by Jane Richey | Jan 23, 2014 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
A left-leaning organization that opposes white nationalism and white privilege has issued a report confirming that the tea-party movement not only is not dying, it continues to grow significantly. The report comes from the Institute for Research & Education on...
by Jane Richey | Jan 22, 2014 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment
Nearly a decade after Congress passed the Real ID Act to thwart terrorists from getting driver’s licenses, the law will finally go into effect in April. But 13 states still are not ready. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security repeatedly put off enforcement of...
by Jane Richey | Jan 22, 2014 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
A record 20% of American households, one in five, were on food stamps in 2013, according to data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The numbers also show there was a record number of individuals on food stamps in 2013 and that the cost of the program, the...
by Jane Richey | Jan 22, 2014 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
More lost US jobs and what will that do to the price of chicken and what about China’s food safety record? The USDA has approved the processing of U.S.-raised chickens in China, for import back into this country – and back into our supermarkets and schools. It...
by Jane Richey | Jan 22, 2014 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Health Care
Target Corp. announced on Tuesday it would no longer offer healthcare coverage to its part-time employees. In a blog post on the company’s website, Jodee Kozlak, the executive vice president of human resources, framed it as a positive development for part-time...
by Jane Richey | Jan 21, 2014 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
Should the nation’s minimum wage be raised, as Democrats from President Obama on down are insisting? “Well, jobs are a great thing,” Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates told MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” on Tuesday. “So...
