The Media Ignore IRS Scandal
by Paul L. Caron The timeline of the Internal Revenue Service targeting of conservative groups reveals nothing less than a scandal. It is a scandal that blew into public view…
The Heavy Hand of the IRS
by George F. Will Earnest moralists lament Americans’ distrust of government. What really is regrettable is that government does much to earn distrust, as Terry Dehko, 70, and his daughter…
The IRS’s Behavior Taxes Credulity
by George F. Will What’s been said of confession — that it is good for one’s soul but bad for one’s reputation — can also be true of testifying to…
The Great Income Inequality Sham
When it comes to Thomas Piketty’s Income Inequality Good-Time Jamboree, helping people is not really the point. Feeling better about yourself—and maybe even mentally positioning yourself as a victim now…
When Gas Prices Rise, Blame Obama and the EPA
The renewable fuel standard has proven to be a fool’s errand. by Peter Roff It did not exactly come as a surprise when the Obama administration announced that it was…
Dirty Politics Clog Keystone XL Pipeline
Billionaire baits Democrats to block the project that America desperately needs. by Phil Kerpen The decision to yet again delay the final permit for the popular Keystone XL pipeline was…
The Zealots Win Again
by Charles Krauthammer The debate over campaign contributions is never-ending for a simple reason: Both sides of the argument have merit. On the one hand, of course money is speech.…
Labor’s Lackeys Stack the Deck But Workers Keep Leaving Unions
Private sector union membership peaked at nearly 36 percent of the workforce in the mid-1950s. It’s been downhill ever since. An unprecedented trend is reshaping the contemporary American workplace: U.S.…
The Emerging Law of the Gun
by Peter Huessy Russian President Vladimir Putin annexes the Crimea in gross violation of international law. What should America do, if anything? There are many different ideas. Some suggest doing…
Progressives are wrong about the essence of the Constitution
by George F. Will In a 2006 interview, Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer said the Constitution is “basically about” one word — “democracy” — that appears in neither that document…
Those ‘rogue’ agents
Remember when Lois Lerner, in answering a planted question at an American Bar Association conference, admitted the IRS had targeted conservative groups but tried to pass it off as the…
IRS Partisan Activity – Workers Accused of Soliciting Obama Votes
IRS workers in several offices have been openly supporting President Obama, including by donning pro-Obama paraphernalia and urging callers to reelect the president in 2012, according to allegations contained in…
The IRS Scandal’s Smoking Gun
A suspicious email could confirm Lois Lerner’s culpability in recent IRS abuses. by Peter Roff The so-called “smoking gun” proving the Internal Revenue Service played politics with conservative groups seeking…
Donald Rumsfeld’s Annual Letter to the IRS
“That I and most Americans have no idea whether our tax returns are accurate ought to tell us something.” – Donald Rumsfeld
The Case Against Higher Taxes
While the 2000s may have been a lost decade for the American dream, a revival of our model’s advantages is still a real, worth-desiring possibility. by Ross Douthat Because…