by Jane Richey | May 15, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets, Politics
Tens of thousands of U.N. officials, government representatives and activists will head back to Rio de Janeiro this summer in an attempt to advance the “sustainability” cause. In what the world body’s Division for Sustainable Development says will be the biggest...
by Jane Richey | May 15, 2012 | Politics
Former Sen. Arlen Specter often changed his ideological persona during his lengthy career, shifting left, then right, then left again as political exigencies required. But one thing that never changed was his remarkable ability to annoy on a bipartisan basis. And that...
by Jane Richey | May 15, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) accused President Obama of seriously misleading the American public on deficit reduction. Johnson said Obama has repeatedly made unrealistic promises on how much of the deficit he could reasonably cut. “In 2009, largely because of the...
by Jane Richey | May 15, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets, Politics
A federal judge ruled Monday that a contentious union election rule proposed by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is “invalid.” In an 18-page memorandum opinion, U.S. District Judge James Boasberg struck the regulation down, saying the labor board only had two...
by Jane Richey | May 15, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
Greece will hold a new election in June after days of talks failed to resolve the country’s political deadlock, party leaders said Tuesday. The Athens Stock Exchange plunged on the news, diving 4.86 percent minutes after the announcement before recovering...
by Jane Richey | May 13, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Politics
Maya Wiley of the Center for Social Inclusion, whose statements were distributed at a meeting of the House Democratic Caucus, cynically called conservative messages “racially coded … right-wing rhetoric has dominated debates of racial justice – undermining efforts to...
