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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

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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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    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 Comments

  • 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 Comments

  • 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

  • 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

  • PARISI: SOS: Save our Scouts

    By Peter Parisi - The Washington Times

    "Keep sex and politics out of Scouting." Published May 21, 2013 Comments

  • 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 Comments

  • BURRACK: Sowing the seeds of farm failure

    By Tim Burrack

    When Americans suspect that the United States is "becoming Europe," we don't mean that our art museums are getting a lot better. Published May 21, 2013 Comments

  • 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

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