By Adam Bitely – While campaigning for the GOP nomination for President in 2007, Mike Huckabee said that “[w]e have a responsibility to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, to conserve energy, to find alternative forms of energy that are renewable and sustainable and environmentally friendly.” Huckabee continued […]

By Frank McCaffrey – The Omnibus Bill that is being introduced in congress is loaded with earmarks that add up to over one trillion dollars in spending.

To receive the Must Reads in your inbox, click here ! Good Thursday Morning, Here are your morning Must Reads according to Adam Bitely : The Person of the Year: The Tea Party 4 GOP Senators support massive Dem spending bill… DC feeding frenzy Food to fuel special interests The GOP charges up Capitol Hill Real academic accountability requires real choices An unhealthy mandate Liberals have “fact-free” tax debate The 111th Congress’s final assault Lame-duck Dems jam spending bill with 6,600 earmarks! Gallup shows base erosion for Obama Still Fed up Democrats diverging from Unions

By Robert Romano – At least four Senate Republican are considering voting for the $1.27 trillion omnibus spending bill now under consideration: Senators Kit Bond, George Voinovich, Susan Collins, and Bob Bennett, reports The Hill . “The support of Senators Bond, Voinovich, Collins and Bennett would be enough to push […]

By Rebekah Rast – About 80 million acres of land in the U.S. are devoted to corn. The U.S. is a major player in the world corn trade market, with approximately 20 percent of the corn crop exported to other countries and it is also the most widely used feed grain in the U.S. The U.S. government has plans to beef up this industry. Not for the interest of world hunger, but for its […]

By Howard Rich – With fresh data showing that students in the United States are falling further behind their international peers, a commitment to universal parental choice at all levels of government is needed now more than ever. Without putting too fine a point on […]

By Adam Bitely – The Tea Party is the “Person of the Year for 2010” and it isn’t even close. No single grassroots movement in modern politics has so rapidly developed while simultaneously influencing the U.S. political system as widely and deeply as the Tea […]

To receive the Must Reads in your inbox, click here ! Good Wednesday Morning, Here are your morning Must Reads according to Adam Bitely : Time Person of the Year: Mark Zuckerberg? Sovereign debt crisis can happen here Harry Reid’s holiday jam Jackals snarling over a dried well Stossel: Why do people believe in fantasies? Simon: Class warfare is not the ticket Cartoon of the day, “The ObamaCare Constitution” Obama plans 2011 staff shakeup… Breast cancer drug offers glimpse of death panels… GOP budget hawks chicken out early Silencing voices of internet dissent Are you committing interstate commerce by doing nothing?

By David McFadden – Since approximately day two of his administration, President Obama has boasted about what he has done since “day one.” Actually, day one was relatively harmless. It was only a half day, and Obama spent it delivering another vapid speech, having a […]

By Frank McCaffrey – McDonald’s executives are very unhappy that the City of San Francisco is instituting a ban on toys in Happy Meals. The city believes they lure parents into buying unhealthy food for their kids. Reporter Frank McCaffrey spoke with McDonald’s reps and […]