By Rick Manning A terrorist group killed 32Americans, and still holds at least 10 Americans as hostages after a military attack on civilian homes and a musical festival which left 1300 Israelis dead.  U.S. President Joe Biden’s response is to reward the terrorists and their allies with […]

By Rick Manning The Biden Justice Department along with their cohorts at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) have broken the logic barrier once again as they issued a statement saying illegal immigrants cannot be discriminated against in getting credit. What? Credit is based upon the ability to […]

By Rick Manning New research is challenging assumptions about the Republican Party’s core values, showing the GOP of the 2020s is an entirely different animal from the GOP of the 2010s. The research captures an increasing shift toward populism and America First priorities that has been growing […]

  By Rick Manning The professional point-missers in official Washington, D.C. are focused this week upon the supposed “looming government shutdown” declaring apocalyptic doom to anyone who will listen.  Fortunately, those who take these prognosticators of the status quo seriously are becoming few and far between. A […]

By Rick Manning My doctor speculated that one day the mob would take over the health care business. Illegal drugs, prostitution, gambling rings, and the like only appeal to a small part of the population, but everyone needs to go to the doctor.  I think he was […]

By Rick Manning For purposes of this article, The Swamp, is defined as the permanent bureaucracy which decides which regulations should be enforced, which ideas from the temporary political appointees should be scuttled or moved forward, who gets hired into the bureaucracy and the disbursement of federal […]

By Rick Manning What is the state of the labor force in America on Labor Day 2023? It is transitioning. More and more employers who were previously embracing the work from home model are now demanding that employees come back to the office, and employees who like […]

By Rick Manning Joe Biden is trying to take control of senior’s relationship with their doctors by picking winners and losers on medicines.   The Biden administration says it is beginning a ‘negotiation’ with the manufacturers of ten medicines over what Medicare will pay for them , but it’s not a negotiation when the federal government gives you a directive. Try negotiation with the Internal Revenue Service on paying less […]

By Rick Manning The Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution states, “In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have […]

By Rick Manning Government contracting decisions can often unintentionally create unnecessary additional costs to taxpayers. Such is the case with the Request for Proposal (RFP) from the U.S. Space Force that will award launch providers billions of dollars in taxpayer money over the course of four years. […]