Morning Bell: Budget? Why Follow A Budget?
Families and businesses have budgets, yet Washington doesn’t — and it hasn’t for the last three years. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) doesn’t think… Read More
Articles by Mike Brownfield
Morning Bell: Dependence on Government Highest in History
When John F. Kennedy was President, just over a quarter of federal spending went to fund programs paying for some 21.7 million Americans to be… Read More
Morning Bell: Middle East Crumbles Around Obama’s Foreign Policy
Thousands are dead in Syria, with more blood spilled each day. Iran is within arm’s reach of a nuclear weapon, threatening Israel’s very existence. And… Read More
Morning Bell: Obamacare Awakens a Sleeping Giant
It is a rare moment indeed when faith denominations of all stripes unite together in common cause, and it is rarer still when that cause… Read More
A Half-Million-Dollar, Taxpayer-Funded Thermometer?
Wonder if it’s too hot to go outside at your workplace? Don’t bother checking the thermometer or stepping outside—the federal government has the answer for… Read More
Morning Bell: On Reagan’s Birthday, His Legacy Lives On
Today marks President Ronald Reagan’s 101st birthday. Born in Tampico, Illinois, Reagan made his journey west to Iowa as a radio broadcaster, then on to… Read More
Morning Bell: Job Growth Should Be Stronger
The Obama Administration and the nation have cause to breathe a sign of relief as today’s monthly jobs report shows 243,000 jobs were created in… Read More
Indiana Enacts Right to Work; Arizona Moves to Restore Voters’ Voices
Indiana’s Senate yesterday passed—and Governor Mitch Daniels (R) signed—the state’s long-awaited right-to-work law, making it the 23rd state in the nation and the first state… Read More
Health CareNews
Morning Bell: Obamacare’s Latest Victim Is Religious Freedom
It has not even been two years since Obamacare was enacted, and already the President’s health care law has taken another victim — the religious… Read More
Morning Bell: Federal Workers Overpaid, and CBO Agrees
Here’s some news that federal bureaucrats in Washington — and indeed around the country — don’t want to hear: According to a Congressional Budget Office… Read More
