By Howard Rich – Republican leaders in Washington, D.C. have failed another crucial test of their limited government resolve.  Rather than insisting on immediate cuts, entitlement reform, caps on future spending and a balanced budget requirement during the recent debt ceiling debate, the GOP has […]

Yesterday, the President signed into law the Budget Control Act of 2011, which provides for a total debt ceiling increase of between $2.1 trillion-$2.4 trillion, sets ten-year caps on discretionary spending, creates a Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, and requires both houses of Congress […]

To receive the Must Reads in your inbox,  click here ! Good Wednesday morning, Here are the  Must Reads according to  Adam Bitely : Are we double-dipping? America can thank the “terrorists” George F. Will: The debt deal and Obama’s 2012 problem Sowell: ‘Poverty’ is one of the most misleading words in politics Debt deal: Politicians win, middle class loses Rep. Paul Ryan: Where’s your budget, Mr. President? Where are these government-slashing Republicans I keep hearing about? America comes to grip with the liberal welfare state Democrat splay the race card over voter ID laws GM sold only 125 Chevy Volts last month… The economics of U.S. healthcare

By Robert Romano – As the poor economic data continues to come in, the bad just gets worse. Poor manufacturing numbers, growth revised downward to nearly zero for the first quarter, and now lower-than-expected consumer spending all weigh on the weakest economic recovery in modern history. Housing […]

By David Nace – Most people outside of the construction industry are surprised to learn that the wages and benefits paid to workers on government construction projects are set by the government and construction unions, not by the marketplace.  As taxpayers, they are generally outraged […]

By Rick Manning – Global warming alarmists have spent the past two decades convincing the world that carbon dioxide, particularly man produced carbon dioxide, is plunging the world into a cataclysmic heat wave that will melt the polar ice caps, flood coastal areas and generally change life […]

In a 74-26 vote , the Senate has passed the debt deal that passed the House last night. The bill now awaits Obama’s signature. Most troubling about the vote is a report from The Weekly Standard that fiscal conservatives who opposed the debt deal would be barred from serving on […]

To receive the Must Reads in your inbox,  click here ! Good Tuesday morning, Here are the  Must Reads according to  Adam Bitely : The day the strength of men failed Super Congress deal is getting worse all the time Budget deal doesn’t cut spending The government created the health care mess, so why do progressives want to give them more control? ‘Painful’ cuts? Anything but Largest debt hike in history ‘Super Committee’ not required to recommend $1.5 trillion in deficit reduction Cartoon: “Tea Party Hobbits” 10 signs that the ‘double-dip’ recession has begun Why capitalism is worth defending

By Niger Innis and Bishop Harry Jackson, Jr. — From New York, Washington and Atlanta to Chicago, St. Louis and Dallas, America is baking in a furnace. As millions swelter and gasp, they thank their lucky stars for air-conditioned cars, homes, offices and other places […]

By Bill Wilson – Tolkien called it the “day the strength of men failed” when the people of Middle Earth failed to destroy the One Ring.  So it was with the votes to increase in the debt ceiling, as the American people have received little in exchange […]