Bitely : Labor boss Jimmy Hoffa threatens GOP at Obama event… Will Obama condemn Biden and Hoffa? Poll: Obama’s favor slips; no longer favored for re-election NLRB v. Boeing–and jobs Wired for overregulation Soaking the rich is not fair President Zero Zero jobs prompts Obama’s retreat on EPA regs Where the jobs aren’t And now a word from an actual job creator… Renewable energy credits called out as “the ultimate greenwash” Our least sustainable energy option State of the Union Rick Perry doesn’t support term limits DOJ contends banks acted out of bigotry or incompetence in not lending money to minority home buyers… Baseball: Pitching phenom Stephen Strasburg’s new start

By Paul Driessen — President Obama and a chorus of environmentalists, politicians, corporate executives and bureaucrats are perennially bullish on wind power as the bellwether of our “clean energy economy of the future.” In reality, wind energy may well be the least sustainable and least […]

By Kevin Mooney — The Corporate Renewable Energy Index (CREX), a product of Bloomberg New Energy Finance and Vestas Wind Systems, provides some insight. For the moment, News Corp. appears to be outpacing Starbucks in its commitment to renewables, according to the index.  News Corp. purchases 67 percent of […]

By Rick Manning — Zero. It hasn’t happened in the lifetimes of anyone who isn’t eligible for social security. Zero net jobs were created in the month of August for the first time since 1945.  It is almost mind boggling to think about what may turn out […]

By Robert Romano — A recent piece from Foreign Policy Journal’s Jeremy Hammond offers a rare analysis on how money is created in the nation’s financial system — and also why not to expect very much in the way of fiscal responsibility and spending cuts from Washington, D.C. any time soon. The issue boils down to […]