Rick Manning

The Iron Curtain was the symbol of the Cold War. It represented the Soviet Union’s attempts to keep the people of Eastern Europe isolated from the free thought and prosperity that capitalism brought to their neighbors. (more)

The other day, my wife made a growling noise as we drove by a small manufacturing plant near our house. I hadn’t heard her growl in a while; I knew it meant that something was bothering her. (more)

Last week I previewed the new documentary that chronicles how Sarah Palin became the person that the left and political insiders from both parties most hate and fear. (more)

It’s not uncommon to hear Republicans in Washington, D.C. bemoan the quality of the Republican presidential contenders and mutter, “You can’t beat something with nothing. Obama is going to get re-elected.” (more)

The Center for American Progress (CAP) has pushed for a lot of loony ideas, but that is what one would expect from a Soros-funded organization tasked with providing intellectual cover for a brain-dead administration. (more)

A friend of mine’s son was injured in Afghanistan the other day. (more)

The Obama administration has released a draft executive order that requires federal contractors to list their political contributions on their bids for new business from the federal government. (more)

In the Ayn Rand novel Atlas Shrugged, Ellis Wyatt creates the enduring image of the book when he sets his shale oil field in Colorado on fire rather than turn it over to the federal government. The resulting fire, called Wyatt’s Torch, could not be put out, and stood as the symbol of the producers rejecting their enslavement by the masses including their economic competitors who were more reliant on the government picking winners and losers than on their own ingenuity, drive and excellence. (more)