Obama tells another whopper on IRS scandal
by Joseph Curl Fact: The IRS targeted conservative and tea party groups requesting tax-exempt status in the run-up to the 2012 presidential election. That’s a fact. Congress held hearings —…
IRS Floats Rule Changes to Tip 2014 Elections
by Kerry Picket The Internal Revenue Service quietly proposed new regulations aimed at 501(c)(4) organizations during the Thanksgiving recess that Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), Chairman of the House Oversight Committee,…
For Obamacare, problems are features, not bugs
by Michael Barone The defects of the Obamacare website have become well known. But the problems with the law go further than the website. These problems are not incidental, but…
IRS trying to restrict free speech … again
After the IRS scandal in which the IRS targeted conservative groups to silence them, one might think having been “caught” braking the law, the IRS would behave itself. However, the…
Reining in the abuses of the NSA
Speaking in Baltimore last week, National Security Agency Director Keith Alexander defended the methods his agency uses to spy on the private phone calls and emails of millions of American…
Trusting the state is costing us our freedom
It is as if we learnt nothing from the 20th century about values that delivered a life worth living. by Janet Daley When exactly did the West stop referring to…
Analysis: Tens of millions could be forced out of health insurance they had
by Kevin G. Hall and Anita Kumar Even as President Barack Obama sold a new health care law in part by assuring Americans they would be able to keep their…
Obama considers executive orders as second-term agenda crumbles
by Ben German President Obama has a chance to craft a second-term legacy on climate change even as the rest of his agenda runs aground in Congress. Gun control legislation…
Taxpayers to pay for lawyers for IRS employees who violated constitutional rights of Americans
The IRS first began searching for conservative groups in March 2010. The IRS has continued to target conservatives even in the last few months. Stunningly, the IRS’s illegal behavior did…
CBSNEWS: Government Website Underestimates Cost of Insurance
CBS News has uncovered a serious pricing problem with HealthCare.gov. It stems from the Obama administration’s efforts to improve its health care website. A new online feature can dramatically underestimate…
Feds instruct Blue Cross Blue Shield not to release exchange numbers
The Obama administration asked North Dakota’s largest health insurer not to publicize how many people have signed up for health insurance through a new online exchange, a company official says.…
Obama’s fingerprints all over the IRS scandal
It’s past time for the media to begin asking President Obama tough questions about the IRS conservative targeting scandal. After all he was involved, publicly, from the beginning. Last Friday,…
The U.S. Supreme Court may offer hope for relief from the out-of-control EPA
The U.S. Supreme Court decided this week to look at a case that has the potential to shorten the ever-expanding reach of the Environmental Protection Agency. Justices agreed to weigh…
Shutdown: How Obama administration put nation at risk
It may be one of the most serious missteps of the federal government shutdown. After weeks of planning, the nation’s spy chief sent home nearly three-quarters of the workers at…
Questions into IRS scandal still get no answers
First came Lois Lerner, who planted a question at an American Bar Association conference to get ahead of an inspector general finding that the IRS had unfairly targeted conservative organizations.…