Author: Mark Hyman

Profile: Mark Hyman hosts "Behind the Headlines," a commentary program for Sinclair Broadcast Group.

Website: http://www.behindtheheadlines.net/

May 10, 2012

Fisker Automotive Failure

Filed under: Radical Environmentalism - 10 May 2012

“This is seed money that will return back to the American consumer in billions and billions and billions of dollars in good new jobs.”

Vice President Joe Biden made that bold statement in 2009 when he announced more than half …

May 5, 2012

Another ‘Green Energy’ Failure?

The residents at Boxwood, Stanton, Brandywine Springs and other surrounding communities may have lost the opportunity to get back to work at a nearby automobile assembly line.

Many of these residents were among the work force at the General Motors Boxwood …

May 2, 2012

Outrageous Spending

Nevada’s Clark County is like so many other state and local governments. They’ve been irresponsible with the taxpayers’ money. Now, they’re facing a spending crisis.

The school district may have to cut more than 1,400 positions for next year …

April 23, 2012

Political Correctness

We are threatened by a nasty cancer epidemic. It’s a danger to our nation.

It’s political correctness and multiculturalism. Make no mistake. These are a disease. A cancer.

April 2, 2012

Rush to Judgment?

Filed under: Academia, Media & Hollywood,Myths & Lies - 02 Apr 2012

It’s the Duke lacrosse rape case all over again. In 2006, a black stripper accused three white lacrosse players of raping her.

March 21, 2012

Kill the Ex-Im Bank

Most people know that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were behind the housing meltdown. Few people have heard of the Export-Import Bank. Its kind of like Fannie and Freddie. But instead of funding bad mortgages the Ex-Im Bank …

March 6, 2012

Sharia Law

Filed under: War On Terror - 06 Mar 2012

Mark Martin is unfit to serve as a judge. Pennsylvania authorities should remove him from the bench.

Last October, a couple of atheists marched in the Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania Halloween parade. One dressed as a zombie Pope. The other …

February 27, 2012

A Peek Into the World of Fangirling

Filed under: Potpourri - 27 Feb 2012

As a journalist there are times I am surprised by what I learn on my travels and other times by what I learn near home. Navigating a crowded Congressional hearing, avoiding insurgents in Fallujah, and driving through a drug gang …

February 22, 2012

Tax Deadbeats

Filed under: Taxes & Taxation - 22 Feb 2012

Our federal tax code is broken. Fifty-one percent of Americans don’t pay any federal income tax. I’ll repeat that. 51 out of every 100 Americans do not have any federal income tax liability. 49% pay all …

February 15, 2012

Phony Facts

Filed under: Economics,Myths & Lies - 15 Feb 2012

Days ago, the government announced employers added 243,000 new jobs. And unemployment fell for a fifth straight month. So why does this feel kind of phony?

February 1, 2012

Plundering the Treasury

Filed under: Politics In General - 01 Feb 2012

‘To the victors go the spoils’ is an age-old phrase that has applied to politics for decades. It has reached new heights in the last few years.

January 18, 2012

Dangerous Regulations

Filed under: The Nanny State - 18 Jan 2012

Congress passes about 300 laws in a typical year. But federal bureaucrats enact more than 3,000 regulations annually. Hundreds of regulations have the impact of law. But they often don’t receive appropriate scrutiny before they’re put into effect. And they …

January 14, 2012

Court to hear case on abuses by EPA bureaucrats

Last June, the Supreme Court agreed to hear Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency, a case that provides an especially alarming example of what happens when the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency claims extraordinarily broad powers derived from the Clean Water Act.

January 4, 2012

Dismantle the TSA

Filed under: American National Security - 04 Jan 2012

The Transportation Security Administration was created ten years ago. It’s grown by 400% since then.

It employs 65,000 people – more than the Departments of Labor, Energy, Education, Housing & Urban Development and State. Combined. It has 4,000 headquarters personnel. 10,000 …

December 19, 2011

Feds who commit fraud on the job should at least be fired

Filed under: Featured Conservative,In The News - 19 Dec 2011

“Public service is a public trust.”

This, according to Standards of Ethical Conduct for Federal Employees, is the basic obligation of public service. According to these standards, “Each employee has a responsibility to ethical principles . . . above private gain.”

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