By Robert Romano 5.3 million. That is the net increase in population of those aged 16 to 64 from January 2009 to present data compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics from the month of July shows. Guess how many of them found jobs. Go on. I dare you. 720,000. The rest of them are not even in the labor […]

By Marta H. Mossburg Martin Luther King Jr. was so naïve. He wanted Americans to judge one another on the content of their character, not the color of their skin.  And he believed that the “bad check” that the government had written black people in the United States that he spoke of in his “I Have A Dream” speech 50 […]

By Rick Manning September 11 looms large this year. Not only is it the twelfth anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon resulting in the murder of 2,996 people, but it has been one impossibly long year since the U.S. consulate was attacked in Benghazi, Libya. U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens, Sean Smith, Tyrone Wood and […]

By Brad Tidwell As originally published at http://www.ufcwmonitor.com/ufcw-dc-walmart-canadian-local/ As we’ve detailed before, the UFCW has long had Walmart in their sights. From threatening to shut down stores on the busiest day of the year to launching visceral verbal attacks, the UFCW will stop at nothing to stop the giant. Even when it includes passing prohibitive legislation preventing the company from […]

By William Warren

By Robert Romano “The Congress shall have power … to declare war, grant letters of marque and reprisal, and make rules concerning captures on land and water.” That is Article 1, Section 8 of the Federal Constitution, making perfectly clear that it is Congress that decides when the nation goes to war. Yet, without any congressional consultation whatsoever, the U.S. […]

By Robert Romano “If he allows Obamacare to be funded, he’ll own it — and so will every House Republican that votes with him. Now is the time for choosing.” That was how Americans for Limited Government President Nathan Mehrens described how political blame will be assigned when Obamacare goes into effect in January 2014. If House Republicans led by […]

By Rick Manning The federal government is considering setting aside almost 14 million acres, a land mass larger than the combined states of New Hampshire and Vermont, as critical habitat for the northern spotted owl.  Using a highly controversial method of determining economic costs of regulations, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has declared that, “only a fraction of the […]

By Marita Noon The power plant closures are coming!  The power plant closures are coming!  The power plant closures are coming! While no one is riding through town to announce the news, the results to America could be nearly as dire as the coming of the Redcoats. Despite millions already spent on modifications, fully functional coal-fueled power plants are being […]

By Bill Wilson It looks like Greece may need another bailout of €10 billion ($13.4 billion) to refinance debt it owes to creditors, according to Greek Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras. “If there is need for further support to Greece, it will be in the order of about 10 billion euros,” Stournaras told Greek newspaper Proto Thema. The Greek sovereign debt […]