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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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    Some historians whisper that we are more divided now than we were on the eve of the Civil War, while certain high officers in the executive branch of the federal government are engaged in unabashed assault on our Constitution. Published May 21, 2013

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    GAFFNEY: The night that all the lights go out

    By Frank J. Gaffney Jr. - The Washington Times

    In 1987, Ronald Reagan mused that if the world were about to be devastated by an alien force - perhaps a collision with a large asteroid - peoples of all nations, ideological persuasions and political parties would come together to save the planet and our civilization. Published May 21, 2013

  • Why Benghazi matters

    By - The Washington Times

    Some in the press dismiss the Benghazi congressional investigation as mere partisan politics. Their audience needs to know what this is really about. Published May 21, 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

  • Peace is guns in the right hands

    By - The Washington Times

    On Memorial Day, we all have a chance to remember the real peace marchers of the world. 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

  • SHAPIRO AND ANDREWS: Transforming democrats to dictators

    By Jeffrey Scott Shapiro and T. Michael Andrews

    Ever since Barack Obama was nominated in 2008 as the Democratic candidate for the president of the United States, his staunchest critics have implied that he had the makings of a dictator. Published May 20, 2013

  • EDITORIAL: The bottom line

    By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

    Socialism has finally hit the fan in Hugo Chavez's Venezuela, though he checked out just in time to miss it. He left millions of Venezuelans struggling to clean up the mess. Published May 20, 2013

  • EDITORIAL: The deficit dip

    By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

    The deficit is shrinking, but it's too soon to celebrate a return to sanity. America is still sinking more into debt by the minute and is still on a path to ruin. Published May 20, 2013

  • Transforming democrats to dictators

    By Jeffrey Scott Shapiro and T. Michael Andrews - The Washington Times

    Ever since Barack Obama was nominated in 2008 as the Democratic candidate for the president of the United States, his staunchest critics have implied that he had the makings of a dictator. Published May 20, 2013

  • EDITORIAL: Repeal the Johnson Amendment

    By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

    The Vietnam War and the "war on poverty" are probably the best-remembered elements of President Lyndon B. Johnson's legacy, but that's only part of it. Published May 20, 2013

  • HARRIS AND BALL: Lighting Big Green's match to burn King Coal

    By Tom Harris and Tim Ball

    Ideological environmentalism has killed many of our most important natural-resources companies. Millions of jobs and billions of dollars have been lost. Published May 20, 2013

  • KNIGHT: Taxing the credulity of the Americans

    By Robert Knight - The Washington Times

    Barack Obama says he is angry about the Internal Revenue Service singling out conservative and Tea Party groups for rough treatment, even though it may or may not have something to do with an anti-Muslim video. Published May 20, 2013

  • Woods, Doherty saved lives by ignoring orders

    By - The Washington Times

    The drip, drip, drip of Benghazi makes it easy to forget key elements of the story, learned months ago. Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty were killed defending the occupants of the Benghazi mission in Libya. They were killed because they disregarded orders to "stand down." They were killed because they assumed help was on the way. They used a laser to illuminate a mortar position that was attacking the compound and exposed themselves to targeted fire. The help never came. Published May 20, 2013

  • STEIN: No need for speed on immigration bill

    By Dan Stein

    The Senate "Gang of Eight" immigration bill, S. 744, now wending its way through the Judiciary Committee, has been sold as a "pathway to citizenship" for the estimated 11 million illegal aliens. It does a lot more damage than that, and the public needs to understand what's in it. Published May 20, 2013

  • COGGIN: Cracking Big Egg

    By Will Coggin

    There's a new dish that's been crafted in several Hill offices: the Congressional Omelet. It's a fairly simple recipe — scramble a bunch of eggs and mix them with a hefty helping of bureaucratic molasses. Published May 20, 2013

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