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    PAUL: Blocking the pathway to a national ID

    By Sen. Rand Paul

    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

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    WOLF: Tyranny in our time

    By Dr. Milton R. Wolf

    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

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    HANSON: When paranoia becomes prescience

    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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    KUHNER: An enormous abuse of IRS power

    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

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    SHERK: A union of one

    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

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  • BOOK REVIEW: 'Saul Bellow's Heart'

    By Martin Rubin - Special to The Washington Times

    This probing but fond memoir is perfectly titled (and subtitled), for it gives us a unique look at one of the 20th century's most distinguished American novelists. There is certainly a lot of heart in Saul Bellow's fiction, but it functions mostly as the organ that makes it possible for him to bleed so profusely when painfully cut. Published May 24, 2013 Comments

  • NAPOLITANO: Tyranny just around the corner

    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

  • BOOK REVIEW: 'The Rise of the Vampire'

    By Muriel Dobbin - Special to The Washington Times

    Fascination with the undead and fear of the supernatural have filtered through the mists of time, and the vampire has become the star of a dark and bloody show still playing in the 21st century. Published May 23, 2013 Comments

  • FIELDS: Barack Obama as the Great Gatsby

    By Suzanne Fields - The Washington Times

    Washington is a one-industry town. The nation's capital has wonderful art museums, concerts and theaters, but they're only supplements to the big story playing out on the front pages - always the government. Published May 23, 2013 Comments

  • TYRRELL: The beauty of confusion in officialdom

    By R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr. - The Washington Times

    Where are we now in this morass of Obama administration scandals? We have The Associated Press imbroglio. We have the Benghazi imbroglio. We have the Internal Revenue Service imbroglio. Published May 23, 2013 Comments

  • GORDON: 'Wrong-Way' Obama

    By J.D. Gordon

    For a former senior lecturer in constitutional law, President Obama sure has an interesting viewpoint on the U.S. Constitution. It's a position that likely would mystify the Founding Fathers and most other presidents in our nation's history. Published May 23, 2013 Comments

  • KLINE AND FOXX: Getting politics out of student loans

    By John Kline and Virginia Foxx

    Bipartisan compromise is tough to find in Washington right now - but when there is opportunity for agreement, we owe it to the American people to take action. Published May 23, 2013 Comments

  • PIPES: An apology posing as a bibliography

    By Daniel Pipes

    At this moment of sequestration and belt-tightening, the U.S. government has delivered a reading list on Islam. Published May 23, 2013 Comments

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