To receive the Must Reads in your inbox, click here ! Good Friday Morning, Here are your morning Must Reads according to Adam Bitely : The phony government shutdown showdown Who speaks for the American worker? Krauthammer: Obama’s Social Security fraud Rich: Social Security needs to be privatized Cartoon of the day, “Crushing the Children” Explosive new NPR video… NPR’s Diane Rehm responds to ALG’s calls for Defunding Public Broadcasting… Rep. Darrell Issa: White House influenced Net Neutrality regs… Stossel: The clueless Senator from Vermont Jonah Goldberg: Strange logic on Planet Washington On Wisconsin, ‘controversy is good’ IBD: Wisconsin’s Walker just had his Reagen moment Obama plays the Medi-scare card against Republicans Judge Napolitano: The plain truth on freedom 3 Essential Facts About the Current Moment: We’re Out of Money, The Public Sector is Overpaid, & We Can’t Tax Our Way Out of This.

By David Bozeman – Who speaks for the American worker? Populist-leaning politicians, public-sector unions? As a part-time pundit, I could try to pass myself off as a spokesman for the average worker, but contrary to the blather of MSNBC and other news outlets, even the […]

By William Warren – This cartoon is about the Wisconsin Labor issue and how the Democrats keep using the old line about how the GOP’s policies are “Crushing the Children.”  Well, we all know who is REALLY crushing the children…

By Robert Romano – “It looks increasingly that Democrats are attempting to orchestrate a government shutdown, hoping to lay blame at the feet of Republicans, not unlike the 1995-96 shutdown.” So says Americans for Limited Government President Bill Wilson . How else to explain the fact that Senate Democrats […]

Diane Rehm, the most neutral and objective person to weigh in on the NPR public funding situation, had this to say last night on John King’s America on CNN about Americans for Limited Government’s President Bill Wilson after Wilson called NPR an “elitist soapbox” (more below the […]

By Frank McCaffrey – Republican Conference Chair Jeb Hensarling speaks with ALG about his battle to keep spending down and taxes from growing.

By Howard Rich – The Social Security debate is no different than the debate over any other government program – there are just a lot more zeroes involved. Of course the more zeroes, the less willing Washington politicians usually are to confront the problem – […]

The Obama administration has asked that the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals expedite their decision of Obama’s appeal of Judge Vinson’s ruling that overturned ObamaCare. Bill Wilson , President of Americans for Limited Government, said “The Obama administration blinked on the constitutionality of ObamaCare. Today is a major victory for […]

To receive the Must Reads in your inbox, click here ! Good Wednesday Morning, Here are your morning Must Reads according to Adam Bitely : NPR CEO RESIGNS AMID VIDEO SCANDAL; It’s time for Big Bird to fly on his own… Fake Muslims have NPR executives for lunch Barone: Why NPR should urge Congress to end its subsidy Wisconsin faces layoffs after Democrats flee Sowell: Union myths Oil price shocks and the recession of 2011? Cartoon of the day, “Fiddling Around” Dick Morris wants all high school students drug tested… George Will: Is intervening in Libya a vital U.S. interest? ObamaCare ranks with Prohibition, 55 mph speed limit Tiny cuts: Republicans and Democrats squabble over crumbs as the layer cake of debt keeps rising Boudreaux: Inflation & interest rates MUST WATCH: Some perspective on $61 billion spending cuts

By Rick Manning – One of the hallmarks of the Obama Administration’s “accomplishment” in changing the jobless rate has been the persistent mass exodus from the workforce by people who used to either work or look for it. In the past year alone, Labor Secretary Hilda Solis’ […]