By Douglas Holtz-Eakin
The young drop coverage to avoid higher premiums
Sen. Lindsey Graham said testimony on Capitol Hill Wednesday from former U.S. diplomats on the Benghazi attacks will challenge the Obama administration's version of events and show that more could have been done to save the four people who died.
The more the country learns about what happened in Benghazi, Libya, on Sept. 11, the less credible the White House version of events becomes.
When the House of Representatives voted 255-67 to hold Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. in contempt of Congress, Mr. Holder and his Justice Department, surprisingly, wasted no time proving that they have nothing but contempt for the lawmakers who undertook that historic measure.
The last thing a sick person wants to hear is that ample supplies of a life-saving medicine have been replaced by a surplus of red tape. That's precisely what's happening nationwide, with 82 percent of hospitals reporting shortages so severe that treatment must be put on hold, according to the American Hospital Association.
Extracting shaken apologies from officials involved in a recent scandal where federal workers partied in Las Vegas on taxpayer dollars, House lawmakers grilled them Monday on why they let the misspending go on for months while awarding a hefty bonus to the rendezvous' organizer.
In treating addiction, experts say admitting there is a problem is the first step to recovery. Steps Two through 12 require stopping the drug of choice and taking action not to start again. When it comes to a spending and legislating addiction, Congress can't get past Step One. In order to tackle the nation's $15.4 trillion debt, Washington must stop creating new programs and start eliminating the excess.
When, early last decade, Republicans were persuaded to accept the entitlement state as a permanent fixture, they abandoned plans to reduce government's role and harnessed it for their own purposes.
The Scooter Libby/Valerie Plame Wilson controversy threatens to linger for months. Exhibit A is the House Judiciary Committee's hearing Wednesday on President Bush's commutation of the former vice-presidential aide's jail sentence. He was convicted of lying about his role in identifying Mrs. Plame as a CIA officer.
The Scooter Libby/Valerie Plame Wilson controversy threatens to linger for months. Exhibit A is the House Judiciary Committee's hearing Wednesday on President Bush's commutation of the former vice-presidential aide's jail sentence. He was convicted of lying about his role in identifying Mrs. Plame as a CIA officer.
