Media reports have been decrying the corporate influence in the 2010 election cycle. If you were to read the Washington Post, New York Times, or most online media sources you would think Citizens United v. FEC is the biggest problem
The banter continues about the Republican Party being pushed to the right by “ideologues.” Working Americans interest in politics is motivated by how to make our lives better. They don’t care about how one set of intellectuals or pundits think
A new survey released Thursday revealed a majority of Americans oppose the Federal Communications Commissions proposed overhaul of the nation’s broadband regulatory regime. The poll, conducted by Hart Research Associates, found that a full 75% of Americans nationwide believe the
What follows is a guest post from Mike Warner, uncle to a fallen Marine whose body was disinterred to verify that it was buried in the right place. Imagine Doing This by Mike Warner AOCS, USN Ret. On September 15,
From the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel comes this revealing little window into the Democrat-Union-Media Complex: Organized labor is hatching a plan to use prominent Democratic officials and TV ads to pummel Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker over the O’Donnell Park garage accident
From the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: Organized labor is hatching a plan to use prominent Democratic officials and TV ads to pummel Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker over the O’Donnell Park garage accident to try to keep him from being elected governor.
Democrat Harry Reid’s Senate race enjoys little hope of victory without Republican “Club” members. His poll ratings are down; he is held in contempt by most of the country; there is little that is attractive about him; he does not
Private saving and investment are the heart and soul of the dynamic market process. Together they provide and allocate the resources used to augment the economy’s productive capacity, generate sustained long-run economic growth, and thereby make possible a rising level
When it comes to the alleged toxicity of perfumes and fragrances, there’s nothing worse than non-scientists eschewing readily-available scientific research in favor of village idiocy found on the internet, publishing their “findings” in a book, and metastasizing their contaminated thinking
John Tillman, CEO of the Illinois Policy Institute, offers his thoughts on the GOP spat over Christine O’Donnell’s victory in Delaware. It’s a refreshing read. Tuesday night, I happened to be watching live when Karl Rove fulminated on the Christine
In addition to 2010 clearly being the Year of the Tea Party, a good sub-headline is the Year of the Sore Loser. The Republican establishment elites are angry because they keep losing campaigns. The latest example of a “Sore Loser”
Reform of public schools in the District of Columbia is the biggest victim of the recent city election. Mayor Adrian Fenty fell victim to Vincent Gray – and $1 million in spending by the American Federation of Teachers. The biggest
When John Nolte asked me to write a piece for Big Hollywood on the affect of popular culture on feminism, I got nervous. Surely he remembers that I don’t agree with the majority of his readership’s politics? But then I
Democrats have been protesting that only 3% of small businesses are affected by the Bush tax cuts… this is technically true, it is also true that almost all the small businesses that create jobs are part of this 3%. The
Each summer, Wall Street strategist Byron Wien convenes a meeting of high rollers to discuss the outlook for investment. This year’s meeting brought together fifty individuals, including more than ten billionaires. Their expectations, as reported by CNBC, are gloomy: “They
The Boston-based organization FairTest, which is dedicated to destroying standardized testing, has more than a few questionable things in its background, as I’ve noted in the past. As purveyors of junk science regarding education, they have deliberately distorted the degree
Conservative author Dinesh D’Souza recently published an insightful, much-discussed article in Forbes, “How Obama Thinks.” Drawing upon Obama’s writings and history, D’Souza concludes that his policy agenda–so at odds with traditional American values and principles–is rooted chiefly in the anti-colonialist
President Obama on Tuesday declared Iraq a done deal. Okay, he didn’t support the surge, back in the Bush days. He and his anti-war pals in the Senate declared the war lost years ago. His progressive world-view won’t allow him
Obama administration officials are calling for an escalation of U.S. military operations in Yemen, the home of Al-Qaeda on the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). There are no plans to scale back operations in Pakistan and Afghanistan. The Washington Post reported two
When America gave up its position as the producer-in-chief and became the consumer-in-chief, “essential skilled workers” became dirty words in our lexicon. The cultural shift is fast producing an “industrial tsunami” that threatens our economy and way of life. Ironically
When America gave up its position as the producer-in-chief and became the consumer-in-chief, “essential skilled workers” became dirty words in our lexicon. The cultural shift is fast producing an “industrial tsunami” that threatens our economy and way of life. Ironically
On August 24, I posted some data and analysis on yield curves for high-grade corporate bonds since the beginning of 2008, seeking to determine whether changes in these curves are consistent with the hypothesis that the current economic crisis has
From The Hill: President Obama should use the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina to inject new energy into the unfinished task of repairing New Orleans, according to officials from the region. Obama will deliver a speech here Sunday to mark five
Call us cynical but we wonder whether Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s passionate backing of the building of a controversial mosque near Ground Zero stems as much from Bloomberg’s belief in America’s “freedom of faith” as it might from the Mayor’s belief
When Senator Chuck Schumer staged an elaborate press conference on the steps of the Supreme Court to unveil his Democracy is Strengthened by Casting Light on Spending in Elections Act (“DISCLOSE Act”) he noted that: “Anyone who wants to hide,
