From the Associated Press: Deadly riots over harsh new austerity measures engulfed the streets of Athens on Wednesday, killing three bank workers as angry protesters tried to storm parliament, hurled Molotov cocktails at police and torched buildings. Tens of thousands
One of the workingman’s supposed favorite singers, Bruce Springsteen, sang, “Glory days, well they’ll pass you by…” It seems Big Labor’s glory days have passed them by and that’s fueling their effort to pass state laws, such as in Wisconsin,
From The Hill: The world’s top-earning hedge fund managers have bankrolled almost exclusively Democratic campaigns. The top 10 highest-paid hedge fund managers in 2009 have dished out campaign contributions almost only to Democrats. Over their lifetimes, those managers have given
On April 30th, Progressives marched on Wall Street to vilify Wall Street banks and bankers. Who organized that march? It was a group called National People’s Action (NPA), and their anti-capitalist campaign is ominously titled Showdown In America. [youtube d-ufdpRz2p0]
On April 18, the Pew Research Center released the results of a recurring survey centered around people’s trust in government. In order to assess the results of several institutions, Pew asks the following question: “Is [insert item] having a positive
April was a busy month for bad: lame financial reform legislation, served up three days in a row like rancid leftovers, SEC fraud filings, Wall Street Hearings in Congress, Greek bailouts, oil spills in the Gulf of Mexico and car
When Andy Stern announced his retirement as head of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and the “Change to Win” federation, he took a generous retirement package with him, and left his union $85 million in debt, having spent $61
Leave it to teachers unions: they sure know how to be obnoxious at the most inappropriate times. The West Virginia chapters of the American Federation of Teachers and National Education Association have teamed up with the miners union and the
Drudge linked to two stories related to the Arizona immigration law recently signed into law. Headline #1 – Illegals plan to leave AZ over law… Success! People who are here illegally are going to leave in a way that won’t
CLICK FOR FULL SIZE CHART Bill Clinton was absolutely right when he wrote the following in the New York Times: Finally, we should never forget what drove the bombers, and how they justified their actions to themselves. They took to
The Wall Street Journal’s William McGurn takes a closer look at an important bipartisan effort underway in Illinois: Contrary to all the obituaries, hope and change and a new spirit of bipartisanship are alive and well in Barack Obama’s America.
“People everywhere enjoy believing things that they know are not true. It spares them the ordeal of thinking for themselves and taking responsibility for what they know.” Brooks Atkinson It is trite to say that things often are not what
It is a dark day in the former United States. Vacant, lifeless poles, their cables clanging, where brilliant stars and stripes danced before. The children in straight, gray lines, heads hung low, the look of hope lost in their eyes.
As you know, we’ve been writing for some time about The Center for Community Self-Help and its financing affiliates Self-Help Credit Union, Self-Help Federal Credit Union, and Self-Help Ventures Fund. As of late, the organization has been under increased scrutiny
This is what the welfare state looks like. The formerly great state of Illinois, having thoroughly run its budget into the ground, is considering digging an even deeper hole by raising taxes. Exactly the shot in the arm the economy
Right off the bat, hear my barbaric yawp: “Less Government!” I want to strip the bark off and tenderize the tough meat of Uncle Sam until he heels without so much as a cross look from likely voters. I want
The November 2010 elections are shaping up to be memorable for residents of California as top Republicans target key districts. Minority leader John Boehner hopes to unseat Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House while Chuck Devore actively campaigns for
The most dangerous place in D.C. may well be between retiring SEIU president Andy Stern and a microphone, but the next-most-dangerous place may be as a taxpayer paying for his work. Now, in an exit interview with the Washington Post’s
I don’t usually engage in snarky posts, but every once in a while, I need a little snark to put a ridiculous situation into perspective. So please indulge me for the next three minutes… It’s a good thing the government’s
The activity surrounding the controversial Consumer Financial Protection Agency (CFPA) in the financial reform legislation is really picking up these days. But many Americans would never know it. It seems Democrats may have learned something from the experience of the
A small business association called the American Small Business League (ASBL) did something unexpected this week. ASBL President, Lloyd Chapman, decided to take the Obama Administration to court and expose the growing divergence between the Administration’s stated goals to meet
A recent letter by a New Jersey Education Association official that “jokingly” prayed for the death of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is yet another tasteless attack by teachers unions on officials who attempt to improve public education. NJEA’s local
The public relations campaign to expand the presence of the nation’s largest discount department store into two of Chicago’s most depressed neighborhoods took a decidedly nasty turn Saturday, when a prominent Democratic operative compared employment at Wal-Mart to slavery in
I thought that we had moved past the KKK era and left behind us a time in which it was acceptable to openly engage bigoted policies on the basis of race and religion. It seems that I was wrong. Until
