Mel Watt Sworn in as Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac Conservator
As a Democratic North Carolina congressman, Melvin Watt had a hand in creating the mortgage meltdown. Now he’s the new head of an agency charged with helping to reverse the meltdown. Irony is well and...
View ArticleTop Ten Union Corruption Stories of the Year
Though union membership as a share of American workers continues its long decline, union officials in 2013 showed they're not the sort to stand on the sidelines, especially in the legal realm....
View ArticleObama Lied; Our Health Plan Cancelled Today
Remember President Obama promising “If you like your plan, you can keep your plan?” PolitiFact.com has identified 37 instances of Obama or another top administration official making this claim, or...
View ArticleAl Sharpton Revealed as FBI Mob Sting Informant
The Reverend Al Sharpton, anchorman, preacher, politician and shakedown artist extraordinaire, has led what can be viewed as a charmed life. A lengthy expose published yesterday on The Smoking Gun...
View ArticleObama Overtime Mandate on Behalf of Salaried Employees Likely to Backfire
Is paying someone an annual salary, as opposed to an hourly wage, a form of exploitation even if the work is identical? President Obama thinks it can be. On March 13, Obama issued an Executive Order...
View ArticleDennis Williams Elected UAW President; Vows to Play Hardball with Automakers
The United Auto Workers may have declined in numbers, but its taste for confrontation appears as strong as ever. And its new leader, Dennis Williams, isn't about to let anyone forget. Last Wednesday,...
View ArticleSupreme Court Nixes Obama NLRB Recess Appointments, but Justifies Authority
The National Labor Relations Board has been a model of instability these last half-dozen years. And the drama, though temporarily resolved last July, won't likely end soon. Last Thursday, June 26, the...
View ArticleNew Book Exposes Attorney General Holder's Abuses of Power
Should perpetuating racial grievance be the defining mission of a U.S. Attorney General? Eric Holder, who has held the office for the past five and a half years, really believes it is - and acts...
View ArticleIs Eric Holder Trying to Railroad Ferguson Cop?
If anyone thought the Obama administration planned to sit on the sidelines after the riots in Ferguson, Mo., those thoughts should be dispelled by now. Last Wednesday, Attorney General Eric Holder...
View ArticleUnions Renew Misguided $15/hr. Fast Food Minimum Wage Campaign
Labor officials are about the last people to be impressed by evidence that hiking the minimum wage drives up entry-level unemployment. These last several weeks they've been putting words into action in...
View ArticleObama Claims Bailout Success as GM Falsely Claims Best December Sales in 7 Years
President Obama traveled to Michigan this week to declare the auto bailout a success. Interestingly, he toured a Ford plant. The company did not participate in the bailout. GM is still trying to shake...
View ArticleFox & Friends Interview Kicks Off Publication of 'Sharpton: A Demagogue's Rise'
NLPC's Carl Horowitz talked about Al Sharpton's access to the White House, and his new book Al Sharpton: A Demagogue's Rise, on "Fox & Friends" this morning. Here's the video:Watch the latest video...
View ArticleWisconsin Enacts Right to Work Law; Unions, Obama Strike Back
Given the roiling conflict in Wisconsin these past four years over the limits of public-sector unionism, it only was a matter of time before the scene would shift to the private sector. This Monday,...
View ArticlePolice Shootings in Ferguson Bear Mark of Holder, Sharpton
Nothing underscores the Obama adminstration's failure on race relations more than its reaction to the wounding by gunfire in the wee hours last Thursday of two St. Louis-area cops at a Ferguson...
View ArticleWill Rush to Judgment in Baltimore Lead to More Rioting?
In Baltimore, the ashes have cooled; the curfew has ended; the National Guardsmen have left; and Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson have gone home. But the apparent normalcy is misleading. For the orgy of...
View ArticleFCC Seeks to Expand 'Obamaphone' Boondoggle to the Internet
Access to reliable, high-speed Internet is almost given in today’s America. But should it be subsidized? The Federal Communications Commission says yes. On May 28, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler announced...
View ArticleTop Ten Union Corruption Stories of the Year
Though union membership as a share of American workers continues its long decline, union officials in 2013 showed they're not the sort to stand on the sidelines, especially in the legal realm....
View ArticleObama Lied; Our Health Plan Cancelled Today
Remember President Obama promising “If you like your plan, you can keep your plan?” PolitiFact.com has identified 37 instances of Obama or another top administration official making this claim, or...
View ArticleAl Sharpton Revealed as FBI Mob Sting Informant
The Reverend Al Sharpton, anchorman, preacher, politician and shakedown artist extraordinaire, has led what can be viewed as a charmed life. A lengthy expose published yesterday on The Smoking Gun...
View ArticleObama Overtime Mandate on Behalf of Salaried Employees Likely to Backfire
Is paying someone an annual salary, as opposed to an hourly wage, a form of exploitation even if the work is identical? President Obama thinks it can be. On March 13, Obama issued an Executive Order...
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