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    DONNELLY: The generals flunk the birds 'n' bees test

    By Elaine Donnelly

    The latest report by the Defense Department’s Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office documents the dysfunctional consequences of social experiments with human sexuality in our military over many years. Published May 22, 2013 Comments

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    MCCAUL: Inviting more Boston-type massacres

    By Michael T. McCaul

    The tragedy in Boston was a wake-up call for Americans. In the years since Sept. 11, 2001, many have moved on from the fear of another imminent terrorist attack. However, the blasts at the Boston Marathon were reminiscent of that day more than a decade ago. Published May 22, 2013 Comments

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    TIMMERMAN: Iran’s free-election farce

    By Kenneth R. Timmerman

    Every four years, the Islamic Republic of Iran engages in a closely choreographed farce of elections, aimed at maintaining the illusion that the Iranian people have a say in how their country is governed. Published May 22, 2013 Comments

  • President Obama speaks at Ellicott Dredges in Baltimore on May 17, 2013, during his second "Middle Class Jobs and Opportunity Tour." (Associated Press)

    EDITORIAL: The Obama enemies list

    By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

    The Obama administration has an enemies list, and John Dodson was on it. The special agent for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) infuriated his superiors by alerting Congress and everyone else about the government’s gunrunning scheme called Fast and Furious. Published May 22, 2013 Comments

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    EDITORIAL: Thought crimes

    By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

    In George Orwell’s allegorical novel “Animal Farm,” all animals were equal, but some animals were more equal than others. “Hate-crime” laws treat some victims more equally than others, converting thoughts into crimes. Orwell would understand, but not applaud. Published May 22, 2013 Comments

  • **FILE** Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks Sept. 12, 2012, during an introduction of the new iPhone 5 in San Francisco. (Associated Press)

    EDITORIAL: Grilled Apple

    By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

    Even after taking new hits to its stock price, Apple Inc., remains the most valuable corporation in the world. That makes some senators green with envy. They assume such success could only have come at a cost to the government. Published May 22, 2013 Comments

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    MARCUS: Still ‘Hating Breitbart’

    By Andrew Marcus

    As the director of “Hating Breitbart,” which was released digitally and in theaters last week across the United States, I had the distinct and unique privilege of following Andrew Breitbart during the closing years of his public life, documenting his speeches, conversations, ruminations and mischief - we even shot one of his haircuts. Published May 22, 2013 Comments

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    FONTOVA: Protecting sponsor of terrorism

    By Humberto Fontova

    Protecting U.S. diplomats from terrorists on foreign soil is one thing. Protecting terrorism-sponsoring diplomats on U.S. soil quite another. The U.S. State Department is under heavy fire for failing at the job abroad. Published May 22, 2013 Comments

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    TAUBE: The growing irrelevance of polls

    By Michael Taube

    Anyone who reads a daily newspaper such as The Washington Times will regularly see references to public opinion polls. The polling data gathered from trends and insights has historically provided helpful guidance for consumers, academics and businesses. Published May 22, 2013 Comments

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    LAMBRO: From bureaucratic snafu to explosive cover-up

    By Donald Lambro - The Washington Times

    “Oh, what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive.” Published May 22, 2013 Comments

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    SOLOMON: Chilling one reporter’s sources

    By John Solomon - The Washington Times

    Across the table at one of Washington’s classic power restaurants, my source sat smiling. We hadn’t seen each other for more than six years. After the usual opening small talk and pleasantries, I posed the question I had come to dinner to ask. Published May 21, 2013 Comments

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    DEAN: The truth about big government

    By Warren L. Dean Jr.

    There is an old proverb that goes something like this: From the mouths of babes and drunks comes the truth. It is pretty dated. If you were to create that proverb today, you might have to include politicians and their advisers. Published May 21, 2013 Comments

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    RAHN: Why the IRS cannot be reformed

    By Richard Rahn - The Washington Times

    Every few years, at least from the time of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, there is a scandal involving abuse of power at the Internal Revenue Service. Published May 21, 2013 Comments

  • ** FILE ** President Obama speaks on the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups for extra tax scrutiny in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Wednesday, May 15, 2013. Mr. Obama announced the resignation of Acting IRS Commissioner Steven Miller. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

    EDITORIAL: Mr. Obama and his scandals

    By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

    With each developing scandal, the picture of an arrogant administration abusing its power grows clearer. Published May 21, 2013 Comments

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    EDITORIAL: A climate milestone

    By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

    For Al Gore, it’s “a sad milestone.” Scientists have announced that the level of carbon dioxide in the Earth’s atmosphere has reached a “record” level of 400 parts per million. Published May 21, 2013 Comments

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    MILLER: Anthony Weiner is a twit who treats women like dirt

    By Emily Miller - The Washington Times

    Anthony Weiner thinks his brief absence from elected office means the public will forget his disrespect and disdain for women. He's wrong. He didn't just treat strange women like sex objects, he sexually harassed female journalists who work on Capitol Hill. Two of us work at The Washington Times. Published May 22, 2013

  • BOOK REVIEW: 'E.B. White on Dogs'

    By John Taylor and John M. Taylor - Special to The Washington Times

    Since the first dog warily entered the first cave, the relationship between man and beast has been intriguing to man, and perhaps to beast as well. Published May 22, 2013

  • End U.S. support for Syrian rebels now

    By - The Washington Times

    America should end its intervention in Syria or shift its support to President Bashir Assad. Iraq-based al Qaeda militants now control the rebellion. A shadowy terrorist named Baghdadi has moved from Iraq to northern Syria to control al Qaeda's operations there. He is a grotesque savage, determined to compel acceptance of radical Islam through religious courts and executions. Published May 22, 2013

  • Obama, Planned Parenthood birds of a feather

    By - The Washington Times

    What voice is louder on public policy than that emanating from the bully pulpit of the president? Yet how is our current president the moral superior of the infamous Kermit Gosnell? As a senator, Mr. Obama voted in favor of the destruction of newborn survivors of abortion. The execution of that very act Mr. Obama sanctioned was Gosnell's crime — but only one of them is going to prison ("Murder: Gosnell guilty verdict hailed on both sides of abortion debate," Web, May 13). Published May 22, 2013

  • Hold Bahrain accountable on human rights

    By - The Washington Times

    S. Rob Sobhani's piece on Bahrain ("Standing steadfast with Bahrain," Commentary, May 20) once again draws attention to a vitally important political conflict in a nation that has been a close U.S. ally for the past six decades. Mr. Sobhani's call for renewed U.S. commitment to the kingdom deserves applause, as does his warning about an Iran-inspired campaign to provoke further unrest on the island. Published May 22, 2013

  • MILLER: Jarred by Gosnell, Congress moves to ban abortion after 20 weeks

    By Emily Miller - The Washington Times

    As Kermit Gosnell starts his life sentence for murdering babies, Congress is moving to create a federal law against aborting babies in the last months of pregnancy. Published May 21, 2013

  • BOOK REVIEW: 'Europe'

    By Frank T. Csongos - Special to The Washington Times

    In his sweeping, intelligent and enormously ambitious book, British historian Brendan Simms argues that whoever controls Central Europe can dominate the world. Published May 21, 2013

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