In an effort to create “greater transparency,” the Federal Reserve Board announced on Monday that it would begin releasing unaudited financial reports on a quarterly basis instead of annually. The decision comes one week after Mitt Romney said the Federal Reserve
A survey released Wednesday provides some welcome news for supporters of the Republican presidential ticket concerned about the potential for Democratic attacks on Paul Ryan’s Medicare reform plan. According to the Winston Group poll conducted for the conservative American Action
(AP) Poll: Big swath of voters undecided, unexcitedBy NANCY BENAC and JENNIFER AGIESTAAssociated PressWASHINGTONCall them maybes. Two months out from Election Day, nearly a quarter of all registered voters are either undecided about the presidential race or iffy in their
Apparently the most left-wing, government-supported media conglomerate in all of the British Empire, The British Broadcasting Corporation, has refused permission to place a statue of George Orwell at its new facilities in London. Why? Because George Orwell, famed as the
Under Barack Obama, “Uncertainty Over Economic Conditions” and “Uncertainty Over Government Actions” are, respectively, the second and fourth most serious problems small business owners face, according to a quadrennial survey by the National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB). In 2008,
CNBC Host Rick Santelli spoke with James Koutoulas about the ruling by the Department of Justice that they believed no crimes were committed by MF Global. Santelli asked, “You know, Edith O’Brien supposedly has information. Yeah, you must have information
Left-wing, British columnist Owen Jones was not a fan of George W. Bush. While this is no surprise for as screaming a left-winger, what is a surprise is that he has decided that President Obama is no improvement over the
The most terrifying aspect of the unions’ plan to take over America is this: they have a plan whereby they will be able to force huge swaths of America to be unionized. Their cunning scheme is revealed in Shadowbosses: Government
(AP) Outside money pouring into Ohio’s Senate raceBy JOHN SEEWER and JULIE CARR SMYTHAssociated PressCOLUMBUS, OhioNowhere is as much money being spent on a Senate race this year as in Ohio, where liberal Democrat Sherrod Brown is seeking a second
Adam Levine, whose tattooed body, narcissism and propensity for posing naked make him one of the most stable characters in Hollywood, has decided to weigh in on the presidential race by ripping Paul Ryan for being … ripped. Tweeting on
Harry Montevideo, publisher of The Red and Black, which calls itself an “independent student newspaper serving the University of Georgia community,” issued this video statement on yesterday’s mass resignation of the student staff: Here’s the full transcript of his statement, which
On a beautiful August day when most people are enjoying the weather and leisure time, self-made man Al Letizio organized a protest against the President of the United States. This New Hampshire businessman set up signage outside his business to
We were severely criticized last week by the left and the right for publishing “CALIFORNIA DEFAULT RISK TURNS BROWN INTO A CAPITALIST.” The report highlighted that California Governor Jerry Brown is steam-rolling environmentalists and regulators to generate more state tax
Over 400 independent economists signed a statement at the website Economists for Romney in support of what they call the Republican presidential candidate’s “bold economic plan for America.” Five Nobel laureates (Gary Becker, Robert Lucas, Robert Mundell, Edward Prescott, and
The entire student staff of the University of Georgia “independent student newspaper,” The Red and Black, resigned en mass yesterday after returning to campus for the fall semester and discovering “that [in less than a month, The Red & Black
Despite assurances that Egypt would continue to respect all standing international treaties they have signed, today Egypt Independent is reporting Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi wishes to amend the Camp David Accords to “ensure Egypt’s full sovereignty and control over every
By JOE McDONALDAP Business WriterBEIJINGJust a few years after Chinese companies lined up to sell shares on Wall Street, a growing number are reversing course and pulling out of U.S. exchanges. This week, Focus Media Holding Ltd., announced its chairman
Sununu: Soledad, stop this! All you’re doing is mimicking the stuff that comes out of the White House and gets repeated on the Democratic blog boards out there….” O’Brien: “I’m telling you what FactCheck.com tells you,” she insisted. “I’m telling
In a stunning move that many thought would require months or even years of diplomacy, President Mohammed el-Morsi has taken full control of the Egyptian government in a single stroke. In the span of just a few days, the heads
Recently there was a court decision that validated what Judicial Watch has suggested all along – that political appointees at the Obama Department of Justice (DOJ) were involved in the decision to spike the voter intimidation case against the New
How much of a difference is there between Paul Ryan’s Medicare plan and Barack Obama’s? As Yuval Levin points out in National Review, there’s plenty of difference. And that difference matters; even the Congressional Budget Office admits that, by 2035,
UCLA continues to back away from National Dream University, the partnership announced last week by the UCLA Center for Labor Research and Education and the National Labor College that will offer college courses to illegal aliens around the country. The
Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) is a conundrum. A fiscal and social liberal, the man who was Al Gore’s running mate in 2000, angered liberals in Connecticut so much with his support of the Bush administration policies on Iraq, that he
Conservatives are worried that Mitt Romney isn’t fighting hard enough, as the Obama campaign and its satellites release one lie after another, and get away with it. Liberals are worried—possibly even more–as they lament Barack Obama’s dwindling financial advantage and
Recent actions by General Motors regarding subprime lending reveal how much Warren — and the Obama administration — are willing to pull strings to pick winners and losers. The Investors Business Daily recently noted in a story that “while the administration
