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The Obama Administration wants to eliminate jobs and make more people dependent on the government.  There simply isn’t any other way to put it.  They have turned their sites on for-profit, non-traditional colleges, like trade schools and continuing-ed programs for

Forgive me, Convo readers, for another post linking to my book, Finding Mr. Righteous.  This time I have a point, I promise.  The point is that Mike Rowe is right about nearly everything.  He’s right about skilled trades.  He’s right

Dana Perino has a great opinion piece on FoxNews.com today about San Diego congressional candidate Carl DeMaio.   For instance, DeMaio has been the target of homophobic attacks. But where are those attacks coming from? It’s not always from the

Like S.E. Cupp, I am also an NRA member and I couldn’t be more proud of the way she’s stood up for gun owners and the 2nd Amendment.  On ABC’s This Week, she said “Mayors Against Illegal Guns has crumbled

Next on  my reading list is Charles Murray’s The Curmudgeon’s Guide to Getting Ahead.  On the tips for transitioning from college to the working world, he writes: I’m thinking especially of tip No. 1, “Don’t suck up.” How can I

In their continued silliness, the stealth Citizens for Health (i.e. Citizens for Sugar) is advising that “High Fructose Corn Syrup Named the #1 Ingredient to Avoid for National ‘Read Your Labels Day.’”  From their press release: Consumer advocate group Citizens

America is great because of Americans, not because of government.  Government sucks because they don’t listen to Americans.  Example 8,435, 234: It all started as a science fair project. As a neophyte sixth-grader at Dorseyville Middle School, Suvir noticed he

For months now I’ve been shouting Greg Gutfeld’s sentiments on paying Detroit’s creditors and pensioners — “Sell the damn art!” Next month the city’s emergency city manager, Kevyn Orr, will present yet another plan on digging Detriot out of its

I saw God’s Not Dead this morning.  Given that it’s a Christian movie and is being promoted by churches across the country, it’s no surprise that the movie has a message. I happen to agree with the message, but I

I love all the promotion for Greg Gutfeld’s new book Not Cool because it means more Greg Gutfeld. Everywhere! In a recent interview with The Blaze, Gutfeld talked about his views on religion as a non-religious person. Gutfeld: Well you

Over the weekend, I gleefully read and shared this Blaze article about Michael Luo, a proud Christian reporter at the New York Times. Michael Luo, a deputy metropolitan editor at the New York Times, is a Bible-believing Christian who has

I’ve had my eye on Detroit’s bankruptcy proceedings because it is indicative of what’s to come for a lot of cities.  How Detroit deals with its bankruptcy could also set a precedent for other cities forced to deal with the

I really did not intend to write anything negative about CPAC this year.  They were gracious enough to invite me to do a book signing.  It had a great turn-out and the book was sold out at the CPAC bookstore!

Time and time again, the free market has spoken on alternative energy companies.  Yet, we keep hearing about booming companies like SolarCity.  Watchdog.org (via FoxNews.com) knows the secret to their success: The company’s stock, initially offered at $8 a share

An attack on brunch?   As a New York Times headline should say, “Women and gay men hardest hit.” No wonder they didn’t announce this before the mayoral election. From The Foundry: The NYC Hospitality Alliance sent out an alert

One of the recurring themes in the Leftist playbook is using government regulations and handouts to pick and choose winners in business.  The latest solar energy boondoggle is SolarCity.  Watchdog.org highlights one customer’s horror story in dealing with SolarCity: [I]n

The 2014 elections are fast-approaching.  Every day Americans are getting health care policy cancellation notices, coping with unemployment or underemployment, and getting fed up with an Administration that’s outright hostile to its citizens.  The Left is desperate to hold on

A recent study found that for couples who communicated by text for things like apologies, disagreements and decision-making, the women reported less satisfaction in their relationship. For men who reported less satisfaction in their relationship it was because of too

A recent survey done by CareerBuilder.com shows the effects of unemployment on job seekers.  For many, it’s not just the loss of income.  According to a new CareerBuilder survey, the loss of a regular income has affected the long-term unemployed

Contrary to some of the commenters on my post about being conservative and single, the number of women who are ‘marrying down’ (men with less education) is rising.  From the LA Times: A record number of American women are “marrying

Nanny-staters are always in search of a “problem” they can manipulate for their own goals. Government bureaucrats want to be the former British Empire. They don’t want the sun to go down on any area where they can’t control. Every

When I moved to DC in 1999 for my first job in the conservative movement I didn’t think much about finding a boyfriend or husband. I was 21 and just out of college. I was ready to work.  But at

I really miss having Thad McCotter in D.C.  I suspect he doesn’t miss it all.  Today he offers wisdom on Obamacare’s ‘liberation economics’ shuffle. As is their wont, in an Orwellian twist the Left claims the projected 2.3 million jobs

Fellow conservatives, I beg you.  Stop going down these ridiculous rabbit holes the Left wants us to engage on.  It doesn’t matter what side you’re on regarding the Coke ad.  We’re still playing by their rules.  Now instead of talking

More scientific evidence emerging that #BPA is linked to obesity, heart disease and hormone changes in young people. http://t.co/wCEWaw9TSZ — Sen Dianne Feinstein (@SenFeinstein) February 3, 2014 Junk science claims aren’t just limited to global warming (or as they call

This post isn’t about Hollywood hero Woody Allen, but my headline illustrates a point I want to make about the way the media treated Coke’s “America the Beautiful” Super Bowl ad.  The media was quick to write headlines purporting that

You may remember when the U.S. government raided Gibson’s Nashville and Memphis facilities, shut them down and seized wood ($500,000 in product) imported from India that used an incorrect tariff code.  Now that Gibson has been cleared, they’re commemorating the

I know Chick-fil-A employees and an operator-owner and I’m not at all surprised by the generosity of this Chick-fil-A in Alabama.   “Our store is about a mile and a half from the interstate and it took me two hours

Step 1: Be Rob Lowe From Boomstickcomics.com: If you were scared you wouldn’t see Rob Lowe weekly after his stint in ‘Parks and Recreation’ ending, worry no more! NBC ordered a pilot for a comedy starring Lowe and executive produced

Since Duck Dynasty premiered a few weeks ago the media seems to be obsessed with whether they’ve kept up their high ratings from the previous season.  From NY Daily News: Wednesday night’s episode of A&E’s hit reality series drew 6.65

Underemployment isn’t a new phenomenon.  However, The Atlantic talks about what’s different this time. Using Census data, the bank [of New York]’s researchers found that, through 2012, roughly 44 percent of working, young college graduates were “underemployed,” meaning they were in