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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
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A leopard can't change its spots, but can an interventionist resist the urge to intervene? That's the question senators must pose to Samantha Power, President Obama's choice for U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, at her confirmation hearing, coming up soon. Published June 11, 2013
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Supporters of comprehensive immigration reform tell us, over and over, that the immigration system is "broken," and they're in a hurry to fix it. Published June 11, 2013
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Many Americans think Edward J. Snowden is a criminal, or worse, for revealing government secrets, however pernicious. Others, who put their faith in limited government, think blowing the whistle on this surveillance does the country a service. Published June 11, 2013
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We knew this administration didn't like the Second Amendment. We knew it has reservations about the First Amendment, and now we learn that it has dispensed with the Fourth Amendment. Published June 10, 2013
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The federal government owes $16.7 trillion to its creditors around the world, definitely including China. Each year, that number grows by $1 trillion, the amount President Obama has been borrowing to keep his bureaucracy expanding at a rapid pace. Published June 10, 2013
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The Treasury Department loves redesigning our money. A new $20 bill began circulating a decade ago, the $10 was changed in 2006, and the $5 was modified in 2008. In October, Ben Franklin will grace a new $100 that includes features that are supposed to make the work of counterfeiters harder. Published June 10, 2013
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Richard Windsor was a model employee at the Environmental Protection Agency. He was so beloved by his colleagues that the agency awarded him the title "scholar of ethical behavior," and bestowed several cybersecurity certifications on him. Published June 7, 2013
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The government's snooping on Verizon customers ought to be a wake-up call for every American. The "security" bureaucrats have spent more than two decades laying the groundwork for the "right" of the government to keep tabs on everyone's movements and communications. Published June 7, 2013
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With no contest at the top of the Virginia Democratic ballot in next Tuesday's primary, the party turns, perhaps in sorrow, to the lieutenant governor's race. Published June 7, 2013
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Rep. John D. Dingell of Michigan becomes the longest-serving member of Congress on Friday, taking the title from the late Sen. Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia. Published June 6, 2013
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President Obama wasn't kidding when he told the Russian president that he expected to have "more flexibility" in his second term. Published June 6, 2013
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Having "three hots and a cot," as the military calls meals and a bunk, and a warm Caribbean breeze apparently isn't enough for the detainees at Guantanamo Bay. Published June 6, 2013
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Sequestration was supposed to have cut government to the bone. The White House canceled tours for schoolchildren and ordered the U.S. Navy to ground the Blue Angels in a public display of sackcloth and ashes. Published June 5, 2013
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The meter has run out for the insiders and their taxi monopoly in Milwaukee. A county judge has ordered city officials to issue permits for any qualified cab drivers who want to start a new business. The ruling is a small one, but it's a significant blow against the crony capitalism that threatens the economic freedom of the rest of us. Published June 5, 2013
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The ABC Family cable channel's slogan is "A different kind of family." The programs it offers are different, sure enough, different from a family almost any other American family would recognize, and certainly different from the channel's programming when it was founded in an earlier century by the Rev. Pat Robertson. Published June 5, 2013
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The trifecta of scandals bedeviling the Obama White House shares a common theme: high-level government officials put their signatures on a document and later disavow accountability for its contents. Call it government by rubber stamp. Published June 4, 2013
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The Calvert County, Md., kindergartner who was suspended last week for brandishing an unloaded cap gun on a school bus returned to class Monday. The crime wave in Calvert County is over. Published June 4, 2013
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They're almost here. With reports of sightings in Northern Virginia, the nation's capital is bracing for the inevitable return of the moulting, mating, singing cicadas. Published June 4, 2013
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Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley is a miracle worker. At least, that's what he told the crowd gathered Thursday in Washington at the left-leaning Center for American Progress. Published June 3, 2013
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