Jobs numbers still aren’t working
by Terry Keenan The most recent jobs report had a “robust” 195,000 new positions created last month as the unemployment rate held steady at 7.6 percent. Hallelujah! Unfortunately, the problem…
Sphynx in Labor
by Dr. Miklos K. Radvanyi In Egypt, nobody wanted military intervention, yet nobody believed in a smooth transition to democracy. For this reason, Egyptians viewed the military as the guarantor…
Recovery woes: America’s second-largest employer is a temp agency
by Ashe Schow Behind Wal-Mart, the second-largest employer in America is Kelly Services, a temporary work provider. Friday’s disappointing jobs report showed that part-time jobs are at an all-time high,…
Former Producer Rips MSNBC as Obama’s ‘Official Network’
by John Nolte Left-wing media critic Jeff Cohen has been all over cable news as a contributor, but for a time he worked as a senior producer for MSNBC. Monday,…
Unilateral Disarmament: A Bad Idea with Nukes and Industrial Policy
by George Landrith In 1963, John F. Kennedy delivered his famous “Ich Bin Ein Berliner” speech at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany. Twenty-four years later, at the same spot,…
Embracing Flat Earth Science… and Economics
by Clark S. Judge This past week, President Obama joined the Flat Earth Society. That’s not how he put it, of course. Just the opposite. He said, “We don’t have…
Why does the Left want to suppress free speech?
by Michael Barone Many people on the political left don’t much like the First Amendment. That seems odd to someone of my generation. In past times people who suppressed what…
Obamacare is slowing economic growth and costing Americans jobs
With the recent news that the Obama Administration will postpone the healthcare mandate on employers (but not on individuals) until after the mid-term elections, a new Gallup poll of 603…
ObamaCare now even more unpopular … and with good reason
by Stephen F. Hayes It’s been one year since the Supreme Court decision that allowed Obama administration officials to begin implementing the Affordable Care Act, and the frequency and volume…
Obama’s Climate Plan: Emphasizing what doesn’t work, ignoring what does
by Marita Noon For months President Obama has been in the uncomfortable position of straddling a barbed-wire fence—does he appease his ardent environmental supporters or advocate for economic growth that…
A climate monstrosity … and an economic disaster
by the Editorial Board, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review President Obama’s new envirocratic and anti-growth “climate action plan” ignores genuine science, tramples representative government, spells economic ruin and — like so much federal…
Cover the IRS, Don’t Cover for it
Apologists in the media and elsewhere falsely claim the scandal was just a bungle. by Peggy Noonan “Documents Show Liberals in I.R.S. Dragnet,” read the New York Times headline. “Dem:…
‘Carbon Pollution’ and Wealth Redistribution
by Benjamin Zycher President Obama’s recently proposed policies will do little to combat climate change — but they will do much for his political and economic objectives. No crisis…
The Rationale for Wind Power Won’t Fly
Physical limitations will keep this energy source a niche provider of U.S. electricity needs. by Jay Lehr To understand the folly that drives too much of the nation’s energy policies,…
Religion, Ideology and Politics in the Islamic Republic of Iran
by Dr. Miklos K. Radvanyi The well-established tendency in Washington DC since the so-called “Khomeini Revolution” of 1979 to look for positive signs of change in the political ideology of…