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Sean Higgins is senior editorial writer for The Washington Examiner. He was previously Washington correspondent for Investor's Business Daily. A Virginia native, he now lives in Arlington.

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  • Shocking report discovers Tea Partiers are conservatives, think GOP's too soft

    Sean Higgins

    Published: Sun, May 5, 2013

    That headline is sarcastic, of course. The liberal American Prospect recently reported on a new study of Tea Party members (or more precisely, a poll of FreedomWorks members) by the College of William & Mary. It found three things: 1- “Tea Party activists are not...

  • Report: Tsarnaevs may have read article: 'Make a Bomb in the Kitchen of Your Mom'

    Sean Higgins

    Published: Sun, May 5, 2013

    Buried at the end of a Washington Post story about the latest developments is the Boston Marathon bombing case is this interesting factoid: According to a government document obtained by NBC News, a detailed analysis of the bombs used at the Boston Marathon and pipe bombs allegedly thrown...

  • Speaker Boehner on latest jobless numbers

    Sean Higgins

    Published: Fri, May 3, 2013

    House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, sent the following statement to reporters this morning via email regarding the jobless rate slipping down to 7.5 percent: “There’s some good news in today’s report, but the president’s policies still aren’t providing the robust economic growth and...

  • Jobless rate edges down to 7.5 percent

    Sean Higgins

    Published: Fri, May 3, 2013

    The federal government’s Bureau of Labor Statistics released the unemployment numbers for April this morning, showing that the official rate has declined to 7.5 percent, down from 7.6 percent last month. The rate was 7.9 percent at the beginning of the year. The total number of unemployed...

  • AFT's Randi Weingarten calls for time out on Common Core testing

    Sean Higgins

    Published: Wed, May 1, 2013

    Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, gave a speech yesterday in which she called for a two-year moratorium on the implementation of Common Core testing. Common Core is a new standard for for teaching reading and math. Devised by a multi-state coalition...

  • Are Twinkies now anti-union?

    Sean Higgins

    Updated: Wed, May 1, 2013

    My column today for the Examiner  is about the return of the Hostess company and how it continues to be dogged by controversy over its labor policies: Hostess, which is finally re-emerging from bankruptcy after closing down last year, went in full damage-control mode this week after a...

  • Feds triple estimates for recoverable natural gas in plains states

    Sean Higgins

    Published: Wed, May 1, 2013

    A new US Geological Survey study found that not only is the amount of the natural gas in the upper plains states of North and South Dakota and Montana three time larger than previously reported but that there was twice as much oil in there too. Here’s the study. It summarizes its findings...

  • Sean Higgins: Nothing sweet about labor relations at Hostess

    Sean Higgins

    Updated: Tue, Apr 30, 2013

    Everyone knows the rap against Twinkies and the other confections made by Hostess: They're the worst kind of junk food, all sugar and empty calories. Expect to see a new argument added: They're union-busting, too. Hostess, which is finally re-emerging from bankruptcy after closing down last...

  • New Hostess owners walk back anti-union comments

    Sean Higgins

    Published: Tue, Apr 30, 2013

    The newly-revived Hostess snack cake company created a stir late last week when it indicated it wouldn’t be allowing any unions. As the Wall Street Journal reported:  Chief Executive C. Dean Metropoulos (of Metropoulos & Co, one of the two companies reviving the brand) said the...

  • Labor clashes likely to follow return of Twinkies

    Sean Higgins

    Updated: Mon, Apr 29, 2013

    Catching up a little bit on the news, the Wall Street Journal reported late last week that the makers of Twinkies and related sugary snack cakes are gearing up to return to business: Hostess Brands LLC—Metropoulos & Co. and Apollo Global Management LLC’s  new incarnation...


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