A Mission to Self-Destruct: America's Culture of Imports
Alan Uke07/27/2012 Media attention recently homed in on the revelation that the United States Olympic Team's uniforms, designed by Ralph Lauren, were made in China.
Senate majority leader Harry…
Why We Can't End Poverty In America: It's The Ignorance
Tim Worstall, Contributor 7/29/2012 The reason we can’t end poverty in America is not because the country isn’t rich enough to do that: it is rather because of the ignorance of those who would end poverty…
For Olympic Rowers, Uniforms Will Be Made in USA
Jul. 25, 2012 By Bob FernandezInquirer Staff Writer Though U.S. athletes will be wearing chic China-made Ralph Lauren duds during the Olympics' opening ceremony Friday, a 225-employee company in North Philadelphia…
As China Costs Rise, Technology Lures U.S. Factories Home
General Motors assembly workers Monique Watson (L) and Evetta Osborne install an electric battery on the underside of a 2011 Chevrolet Volt electric vehicle at the Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly plant in Hamtramck, Michigan November 30, 2010.…
Cargill Recalls Ground Beef After Link to Salmonella
Ground Beef Recalled By STEPHANIE STROMPublished: July 23, 2012 A unit of the giant agribusiness Cargill is recalling about 29,300 pounds of ground beef produced in late May, after it was linked to several cases of salmonella poisoning…
A Nation That’s Losing Its Toolbox
PHOTO CREDIT: Michael Falco for The New York Times Displays at Home Depot and other stores offer quick lessons in home projects. But they may also be a sign that mastering tools and working with one’s hands are receding as American…
The Factory Factor: Why Outsourcing and 'Made in America' Could Decide this Election
07/20/2012 Scott PaulExecutive Director, Alliance for American Manufacturing American manufacturing is like apple pie to American voters: we love it and want more of it regardless of our politics, race, gender,…
Made in America: States and Businesses Can Restore American Manufacturing
07/23/2012 Haley Barbour and Terry McAuliffefor The Huffington Post At a time when all eyes seem directed at Washington for job creation solutions, businesses and state governments have been quietly taking the lead.…
Mass Shooting at Colo. Movie Theater, 12 People Dead
By ANTHONY CASTELLANO | Good Morning America A lone gunman dressed in riot gear burst into a movie theater in Aurora, Colo., at a midnight showing of the Batman film "The Dark Knight Rises" and methodically began shooting patrons,…
Hatch Calls Dems' 'Insourcing' Bill 'Misleading'
By Ramsey Cox - 07/19/12 01:15 PM ET
Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) called Democrats’ Bring Jobs Home Act “misleading” and “political.”
“There is an utter lack of seriousness with this proposal,” the ranking member on the…
