Bob McCarty Writes

Jake Tapper seems to have had enough with Jay Carney.  Yesterday, the ABC News White House correspondent let the president’s spokesman know it during a discussion about the apparent double-standard that exists when it comes to the use of harsh language about political opponents. Mentioned during the Tapper-Carney “debate” above was a February 2008 campaign [...]

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A news release issued Tuesday by the National Labor Relations Board began with 40 daunting words: In a pair of 3-to-1 decisions made public today, the National Labor Relations Board overruled decisions from 2007 and 2002 that address the protections provided by federal labor law for new collective-bargaining relationships between unions and employers. Translation:  Members [...]

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Concrete laborers working at the World Trade Center site in New York City agreed to a new pact after walking off the job for three days, according to a recent Wall Street Journal report, but 22,000 carpenters union members voted to authorize a strike.  Makes one wonder whether or not the carpenters — or other [...]

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Yesterday, I reported that the Kenneth Gladney beating case remains in limbo more than three months after the 39-year-old black conservative (right) was allegedly beaten by Service Employees International Union thugs outside Bernard Middle School, the site of a South St. Louis County health care town hall meeting hosted by ultra-liberal Rep. Russ Carnahan (D-Mo.). [...]

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Among the nearly 200 patriots participating in an anti-socialism rally Saturday afternoon in O’Fallon, Mo., was Bill, an 85-year-old veteran of World War II.  He shares his hopes and fears for the future — including a warning to Americans about being complacent — in the video above. It marked the first time the former B-25 [...]

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Saying the ultimate goal of the partnership is to secure more and better-paying jobs for Americans in the oil and gas industry and for more Americans in every region of the country, American Petroleum Institute President and CEO Jack Gerard announced this morning the formation of a historic partnership his organization that represents some 400 [...]

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Lightning strikes are unpredictable.  Labor union strikes…not so much.  Both, however, can be damaging. When I was growing up in Enid, Okla., a small northwest Oklahoma town of 47,000, lightning was a normal part of life, especially in the spring.  Labor strikes, on the other hand, happened only on very rare occasions.  Why?  Because the [...]

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