The Labor Day holiday is always a time for union bosses and the media to reflect on the role that unions play in society. Not surprisingly, with a mere 11.9% of America’s workers unionized today (6.9% in the private sector),
As the nation tunes in to hear President Barack Obama’s “Jobs Speech” this Thursday, it would be instructive to learn how the last bundle of Keynesian billions were spent on those fabled “Green Jobs” that were supposed to save our
I’m joining the roundtable on ABC’s “This Week” tomorrow morning, along with George Will, Jonathan Karl, and Clarence Page.
On Tuesday*, a mere four business days after the union extremists at President Obama’s National Labor Relations Board issued an edict forcing all NLRA-covered private-sector businesses to notify their employees about their rights to unionize their workplace, the government’s primary
You can’t expect me to ignore this story. With the exception of Turner Classic Movies, Ed O’Neill’s iconic and brilliant work as Al Bundy has brought more pleasure into my life than any other fixture of our popular culture —
After two weeks of striking, it appears that the red shirts at the Communications Workers of America (CWA) and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) are heading back to work without a contract in hand. According to the CWA’s website:
The latest breakthrough in cancer treatment could prove to be “the cure” that kills it all, including a $50 billion-a-year industry. Dr. Carl June and his team at The University of Pennsylvania Medical Center have discovered a fresh, yet promising
–CHARTER SOLVES THE PROBLEM! — A extremely nice and patient tech professional from Charter spent the day with me and my Internets yesterday and refused to leave until the problems were solved. It took some doing, a few routers, phone
An Iowa straw broke the campaign’s back. From AFP: Former Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty announced on Sunday he is dropping out of the Republican presidential contest, after a distant third place finish in a key test vote. Pawlenty made the
There was an interesting exchange between Jake Tapper and White House Press Secretary Jay Carney earlier this week. Just a short while after Carney proclaimed that the President would “not rest until everyone in America who wants a job has
Times of London photo: Admiral William McRaven on Nanawate Day, 2010 — From the St Pete Times: Just days after 30 U.S. troops, including 22 Navy SEALs, died when their helicopter was shot down in Afghanistan, Adm. William McRaven took
Remember back in the early 1960s when blacks could get any job they wanted in the American airline industry? Oh, and remember back then how no one smoked cuz it was really, really bad for you and stuff? Yeah. No
2011 has been an eventful year – too eventful some would say. It seems the world is losing its balance – as dramatic events unfold one after another, we are unable to maintain focus and solve the issues at hand.
Funny how this cynical new ABC series (produced and starring the rich, no doubt) assumes average Americans are more interested in taking revenge on the rich instead of becoming rich themselves. It’s also also interesting that the show is set
ABC News reports on how the man chosen to replace Larry King is now getting caught up in the scandal that brought down Britain’s News of the World, the paper he used to edit.
The Washington Post’s “faith” writer (and former author of “The Party” column until she penned a column airing her family’s conflicts and after complaints by her own family was demoted to writing on faith) and beltway hostess Sally Quinn says
Results of a recent Washington Post/ABC poll, conducted with 1,001 random adults- not likely voters- found that 77% of those polled believe that Republicans are being too stubborn and uncompromising when it comes to the debt debate. The survey also
ABC’s Brian Ross claimed that Michele Bachmann’s staff pushed him around on July 19 at a campaign appearance. I know, I know, you are waiting for the pity party to start. In a fit of wild hyperbole, Ross called his
TAPPER: The worst-case scenario here is a default, right? CARNEY: That is a bad scenario. I’m not sure — I mean — TAPPER: Is it worse — CARNEY: You know, there are things you could anticipate. But I — yes.
If you thought the union extremists at the National Labor Relations Board were a little…er…extreme, wait until you get a load of this latest example of an agency run amok. Every week the NLRB publishes a summary of NLRB decisions.
Hey Christiane, if the Democratic controlled congress wouldn’t pass a tax hike six months ago, why would the Republican led congress do it now?
While discussing the rise of New Media with Andrew Breitbart on his Fox Business Channel show, John Stossel revealed that Breitbart pitched him the ACORN story as an exclusive and due to the political climate at ABC, he turned it
It was a tale of two media biases: One make-believe scandal pursued vigorously by the media. One authentic scandal vigorously dismissed by the media. Earlier this month, the mainstream media released 24,000 pages of former Gov. Sarah Palin’s emails in
The newly publicized life-story of award winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas seems to be one of those revelatory stories that tends to confirm some of the worst charges against liberals and the Old Media. The media sees no reason not
You just have to appreciate the foresight and planning ability of government. The latest stellar example comes from Riverside, California, where the Alvord Unified School District built a state-of-the-art high school. The only problem? The district now lacks the funds
