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Time to Defund the Rogue NLRB

Newt Gingrich has had his ups and downs lately in the Republican Presidential primary. Though much of the setback has been due to his own miscues, he recently hit the nail on the proverbial head when he proclaimed that the

Ohio Workers Keep Losing Thanks to Big Labor's Win

In Wisconsin, Governor Walker’s public union reforms are pummeling the Big Labor narrative by saving taxpayer dollars and teachers’ jobs. Meanwhile, the professional class-warriors who get rich pushing “solidarity” force districts into layoffs by refusing to revisit unaffordable contracts. After

Mitt Romney Sharpens Attack on "Crony Capitalism"

Unveiling what may become a central theme of his presidential campaign, Gov. Mitt Romney on Thursday blasted President Barack Obama’s controversial decision to circumnavigate congressional approval of his three appointments to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) as yet another

Right-to-Work Law Advances in Indiana; House Dems Again No-Shows

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – A Republican-dominated Indiana Senate committee endorsed the right-to-work bill that has prompted a three-day standstill in the Indiana House. The Senate labor committee voted 6-4 to send the bill to the full Senate, where the GOP holds

A Government for the Rest of Us

It seems like everyday I wake up and it’s the same old story with politics and politicians: If you vote for my bill, I’ll support yours; the Republicans hate this and the Democrats hate that; you scratch my earmark and

The Nation Doesn't Try To Hide It Anymore

After the fall of the Soviet Union, most Leftists in the US at least had the decency to mourn quietly over the demise of the Evil Empire. Being sympathetic to murderous communists became somewhat of a joke manifested in “CCCP”

'The Iron Lady' Review: Streep Shines in Old-Fashioned Biopic

Meryl Streep doesn’t simply play Margaret Thatcher in “The Iron Lady,” she exudes her. With an intense concentration, Streep captures both the chipper intransigence of Britain’s first female prime minister (from 1979 to 1990), and–with the aid of uncannily realistic

Norway's Media Slipping Towards State Control

Our Norwegian correspondent The Observer sends the following translation, and includes this note: This article published in Aftenposten a couple of weeks ago concerns the independence — or lack thereof — of the Norwegian media. In addition to the information

The New Conservative Europe

Europe’s Left elites championed the introduction of the euro to “increase political cohesion” by building on the “cultural, religious and humanist inheritance of Europe”. But according to Evans-Ambrose Pritchard of the London Telegraph, as a result of that cohesion “almost