The immigration-reform bill that passed the Senate Judiciary Committee this week is expected to be considered by the Senate in June. Published May 24, 2013 Comments
Americans are beginning to recognize the disturbing similarities between President Obama and the fallen Richard Nixon, but the comparison that may matter more is between Mr. Obama and King George III. Published May 24, 2013 Comments
By Victor Davis Hanson - The Washington Times
Government is now so huge, powerful and callous that citizens risk becoming proverbial serfs without the freedoms guaranteed by the Founding Fathers. Published May 24, 2013 Comments
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid doesn’t like the direction the federal judiciary is heading, so he has come up with a variant of court-packing to achieve his results. Published May 24, 2013 Comments
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New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg is still smarting from the court rebuke he got in March for trying to prohibit sales of “supersized” sodas. He blew his top last week at a second judicial slight. Published May 24, 2013 Comments
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There’s a killer on the loose. Known for murdering in cold blood with a sharp blade, the government has nevertheless turned a blind eye to the killer’s trail of death and destruction. Published May 24, 2013 Comments
By Jeffrey T. Kuhner - The Washington Times
Did President Obama know about his administration’s enemies list? If he did - and it looks like he may have - then his presidency is in deep trouble. Published May 24, 2013 Comments
By James Sherk
Desperate times call for desperate measures, but the union movement has taken this saying to a new level. It has reacted to dwindling membership by unionizing recipients of public assistance. In more than a dozen states, unions now extract dues from government benefit checks. Published May 24, 2013 Comments
By Nita Ghei
In the latest act of the unfolding Internal Revenue Service scandal, Lois Lerner, the head of the agency’s tax-exempt organizations office, faced with allegations of improper targeting of conservative groups, invoked the Fifth Amendment’s protection against self-incrimination. Published May 24, 2013 Comments
By Donald Lambro - The Washington Times
Five months into his improvisational second term, a sluggish economy and severe jobless rate seem to have vanished from President Obama’s agenda. Published May 24, 2013 Comments
The tornado in Oklahoma provides a classic example of how national television network news operates, depending on local reporters and camera operators until the big guns arrive to take over. Published May 22, 2013 Comments
By Andrew P. Napolitano
A few weeks ago, President Obama advised graduates at Ohio State University that they need not listen to voices warning about tyranny around the corner, because we have self-government in America. Published May 23, 2013 Comments
By John Barrasso
Anger at the Internal Revenue Service’s abuse of power is reaching an all-time high across the country. Published May 23, 2013 Comments
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George W. Bush employed an anti-terrorism strategy of taking the fight to the enemy abroad “so we do not have to face them here at home.” Barack Obama has replaced that with welcoming the enemy to our shores and bestowing on him American citizenship. Published May 23, 2013 Comments
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Since man first rubbed a pair of sticks together to make a fire, we’ve gathered around a campfire to cook food, enjoy good company and bask in the warmth of the glowing embers. Published May 23, 2013 Comments
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Certain assertions in Randolph J. May's piece on the new FCC nominee may be a bit premature ("A historian for the FCC," Commentary, May 10). Specifically, Mr. May has relegated Samuel F.B. Morse's venerable Morse Code to the history books. The fact is, Morse code is still in wide use throughout the world. Published May 13, 2013
By Robert Knight - The Washington Times
You just knew press coverage of the congressional hearing on the Benghazi cover-ups last Wednesday would be nonexistent or squirrely, right? Published May 13, 2013
By Humberto Fontova
On May 2, the FBI announced a $1 million reward for "information leading to the apprehension" of Joanne Chesimard, also known as Assata Shakur, who they named a "most-wanted terrorist." Chesimard is the first woman to make the FBI's list. Published May 13, 2013
By Steven M. Palazzo
More than a century ago, a small group of civic leaders founded the Boy Scouts of America to teach young men leadership, character and American values. For more than 100 years, its traditions have stood strong. Published May 13, 2013
By Emily Miller - The Washington Times
The left likes to make conservatives out to be crazy, conspiracy theorists -- using terms “black helicopter” and “tin foil hats” to mock them. However, as the old saying goes, “Just because you’re paranoid, doesn’t mean they aren’t out to get you.” Published May 13, 2013
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Eric Metaxas' project here, in limning the notable lives of seven Christian men, is to hold up all seven as models of right behavior and commitment. He senses — well, I mean, how could he not? — that "young men especially need role models. Published May 13, 2013
By Robert Knight - The Washington Times
You just knew press coverage of the congressional hearing on the Benghazi cover-ups last Wednesday would be nonexistent or squirrely, right? Published May 13, 2013
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President Obama's takeover of health care is so complicated that the government is about to hire a fleet of bureaucrats to explain what it's all about. Published May 13, 2013
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While millions of people have been riveted to the Jodi Arias murder trial since January, another trial of far greater gravity has recently concluded with almost no national media coverage. Where this unspoken trial lacks the public's enormous appetite for salacious details that often go with crimes of passion, it more than makes up for it with its murder count and stomach-turning gore. The trial I am referring to is that of Kermit Gosnell in Philadelphia ("The reality of abortion — Kermit Gosnell is no outlier," Commentary, May 8). Published May 13, 2013
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Our European cousins are just now figuring out that ditching their marks, francs, liras and drachmas to join the eurozone may not have been such a hot idea after all. Published May 13, 2013
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Taking legal advice from Joe Biden is dangerous, like taking his tips on home defense. The vice president who urges the ladies to deal with intruders by firing a shotgun at the dark now says there's no "legal problem" with imposing a violence tax on movies and video games. Published May 13, 2013
By Terrence Scanlon
The history of welfare programs in the United States is chock full of restrictions on how recipients go about their daily lives. Some are reasonable and in the public interest, but others are heavy-handed and unduly intrusive. Published May 13, 2013
By Jeffrey Scott Shapiro
"Nullification" laws have been introduced in 37 states that technically make it a felony for law enforcement agents to enforce federal restrictions banning firearms, and a recent Rasmussen poll shows that 38 percent support such state laws. Published May 13, 2013
By Daniel Pipes
What motives lay behind last month's Boston Marathon bombing and the would-be attack on a Via Rail Canada train? Published May 13, 2013
By James Bovard
Does the secretary of agriculture need unlimited power over farmers to protect them against themselves? The Supreme Court might finally settle this issue in an imminent decision on one of USDA's most bizarre regimes. Published May 13, 2013
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Too often universities tout "diversity" but fail to see that it translates to diversity of thought ("Conservatives wanted: Colorado University seeks intellectual diversity at liberal bastion," Web, April 30). The University of Colorado's initiative to seek out conservative professors is refreshing. Published May 13, 2013
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What is the Senate doing with the Internet sales-tax bill ("Internet sales tax faces a tougher sell in the House after passing Senate," Web, Monday)? First of all, the United States is a federation of independent states. Each one has its own laws, taxes, etc. If the Senate is acting to force businesses in one state to collect taxes for another state, those businesses are acting as an agent for that other state. Published May 13, 2013
By Jeffrey T. Kuhner - The Washington Times
President Obama is presiding over an administration that has engaged in the systematic abuse of power. This is the real meaning of the Benghazi tragedy. Published May 10, 2013
By Donald Lambro - The Washington Times
When President Obama tries to make the case that his policies have improved life in America, he isn't talking about his hometown of Chicago. Published May 10, 2013
By Victor Davis Hanson - The Washington Times
Remember when President Obama used to warn Syria's Bashar Assad to stop his mass killing and step down? Published May 10, 2013
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