By Frank McCaffrey – This week’s episode features ALG President Bill Wilson , who speaks with us about what Senate Republicans are trying to do in regard to  a balanced budget amendment. Plus, we hear from Ohio Congressman Jim Jordan on his legislation for welfare reform. And […]

By Adam Bitely – Contrary to Robert Samuelson’s claim that TARP has been a success story , it has been anything but. Writing in the Washington Post, Samuelson claims that “[w]hen the entire financial system succumbs to panic, only the government is powerful enough to prevent a complete collapse.” Clearly, Samuelson has never taken an […]

By Bill Wilson – Barack Obama is the unilateral president. He does what he wants, when he wants, and Congress — and the people — be damned. The examples are too numerous to ignore. Recently, Obama ordered an attack on Libya without so much as consulting with […]

To receive the Must Reads in your inbox, click here ! Good Monday Morning, Here are your morning Must Reads according to Adam Bitely : Balanced budget amendment takes center stage Libya: A war by any name Charlie foxtrot over Libya Gates: Libya not vital U.S. interest. Clinton: Yes, it is. Will liberal voters abandon Obama over Libya? Entitlements or requirements? Barnes: Republicans are winning the budget fight Gingrich vs. Gingrich The Senate’s EPA showdown GE rakes in profits but pays no taxes Team Obama spotlight: Joe Biden Is Media Matters breaking the law in its ‘war’ with Fox News? Is Biden’s closet packed with media skeletons? Winning whose future?

By Frank McCaffrey – The Amtrak/Joe Biden relationship.

By Rebekah Rast – All or nothing. At least that is what a federal judge says about government entitlements. Judge Rosemary Collyer recently ruled that Social Security recipients must take the government’s form of health care—Medicare. Sound familiar? ObamaCare is now a year old and […]

By Rick Manning – Senate Republicans are taking the bold step to make passage of a Balanced Budget Amendment on the upcoming vote to raise the debt ceiling promising to support an increase in exchange for the Senate passage of a Balanced Budget Amendment that would effectively […]

By David Bozeman – April 14 marks the 99th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. 2012 will surely see major world-wide commemorations of the 100-year mark, but the event is already the subject of countless books, movies, documentaries, plays and, of course, metaphors. No […]

To receive the Must Reads in your inbox, click here ! Good Friday Morning, Here are your morning Must Reads according to Adam Bitely : Will advertisements supporting the defunding of public broadcast run on NPR, PBS? Malkin: The Weiner waiver wormhole The professor’s war By what authority has Obama gone to war with Libya? Obama’s Achilles’ heel? The budget deficit Are we broke? An interesting look at our interest payments Gov. Kasich’s Ohio budget disaster The myth of the Obama economic recovery Nuclear safety: Reactors that can’t melt down The truth about nuclear power Should governments subsidize health insurance? Why is Obama like a Teamsters business agent? Recession of 2008 exposed the true cost of public employee unions

By Robert Romano – This year alone, American taxpayers spent $420 million to fund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). As America holds a $14.1 trillion debt, many fiscally conservative organizations and politicians are calling for taxpayer funding to end as well as asking for airtime on […]