Economy
-
Is the border crisis eroding Obama’s popularity with black Americans?
The crisis at our borders has blacks complaining about President Obama’s priorities. Some in the black community are now voicing…
Read More » -
Science activists push climate change ‘Bill of Rights’
A coalition of four science advocacy groups have launched a “Climate Science Student Bill of Rights” in an attempt to…
Read More » -
Greek bureaucracy stifles economic recovery, defeats austerity reforms
Liberal commentators like the New York Times’ Paul Krugman wrongly blame Greece’s economic troubles on governmental “austerity.” But even in…
Read More » -
EPA regs killing family-owned Louisiana peach orchards
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations banning the use of the chemical methyl bromide since 2005 have threatened peach orchards in…
Read More » -
Picture of the Day: Ad offering $6K/month tax-free to house illegal children in your home
If u cn rd ths msg, u cn ern bg bcks, etc. An ad (below) placed in the Penny Saver…
Read More » -
Soldiers in combat receiving pink slips from Defense Department
President Obama’s Defense Department is sending thousands of pink slips to soldiers — while they are actively working in combat zones.…
Read More » -
Welfare numbers at all-time high; Palin responds with pie analogy
In response to a recent report indicating that the percentage of Americans receiving public assistance hit an all-time high, former…
Read More » -
Court ruling imminent in challenge to Obamacare overreach on exchange tax credits
According to the explicit language in the Affordable Care Act, tax credits for purchasing federally-regulated health insurance on the “Obamacare”…
Read More » -
Guess who will pay to educate the illegal immigrant kids coming to your state?
Think the massive influx of illegal immigrant children is going to have a negative impact only in border states? Think…
Read More » -
Bubble about to burst: Fed announces plan to end quantitative easing by October
Federal Reserve officials have finally specified an end date to quantitative easing, saying that they will rapidly cut off monetary…
Read More » -
Puerto Rico, facing default, wastes time on unconstitutional workplace bullying bill
Puerto Rico’s economy has been in recession for years, and its public utilities are on the verge of defaulting on…
Read More » -
Obama asks for ’emergency’ $3.8 billion for illegals, wildfires
Out of the $3.8 billion dollars Obama wants for emergency funding from taxpayers, $625 million would be for fighting wildfires. The…
Read More » -
Zimbabwe sends ‘message’ to US & Britain: No whites!
The world remains silent as President Robert Mugabe oppresses white people, Nigerians, and the Chinese in Zimbabwe. The Christian Science Monitor reported…
Read More » -
How many consecutive days have gasoline prices been over $3 a gallon?
One thing drivers will not be liberated from this Fourth of July weekend is high gas prices. This July 4th…
Read More » -
Court strikes down cyberbullying law; N.Y. workplace bullying bill also has constitutional flaws
A law firm notes that “since 2003, twenty-one states have introduced legislation to combat private workplace bullying but none have been…
Read More » -
Obama coins meaningless term ‘economic patriotism’ while selectively citing new job stats
President Barack Obama paid a visit Thursday to 1776, a local tech start-up hub, in order to advocate for immigration…
Read More » -
Michigan minimum wage hike reduces student employment opportunities
Michigan’s new minimum wage is expected to have a negative effect on student employment, according to several state universities. So…
Read More » -
The bitterest clinger of them all is reaching his wits’ end … ours, too
Yesterday, I wrote about the new generation of bitter clingers: people who in 2008 swallowed the hope-and-changey Kool-Aid wholesale and are now…
Read More » -
New York health insurers are seeking significant rate hikes
So much for the “affordable” part of Affordable Care Act. Insurers on the New York health exchange are requesting rate…
Read More » -
Obama drives up college tuition through perverse Pay As You Earn program
Wastefully-run colleges can now increase tuition even faster, at taxpayer expense, as a result of the Obama administration’s recent expansions…
Read More » -
Has the myth of Obama given rise to the next generation of ‘bitter clingers’?
In her column today at USA Today, moderate Democrat Kirsten Powers writes: When asked by ABC’s George Stephanopoulos about Boehner’s claim…
Read More » -
Taxpayers to pony up for Terry McAuliffe ‘photo opportunity fund’
A Chinese paper company’s decision to open a plant in Virginia reflects a larger strategy to bring more of China’s business…
Read More » -
Video: Animated movie for kids on gov’t spending
Regular readers of LU know that our philosophy is to let kids be kids. We see no compelling need to…
Read More » -
UNC prof attacks GOP for neglecting poor, earns over $200K … teaching one class
His name is Gene Nichol, as in “not worth a plug…,” and when he’s not bellyaching over the Republicans’ mistreatment…
Read More » -
Nearly all new employment growth over last 14 years has gone to immigrants
A study conducted by the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) shows that over the last 14 years, virtually all the…
Read More » -
Explanation for the economy tanking: ‘It’s the weather, stupid’
The U.S. economy this week suffered its worst non-recession contraction in over 40 years. As with every other event that makes headlines, liberals have…
Read More » -
Coal wars: Dem Sen says ‘people would have died’ without coal last winter
West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin had some strong words during a debate on the Senate floor over the role of coal…
Read More » -
Income inequality and ‘millionaire denialism’
Today, Jerome Hudson of the Daily Surge coined a phrase – “millionaire denialism” – that aptly describes many of the…
Read More » -
$15 minimum wage = small business death sentence
Recently some cities have enacted a $15-per-hour minimum wage, piggy backing on the president’s signing a $10 minimum wage order…
Read More » -
At last: Some superlatives for Joseph R. Biden, ‘poorest man in Congress’
On Monday, notes the Washington Times, the vice president tried a little one-upsmanship on so-far-undeclared presidential candidate Hillary Clinton by calling…
Read More » -
Obama’s Keystone XL delays hurting U.S.-Canadian relations
The Obama administration’s foot-dragging on the Keystone XL pipeline may be pleasing environmentalists but it’s damaging economic and political ties…
Read More » -
‘Vote for Hillary because she’s not that rich and she pays income taxes’
Hillary Clinton has still not officially made her much-anticipated announcement that she is seeking the nomination as Democratic candidate for…
Read More » -
DHS advises ‘alien children’ escorts: ‘As a rule, do not handcuff family units…’
In a contract request posted this week at the FedBizOpps.gov website, under the misleading heading “Transportation Services,” Immigration and Customs Enforcement…
Read More » -
Rand Paul’s imaginary libertarian immigrants
Sen. Rand Paul has suddenly become aware of facts that do not exist. “Immigrants are drawn to the magnet of…
Read More »
