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Kermit Gosnell, Guns and the Case for Government
Tweet Share on Facebook May 16, 2013 CommentFor a while he was the conservative cause celeb. But then Dr. Kermit Gosnell got overtaken by events – Boston, Benghazi, and the Internal Revenue Service. So you didn't hear much about him, even as his case kept moving along, revealing one ghastly detail after the other.
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Obama AP and IRS Scandals Reveal Bureaucracy Running Wild
Tweet Share on Facebook May 15, 2013 CommentDay after day, irrespective of the subject of the latest dust-up, we've heard a similar refrain from the West Wing: "The President was not aware. The White House was not involved."
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The Benghazi ‘Scandal’ Is About GOP Fear of Hillary Clinton 2016
Tweet Share on Facebook May 15, 2013 CommentImagine my surprise this morning when for the first time Benghazi was not the lead story in the news ... the IRS has taken that slot for the time being.
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More Women Military Members Needed to Stem Sexual Assualt
Tweet Share on Facebook May 15, 2013 CommentFaced with yet another report of sexual abuse by a military official assigned to handling sexual assault cases, women might understandably re-think a career in the armed services. Who wants to enter a field where – aside from all the other risks and stresses that come with the job – one has to worry about being abused or attacked by the very people who are supposed to have your back in combat?
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Republicans Must Tie Democrats to Obama's Scandals
Tweet Share on Facebook May 15, 2013 CommentThis is NOT a good week for President Obama as he juggles a full house of scandals.
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Federal Budget Deficit Is GOP’s Incredible Shrinking Issue
Tweet Share on Facebook May 14, 2013 CommentRepublicans gleeful over the recent slew of scandals afflicting the Obama administration – some imagined and some worthy of the name – should be thanking their lucky stars that they have new issues to wield as political cudgels. After all, their favorite of the last few years, the federal deficit, is getting smaller and smaller and smaller.
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Senate Democrats Pushed for IRS Tea Party Snooping Before Criticizing It
Tweet Share on Facebook May 14, 2013 CommentWith Washington gripped by a trio of exploding scandals this week – from Benghazi to government spying on news outlets to thug tactics by the Internal Revenue Service – Senate Democrats seem to be hoping that if they just yell loud enough then voters will overlook a key role they played in at least one of them.
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The Best High Schools Aren't Necessarily Elite New York City Prep Schools
Tweet Share on Facebook May 14, 2013 CommentBARTOW, Fla. – Which is better: a public school in a semi-rural town where a cow pasture is next to the football field, or the elite private school in Manhattan where neither cattle nor quarterback is ever likely to set foot? You know where this is headed, don't you?
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The Cleveland Kidnapping and Media Coverage of Misogyny
Tweet Share on Facebook May 14, 2013 CommentWho is the bigger victim of a misogynist culture – the three women who were allegedly abducted, raped and kept hostage by Ariel Castro in Cleveland? Or Katherine Russell Tsarnaev, who has drawn some scorn, suspicion and bewilderment because she gave up a carefree life as a typical American young woman to marry a Muslim, converting to the faith and covering her head in customary fashion?
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Cleveland Kidnapping Shows More Must Be Done for Kidnapped Children
Tweet Share on Facebook May 14, 2013 CommentThough we do not yet know the full story, one cannot help but think how recent events in Ohio have brought home what must be every parent's worst nightmare: to have a child vanish without a trace.
