http://www.alliancealert.org news from the frontlines of the culture war Thu, 24 May 2012 23:12:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/21/americas-suffocation-the-cost-of-ever-increasing-federal-regulations/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/21/americas-suffocation-the-cost-of-ever-increasing-federal-regulations/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 16:31:08 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134182 NCPA Policy Digest: Federal regulations cost hundreds of billions -- perhaps trillions -- of dollars every year over and above the costs of the official federal outlays that dominate the policy debate. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/21/americas-suffocation-the-cost-of-ever-increasing-federal-regulations/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/17/hewlett-packard-said-to-consider-cutting-as-many-as-25000-jobs/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/17/hewlett-packard-said-to-consider-cutting-as-many-as-25000-jobs/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 19:19:49 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133998 Bloomberg: Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ) is considering cutting as many as 25,000 jobs, or 8 percent of its workforce, to reduce costs and help the company contend with ebbing demand for computers and services, people briefed on the plans said. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/17/hewlett-packard-said-to-consider-cutting-as-many-as-25000-jobs/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/obama-boehner-clash-at-white-house-over-debt-ceiling-hike/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/obama-boehner-clash-at-white-house-over-debt-ceiling-hike/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 18:27:36 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133851 The Hill: President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) clashed during a White House meeting on Wednesday, with the Speaker telling the president that he was “not going to allow a debt ceiling increase without doing something serious about the debt,” Boehner’s office said. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/obama-boehner-clash-at-white-house-over-debt-ceiling-hike/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/needy-states-use-housing-aid-cash-to-plug-budgets/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/needy-states-use-housing-aid-cash-to-plug-budgets/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 15:05:11 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133779 NY Times: Hundreds of millions of dollars meant to provide a little relief to the nation’s struggling homeowners is being diverted to plug state budget gaps. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/needy-states-use-housing-aid-cash-to-plug-budgets/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/14/one-in-three-young-u-s-workers-are-underemployed/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/14/one-in-three-young-u-s-workers-are-underemployed/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 15:45:01 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133498 NCPA Policy Digest: But a new Gallup study reinforces what people intuitively know: recessions do not hurt everyone equally. Specifically, this economy has been particularly harmful to young people (ages 18-29), who have even bleaker job prospects than their more-experienced counterparts. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/14/one-in-three-young-u-s-workers-are-underemployed/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/10/us-trade-gap-widens-at-fastest-pace-in-10-months/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/10/us-trade-gap-widens-at-fastest-pace-in-10-months/#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 15:33:00 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133392 AP: The U.S. trade deficit rose in March at the fastest rate in 10 months. A rise in consumer goods lifted imports to a record level, outpacing a solid gain in U.S. exports. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/10/us-trade-gap-widens-at-fastest-pace-in-10-months/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/07/a-teen-with-a-job-becomes-a-rarity-in-u-s-economy/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/07/a-teen-with-a-job-becomes-a-rarity-in-u-s-economy/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 16:43:44 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133033 NCPA Policy Digest: Only about 25 percent of 16- to 19-year-olds are currently working, a drop of 10 percentage points from just five years ago, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/07/a-teen-with-a-job-becomes-a-rarity-in-u-s-economy/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/02/high-price-of-foreclosure-your-marriage/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/02/high-price-of-foreclosure-your-marriage/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 19:28:45 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132745 Huffington Post: Is there a correlation between divorce and foreclosure? Does foreclosure increase the likelihood of divorce, or does divorce increase the risk of foreclosure? The answer is both are probably true. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/02/high-price-of-foreclosure-your-marriage/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/02/student-loans-101-the-interest-rate-uproar/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/02/student-loans-101-the-interest-rate-uproar/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 16:31:10 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132680 AP: Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle agree: It would be a mistake to let interest rates on student loans double in July. Especially if they're going to be blamed for it in an election year. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/02/student-loans-101-the-interest-rate-uproar/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/02/uc-hastings-shrinking-with-market-for-lawyers/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/02/uc-hastings-shrinking-with-market-for-lawyers/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 15:54:44 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132671 San Francisco Chronicle: UC Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco is reducing its first-year class by more than 20 percent this fall and eliminating 17 nonteaching jobs . . . ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/02/uc-hastings-shrinking-with-market-for-lawyers/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/01/law-school-applications-down-15-6-but-admits-could-be-even-lower/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/01/law-school-applications-down-15-6-but-admits-could-be-even-lower/#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 16:22:52 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132566 National Jurist: Law school applications have continued to drop — with the number of applicants down by 15.6 percent from last year. While the numbers are not final, it appears the total number of applicants will be down from 87,500 in 2010 to less than 67,000 this year. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/01/law-school-applications-down-15-6-but-admits-could-be-even-lower/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/01/mcgurn-paul-ryans-cross-to-bear-the-house-budget-chairman-challenges-the-religious-left/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/01/mcgurn-paul-ryans-cross-to-bear-the-house-budget-chairman-challenges-the-religious-left/#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 15:04:57 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132548 Wall Street Journal: Paul Ryan shocked the gentle souls at Georgetown University when he traveled up to their campus last Thursday and said: "We believe that Social Security legislation, now billed as a great victory for the poor and for the worker, is a great defeat for Christianity. It is an acceptance of the idea of force and compulsion." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/01/mcgurn-paul-ryans-cross-to-bear-the-house-budget-chairman-challenges-the-religious-left/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/30/what-really-kills-family-values/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/30/what-really-kills-family-values/#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 19:33:38 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132507 CNN: But over the past few decades, we've lost sight of Roosevelt's words. It's time to rethink the notion of family values and remember, as the story of Willy Loman reminds us, that a strong family starts with a strong economy. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/30/what-really-kills-family-values/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/30/threat-from-mounting-public-job-losses-tested-obama%e2%80%99s-economic-strategy/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/30/threat-from-mounting-public-job-losses-tested-obama%e2%80%99s-economic-strategy/#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:48:41 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132456 Washington Post: Since the beginning of his term, state and local governments have shed 611,000 employees — including 196,000 educators — according to government statistics. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/30/threat-from-mounting-public-job-losses-tested-obama%e2%80%99s-economic-strategy/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/27/the-feminist-equal-pay-day-myth/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/27/the-feminist-equal-pay-day-myth/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:13:37 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132305 NCPA Policy Digest: The Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics reported in the fourth quarter of 2011 that the median full-time working woman made 81.6 percent of the wages of the median fulltime working man. Since then, big government, feminist organizations and liberal politicians repeat this "wage gap" statistic, implying that discrimination is its cause, says Carrie Lukas, managing director of the Independent Women's Forum. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/27/the-feminist-equal-pay-day-myth/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/27/social-security-trustees-actual-unfunded-liabilities-of-63-trillion-are-2x-reported-amounts/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/27/social-security-trustees-actual-unfunded-liabilities-of-63-trillion-are-2x-reported-amounts/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:05:43 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132299 NCPA Policy Digest: Here's some bad news: The latest report of the Social Security and Medicare trustees shows an unfunded liability for both programs of $63 trillion. That is equal to about 4.5 times the entire U.S. gross domestic product (GDP), says John C. Goodman, president of the National Center for Policy Analysis. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/27/social-security-trustees-actual-unfunded-liabilities-of-63-trillion-are-2x-reported-amounts/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/27/falling-home-prices-drag-new-buyers-under-water/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/27/falling-home-prices-drag-new-buyers-under-water/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:00:14 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132295 Reuters: Many borrowers, particularly since late 2010, thought they were buying at the bottom of a housing market that had already suffered steep declines, but have been caught out by a continued fall in prices in wide swaths of America. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/27/falling-home-prices-drag-new-buyers-under-water/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/25/top-10-law-schools-that-hire-their-own-graduates/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/25/top-10-law-schools-that-hire-their-own-graduates/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 18:29:53 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132094 Findlaw: Newly released law school job-placement data is sparking renewed debate about postgraduate employment rates: Many schools report hiring their own graduates for jobs, straight out of law school. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/25/top-10-law-schools-that-hire-their-own-graduates/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/25/hatch-looks-to-free-up-house-passed-energy-bills-in-senate/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/25/hatch-looks-to-free-up-house-passed-energy-bills-in-senate/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:31:02 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132047 The Hill: Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) on Wednesday is expected to introduce an omnibus energy/federal land use bill combining several bills that have passed the House over the last year but have stalled in the Senate due to Democratic opposition. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/25/hatch-looks-to-free-up-house-passed-energy-bills-in-senate/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/24/californias-population-growth-is-slowing-dramatically-study-finds/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/24/californias-population-growth-is-slowing-dramatically-study-finds/#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2012 23:02:32 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132015 LA Times: California’s population will grow much more slowly in the next few decades -- and that is good news for the state’s still-struggling economy, according to new population projections by USC. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/24/californias-population-growth-is-slowing-dramatically-study-finds/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/23/number-of-long-term-unemployed-older-workers-quintupled-the-help-hasnt/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/23/number-of-long-term-unemployed-older-workers-quintupled-the-help-hasnt/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 22:26:36 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131863 Christian Science Monitor: Older jobless workers have a higher rate of long-term unemployment than any other group. And employer policies end up discriminating against them. Yet workers age 50 and up comprise nearly a third of the US workforce. Policymakers must help this key demographic find good jobs. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/23/number-of-long-term-unemployed-older-workers-quintupled-the-help-hasnt/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/23/aging-workforce-strains-social-security-medicare/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/23/aging-workforce-strains-social-security-medicare/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 15:45:07 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131783 AP: An aging population and an economy that has been slow to rebound are straining the long-term finances of Social Security and Medicare, the government's two largest benefit programs. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/23/aging-workforce-strains-social-security-medicare/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/23/1-in-2-new-graduates-are-jobless-or-underemployed/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/23/1-in-2-new-graduates-are-jobless-or-underemployed/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 15:38:42 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131781 AP: The college class of 2012 is in for a rude welcome to the world of work. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/23/1-in-2-new-graduates-are-jobless-or-underemployed/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/23/peggy-noonan-americas-crisis-of-character/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/23/peggy-noonan-americas-crisis-of-character/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 15:08:54 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131771 Wall Street Journal (via Google): I've long thought that public dissatisfaction is about more than the economy, that it's also about our culture, or rather the flat, brute, highly sexualized thing we call our culture. Now I'd go a step beyond that. I think more and more people are worried about the American character—who we are and what kind of adults we are raising. Every story that has broken through the past few weeks has been about who we are as a people. And they are all disturbing. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/23/peggy-noonan-americas-crisis-of-character/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/20/rasmussen-the-housing-market-is-depressing-america-govt-corruption-blamed/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/20/rasmussen-the-housing-market-is-depressing-america-govt-corruption-blamed/#comments Fri, 20 Apr 2012 16:54:40 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131671 Rasumussen Reports: Consider this: Four years ago, 80 percent of homeowners thought their home was worth more than they paid for it. That number fell to 62 percent last fall and 49 percent today . . . But while the soft economy was the trigger, most homeowners recognize that the underlying cause of the housing crisis was a corrupt relationship between the federal government, elected politicians and well-connected financiers. While the housing market was collapsing, the financiers were getting bailed out. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/20/rasmussen-the-housing-market-is-depressing-america-govt-corruption-blamed/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/19/daniel-henninger-obama-2012-is-channeling-the-ghost-of-franklin-d-roosevelt/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/19/daniel-henninger-obama-2012-is-channeling-the-ghost-of-franklin-d-roosevelt/#comments Thu, 19 Apr 2012 16:42:58 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131532 Wall Street Journal: The differences between America in 1936 and America 76 years later hardly matter. In a time of genuine economic anxiety, as now, Team Obama has chosen a plausible strategy: During tough times, the government will be there for you. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/19/daniel-henninger-obama-2012-is-channeling-the-ghost-of-franklin-d-roosevelt/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/19/important-principles-in-federal-budget-debates-faith-debt-caring-for-the-poor-and-subsidiarity/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/19/important-principles-in-federal-budget-debates-faith-debt-caring-for-the-poor-and-subsidiarity/#comments Thu, 19 Apr 2012 16:24:25 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131613 Heritage Foundation: Ryan believes his federal budget plan helps accomplish that goal. In a letter last year to then-Archbishop (now Cardinal) Timothy Dolan of New York, Ryan stated that his proposed budget better targets assistance to those in need, repairs the social safety net, and fulfills the mission of health and retirement security for all Americans. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/19/important-principles-in-federal-budget-debates-faith-debt-caring-for-the-poor-and-subsidiarity/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/18/the-5-trillion-man-debt-has-increased-under-obama-by-5027761476484-56/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/18/the-5-trillion-man-debt-has-increased-under-obama-by-5027761476484-56/#comments Wed, 18 Apr 2012 15:42:42 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131415 CNSNews: Although he has served less than a term, Obama is now the first American president to see the federal government's debt increase by more than $5 trillion during his time in office. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/18/the-5-trillion-man-debt-has-increased-under-obama-by-5027761476484-56/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/18/why-congress-must-confront-the-administrative-state/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/18/why-congress-must-confront-the-administrative-state/#comments Wed, 18 Apr 2012 15:20:34 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131411 NCPA Policy Digest: Over the course of the last century, the United States slowly emerged as a formidable administrative state -- one that is run by unelected federal government bureaucrats instead of the elected representatives of the people. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/18/why-congress-must-confront-the-administrative-state/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/17/komen-donations-down-because-planned-parenthood-dropped-or-reinstated-times-big-assumption/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/17/komen-donations-down-because-planned-parenthood-dropped-or-reinstated-times-big-assumption/#comments Tue, 17 Apr 2012 22:33:28 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131391 TIME: After a proposal to cut funding to Planned Parenthood sparked outrage in January, the Susan G. Komen breast cancer foundation is having trouble attracting donors. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/17/komen-donations-down-because-planned-parenthood-dropped-or-reinstated-times-big-assumption/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/17/what-tax-day-could-feel-like-in-2013-today-is-tax-freedom-day/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/17/what-tax-day-could-feel-like-in-2013-today-is-tax-freedom-day/#comments Tue, 17 Apr 2012 17:15:33 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131304 Heritage Foundation: In addition to today being Tax Day, it’s also, coincidentally, “Tax Freedom Day” — meaning that it has taken from January 1 until now for Americans to earn enough money to pay this year’s federal, state, and local tax bill — 29.2% of all our income. In other words, for the first 111 days of the year, everything you earned went straight to Uncle Sam. Compare that to back in 1900, when Americans paid only 5.9% of their income in taxes and Tax Freedom Day came on January 22. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/17/what-tax-day-could-feel-like-in-2013-today-is-tax-freedom-day/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/02/the-highest-taxes-in-the-world-u-s-corporate-rate/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/02/the-highest-taxes-in-the-world-u-s-corporate-rate/#comments Mon, 02 Apr 2012 15:49:16 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=130102 Heritage Foundation: As of yesterday, the U.S. corporate tax rate of 39.2 percent claimed the world's top spot, edging out Japan which recently lowered its rate from 39.5 percent to 36.8 percent. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/02/the-highest-taxes-in-the-world-u-s-corporate-rate/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/30/two-men-torch-themselves-in-italy-as-economic-hardship-bites/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/30/two-men-torch-themselves-in-italy-as-economic-hardship-bites/#comments Fri, 30 Mar 2012 14:57:04 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=129978 Reuters on Yahoo: A Moroccan worker in Italy set himself on fire on Thursday in protest at not being paid for months, a day after an Italian businessman set himself alight over a tax dispute, police said. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/30/two-men-torch-themselves-in-italy-as-economic-hardship-bites/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/29/ryan-budget-plan-poised-to-pass-house/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/29/ryan-budget-plan-poised-to-pass-house/#comments Thu, 29 Mar 2012 17:13:13 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=129909 The Hill: The House on Thursday is poised to approve Rep. Paul Ryan's (R-Wis.) budget measure, which would give Republicans a much-needed lift after months of intra-party squabbling. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/29/ryan-budget-plan-poised-to-pass-house/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/29/u-s-corporate-tax-rate-poised-to-become-highest/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/29/u-s-corporate-tax-rate-poised-to-become-highest/#comments Thu, 29 Mar 2012 15:37:22 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=129889 NCPA Policy Digest: On Sunday, the United States gets a distinction no nation wants -- the world's highest corporate tax rate. Japan, which currently has the highest rate in the world -- a 39.8 percent rate on business income between national and local taxes -- cuts its rate to 36.8 percent as of April 1. The U.S. rate stands at 39.2 percent when both federal and state rates are included, says CNN Money ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/29/u-s-corporate-tax-rate-poised-to-become-highest/feed/ 0