By Jay Sekulow
It’s amazing that there are those - including The New York Times - that continue to prop up the flawed finger-pointing of the Internal Revenue Service, blaming a couple of rogue agents out of its Cincinnati office for the unlawful targeting of conservative groups. Published June 18, 2013 Comments
By Reza Kahlili
As soon as the results of the Iranian elections were announced, the world’s media proclaimed that a “moderate and reformist” cleric, Hasan Rowhani, would become the new president of Iran. Published June 18, 2013 Comments
By Rep. Bob Goodlatte
The House is expected to consider this week the reauthorization of the farm bill, a multiyear plan for the future of American farming. While much of the media coverage of the debate in the Senate centered on nutrition programs, an important battle is brewing in the House regarding dairy policy. Published June 18, 2013 Comments
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The Supreme Court struck down an Arizona law Monday that required proof of U.S. citizenship when registering to vote while signing up for a driver’s license. Published June 18, 2013 Comments
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The key to success in business is making products that beat the competition. Government just makes rules, and drives up costs for competitors. Published June 18, 2013 Comments
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Squishy Republicans are the first to insist the party must move leftward any time an election doesn’t go their way. Squish is a hard sell in other places, too, as British Prime Minister David Cameron is learning. Published June 18, 2013 Comments
By Frank J. Gaffney Jr. - The Washington Times
A wit once observed a persistent truth: “Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.” That has been especially the case with respect to “space weather” - a phenomenon associated with intense solar activity, known by scientists as coronal mass ejections and popularly as solar flares. Published June 18, 2013 Comments
By J.T. Young
Americans are hard to lead politically, but they will follow reason. That is a lesson the country has repeatedly taught those aspiring to lead it. It is now one that Republicans should take to heart as they address the Obama administration’s sudden onslaught of scandals. Published June 18, 2013 Comments
By Richard Rahn - The Washington Times
There is an all-too-common tendency for humans (particularly members of the political class) to blame or scapegoat others when they bungle their jobs. Published June 18, 2013 Comments
By Ed Feulner - The Washington Times
President Obama’s signature health law is called the Affordable Care Act. In an ironic twist, though, it may prove prohibitively expensive for many low-income Americans. Published June 18, 2013 Comments
By Mark Mix
Last month, Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton signed into law a bill that designates home-based child care and personal care providers, many of whom are self-employed business owners, as state workers solely for the purpose of forcing them into union ranks. Published June 17, 2013 Comments
By Gary Bauer
The decline of fatherhood is one of the most devastating social trends of the past 50 years, but not all dads are deadbeats or absentees. If only our culture celebrated the everyday dedication and sacrifice of the millions of American fathers who lovingly fulfill their vocation. Published June 17, 2013 Comments
By Robert Knight - The Washington Times
It doesn’t matter whether the Republican-led House passes good, workable immigration legislation. Published June 17, 2013 Comments
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The “hope and change” of the 2008 presidential campaign is living on borrowed time. President Obama’s greatest legislative accomplishment, Obamacare, is about to become the nation’s nightmare, and for none more so than his most faithful backers. Published June 17, 2013 Comments
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Backers of the immigration bill under consideration in the Senate say the legislation encourages illegal aliens to learn English, but that’s apparently not so. They’ve been running ads on conservative talk radio programs insisting that the illegals “must learn English” as a condition of legalization. Published June 17, 2013 Comments
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President Obama can add $1 trillion to the Social Security trust fund with an executive order ("$30 trillion in red ink," Comment & Analysis, June 11). According to the U.S. Consumer Finance Protection Bureau, student-loan debt is $1.2 trillion. The confluence of student-loan debt and the underfunded Social Security trust fund creates an opportunity. Published June 13, 2013
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Obamacare was supposed to be a boon for everyone who couldn't afford health care. Now we know that's not true. Published June 13, 2013
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If not for Fast and Furious, the Benghazi disaster, the politicization of the IRS, the Associated Press and James Rosen hassling, and secret data collection by the self-described most open and transparent administration in history ("Scandalmania," Commentary, June 11), I do believe I'd be at peace with the universe. Published June 13, 2013
By Donald Lambro - The Washington Times
Several key elements in the bombshell story about the government's secret surveillance programs have been either underreported or left out of the narrative altogether. Published June 12, 2013
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So many scandals, so little time. Who can blame President Obama for trying to flee from reality? He ducked out of a Monday photo-op before reporters could ask a question. He used the 50th anniversary of the federal Equal Pay Act to call for a new Paycheck Fairness Act, the latter meant to close supposed "loopholes" in the old one. Published June 12, 2013
By Jeffrey H. Birnbaum - The Washington Times
The year started with great expectations, but has turned out to be a dud. Only the most routine matters have made — or seem likely to make — progress in 2013. Published June 12, 2013
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I was able to listen closely to Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas Republican, for the first time at a Princeton reunion June 1. I was impressed with Mr. Cruz as a man, a legal scholar and a passionate American on so many diverse levels — thanks to a forum devoid of liberal media filtration, manipulation, blackout and bias. Published June 12, 2013
By Jeff Birnbaum - The Washington Times
The year started with great expectations, but has turned out to be a dud. Only the most routine matters have made — or seem likely to make — progress in 2013. Published June 12, 2013
By Bob Barr
For a decade, members of Washington’s political establishment have derided civil libertarians, mocking their warnings about the slow but dangerous creep of the Surveillance State. Published June 12, 2013
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Since the grim days of the Great Depression, raisin farmers in California’s fabled San Joaquin Valley have raised their grapes under a food-regulatory regime that forces them to hand over a portion of their crop to the government, often without getting anything for it. Published June 12, 2013
By Reza Kahlili
With the Iranian presidential election to be held this Friday, the clerical regime’s ayatollahs are begging people to vote, fearing worldwide scorn without substantial voter participation. Published June 12, 2013
By Michael Taube - The Washington Times
It's not a big secret that most American conservatives don't support President Obama. Yet it's interesting to learn some liberals are now beginning to turn on him, too. Published June 12, 2013
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Early on in the Obama presidency, Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. told the American people that we are cowards if we refuse to engage in serious discussions about race. I think most Americans want that discussion, especially in light of the fact that the Internal Revenue Service is targeting conservative groups, most of whom happen to be white. Published June 12, 2013
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So many scandals, so little time. Who can blame President Obama for trying to flee from reality? He ducked out of a Monday photo-op before reporters could ask a question. Published June 12, 2013
By Anna Higgins
Late Monday evening, the Justice Department announced that it would withdraw its appeal of a ruling by federal Judge Edward Korman of the Eastern District of New York mandating universal, over-the-counter access to the morning-after pill. Published June 12, 2013
By Anna Higgins - The Washington Times
Late Monday evening, the Justice Department announced that it would withdraw its appeal of a ruling by federal Judge Edward Korman of the Eastern District of New York mandating universal, over-the-counter access to the morning-after pill. The drug will be made available to girls of any age. Published June 12, 2013
By Donald Lambro - The Washington Times
Several key elements in the bombshell story about the government’s secret surveillance programs have been either underreported or left out of the narrative altogether. Published June 12, 2013
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In a surveillance society, it's wise to watch your words. A careless, offhand remark on Facebook can be grounds for a sacking or even probable cause for arrest, just for speaking your piece. Published June 12, 2013
By Mike Paranzino - The Washington Times
As the Internal Revenue Service scandal continues to widen, it is becoming increasingly clear that some groups with left-leaning agendas were given preferential treatment. Case in point: The Restaurant Opportunities Center, a labor union front group masquerading as a nonprofit, which routinely ignores IRS reporting requirements without facing any consequences for it. Published June 12, 2013
By Mike Paranzino
As the Internal Revenue Service scandal continues to widen, it is becoming increasingly clear that some groups with left-leaning agendas were given preferential treatment. Published June 12, 2013
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