Last month Wisconsin made national headlines by becoming the 25th right-to-work state. But there’s another equally significant development in workers’ rights that has largely escaped media attention: the rapid flowering of local right-to-work laws in Kentucky. As of December 1, 2014, no local governments anywhere in the U.S. prohibited forced union dues. Now a dozen […]
On the surface, abortion and same-sex marriage may seem unrelated. However, as explained in an amicus brief of 100 scholars of marriage, filed in the pending Supreme Court marriage cases and summarized here, the two are closely linked in a short and simple causal chain that the Supreme Court would be wise not to set […]
According to legendary US investor Jim Rogers, anti-Russia sanctions over Moscow’s alleged involvement in the Ukraine conflict should be removed because they are unfair. . WASHINGTON (Sputnik), Anastasia Sheveleva– Anti-Russia sanctions over Moscow’s alleged involvement in the Ukraine conflict should be removed because they are unfair, legendary US investor Jim Rogers told Sputnik. “The sanctions are unjust […]
There are thousands of Walmarts in the U.S., so the fact that five of them were temporarily shut down all on the same day, all for the same reason, and all for the same estimated amount of time, may be statistically insignificant. But some workers and city officials are raising questions about what’s actually behind […]
by GREGORY ELICH One of the main features of NATO’s bombing campaign against Yugoslavia in 1999 was the deliberate targeting of factories and manufacturing plants. As a member of a delegation travelling throughout Yugoslavia shortly after the end of the war, I could readily see that such targeting had been methodical and thorough. Wherever we […]
With Republicans divided over the Export-Import Bank, the agency’s future could come down to a secret vote cast during a closed-door meeting. The House Republican Conference is expected to gather within the next few weeks to hold a private vote on whether to reauthorize the controversial bank, Heritage Action for America, the sister organization of […]
TODD STARNES Let’s pretend we’re Muslims—that was the assignment in a world history class at Union Grove High School in Wisconsin. Students were told to provide examples of how they practice the Islamic faith and the struggles they face. One parent reached out to EAG News, accusing the school of indoctrination. This is the same school […]
(CNSNews.com) – The federal government taxed away more money, spent more money and ran a bigger deficit in the first half of fiscal 2015 than it did in the first half of fiscal 2014, according to the Congressional Budget Office. “The federal government ran a budget deficit of $430 billion for the first half of […]
Dr. Paul warns about the imminent collapse of the dollar, the urgent need to eliminate, in his words, “a dangerous and corrupt Federal Reserve”, expected in the US and other social riots leading US economists predicted catastrophic scenarios, would not venture to even comment – for fear of being suspected of even more terrible sins. […]
Today, Sens. Marco Rubio and Mike Lee made the case for tax reform. In March, Rubio, R-Fla., and Lee, R-Utah, released a “pro-growth” and “pro-family” plan, with reforms for both individuals and businesses. Here is a quick recap of their plan, discussed at an event at The Heritage Foundation. Source material can be found at […]
