By Rick Manning – When you filed your taxes this year, did you get a refund larger than the amount the government withheld from your paycheck? If you were one of the 23.1 million tax filers who benefitted from federal government share-the-wealth schemes like the Earned Income […]

By Howard Rich – For the organized labor movement in America, desperate times apparently call for desperate measures. With private sector unions continuing to lose favor in the marketplace and public sector unions facing fresh scrutiny from cash-strapped state governments, organized labor finds itself at […]

The unemployment rate has increased to 9.0%–a blow to the Obama administration’s claims that the recession is over and that jobs are returning. The reaction from the Obama administration to the increase in unemployment? Apparently, they are “pleasantly surprised.” Obama’s top economic adviser Austan Goolsbee said the following: “This was a solid […]

By Rick Manning – The incentive to spend more and more money is at the heart of our government’s budget crunch as millions of dollars are spent simply because there is no incentive not to spend it all, even if t isn’t needed. U.S. Congressman Denny Rehberg […]

By Adam Bitely – When a new Walmart opens, the same thing usually happens. Leading up to the opening, local activists bemoan the goliath store from coming to their community. A few concerned locals will lead protests, attempt to get the government to stop the […]

By Kevin Mooney — As a way to attack America from within, Osama bin Laden very shrewdly seized upon the cause of climate change to advance his agenda. In a videotape message that was broadcast back in January 2010, the terrorist leader criticized the U.S. […]

By Rebekah Rast – Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has started a revolt — a pro-democracy revolt in favor of taxpayers and workers. Acclaimed economist Lawrence Kudlow writes in the Washington Examiner, “Nationwide, state and local government unions have a 45 percent total-compensation advantage over their private-sector counterparts. With […]

To receive the Must Reads in your inbox, click here ! Good Wednesday morning, Here are the Must Reads according to Adam Bitely : Our imaginary debt ceiling No nation was ever ruined by trade: More trade means more jobs Stossel: Speculators are not to blame for the rising oil prices The War on Walmart: DC labor bosses and community organizers dislike the big jobs provider No surrender What we’ve learned about Obama (and power) With Bin Laden gone, declare victory and come home Boeing slams NLRB for making false accusations… Carbon and Carbon Dioxide: Clearing up the confusion When green fuel is dirty The Senate should reject Obama’s political hack judicial nomination Bin Laden’s front yard The strangest reaction to Osama’s killing?

By Paul Driessen – We are constantly bombarded with information — much of it inaccurate, misleading, even deliberately so. We are frequently told we must reduce carbon emissions, support “carbon disclosure” and invest in “carbon trusts” — to prevent catastrophic global warming, global climate change […]

By Rick Manning – Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is going to the mats to promote an attorney who would be the plaintiff’s bars dream, to Federal District Court for the District of Rhode Island. Reid upped the ante by filing for cloture in the Senate forcing […]