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    LAMBRO: Dodging job talk

    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

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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

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    BARRASSO: The healing powers of pencil pushers

    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

  • EDITORIAL: Another crony for the Cabinet

    By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

    President Obama's choice of Hyatt hotel heiress Penny Pritzker as secretary of commerce, to be taken up Thursday by the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, puts Democrats on the panel between that famous rock and a hard place. Published May 23, 2013

  • EDITORIAL: Homegrown jihad

    By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

    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

  • 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

  • EDITORIAL: The Obama enemies list

    By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

    The Obama administration has an enemies list, and John Dodson was on it. The special agent for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) infuriated his superiors by alerting Congress and everyone else about the government's gunrunning scheme called Fast and Furious. Published May 22, 2013

  • LYONS: Dereliction of duty

    By James A. Lyons

    President Obama's policy of "change" for America was never defined, but it was implemented in a very sophisticated manner. Published May 20, 2013

  • KNIGHT: Taxing the credulity of the Americans

    By Robert Knight - The Washington Times

    Barack Obama says he is angry about the Internal Revenue Service singling out conservative and Tea Party groups for rough treatment, even though it may or may not have something to do with an anti-Muslim video. Published May 20, 2013

  • SHAPIRO AND ANDREWS: Transforming democrats to dictators

    By Jeffrey Scott Shapiro and T. Michael Andrews

    Ever since Barack Obama was nominated in 2008 as the Democratic candidate for the president of the United States, his staunchest critics have implied that he had the makings of a dictator. Published May 20, 2013

  • ALLARD: White House watchdogs, or lapdogs?

    By Ken Allard

    With White House scandals dominating each news cycle, President Obama's newly minted media critics may prefer to ignore their own culpability in creating this unfolding debacle. Published May 17, 2013

  • KUHNER: Lawless in office

    By Jeffrey T. Kuhner

    President Obama is facing a perfect storm of scandals, cover-ups and criminality that threatens to sweep him from power. This week marks the 40th anniversary of the first Watergate hearings. Published May 17, 2013

  • LAMBRO: Setting the scandal tone at the top

    By Donald Lambro - The Washington Times

    Barack Obama's second term may be remembered more for his scandals than for anything else he's done thus far in his troubled presidency. Published May 17, 2013

  • HANSON: The end of 'hope and change'

    By Victor Davis Hanson - The Washington Times

    In then-Sen. Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign, he ran to the left of Hillary Rodham Clinton as a moral reformer. Mr. Obama promised to transcend the old politics and bring a new era of hope-and-change transparency to Washington. Published May 17, 2013

  • EDITORIAL: A legacy of scandal

    By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

    When President Obama hands the keys to the Oval Office to his successor in 2017, he'll leave behind more than $9.3 trillion in red ink. With difficulty, red ink can be washed out. A legacy of scandal is permanent. Published May 14, 2013

  • KUHNER: Obama's power outage

    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

  • HANSON: Hoping for change in Syria

    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

  • SHIPMAN: The biggest tax catch

    By William G. Shipman

    While pundits, politicians and economists are distracted by marginal tax rates and a possible Internet sales tax, President Obama may be preparing for the biggest of all trophies: a wealth tax. Published May 8, 2013

  • TAUBE: An Obama economic idea that Republicans shouldn't refuse

    By Michael Taube

    Republicans have been completely right in criticizing President Obama for his poor handling of the economy. That being said, it's completely wrong for the GOP to criticize him when he does something right. Published May 8, 2013

  • FEULNER: Red tape on the rise

    By Ed Feulner - The Washington Times

    "Do as I say, not as I do," goes an ironic saying worthy of Mark Twain. It's a phrase that is well suited to the political field. Published May 7, 2013

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