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President Obama speaks at Ohio State University's commencement on May 5.

Tyranny is no longer ‘lurking’

Government | Given last week’s revelation that the Internal Revenue Service targeted conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status, it’s worth recalling President Obama’s Ohio State University commencement address. The…

The IRS Building in Washington, D.C.

Big Government: Too big to function

Government |  The biggest push to expand government from any administration since the 1960s is alternately unraveling in scandal and flying out of the grip of its makers. A…

NOM Chairman John Eastman

Traditional marriage group to sue IRS

Government |  WASHINGTON—The National Organization for Marriage intends to sue the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) next week amid allegations that the government…

Steven Miller testifies on Capitol Hill Friday, as J. Russell George looks on.

‘Horrible customer service’

Government |  Lawmakers grill outgoing IRS chief as he tries to deny any political partisanship in the agency’s actions against conservative groups

President Obama addresses the IRS scandal Wednesday evening.

Obama vows to hold IRS accountable

Government |  In a brief statement from the White House this evening, President Barack Obama tried to get ahead of the IRS scandal by laying out a three-point plan for…

The IRS Building in Washington, D.C.

When government abuses its power

Government |  What’s the old saying? It’s not paranoia if they’re really out to get you. By now you’re probably aware that the IRS, the taxpayer-supported…

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney

Benghazi, IRS: Son of Watergate?

Government |  In his defense of President Obama, Press Secretary Jay Carney is beginning to sound a lot like Ronald Zeigler, Richard Nixon’s spokesman. Carney only has to…

The IRS Building in Washington, D.C.

Tax collection as a political weapon

Politics |  The IRS has “apologized” to the Tea Party and other conservative groups for “overzealous audits.” Between 2010, the year of President Barack Obama’s…

A father and daughter play with recent online purchases from Amazon.com.

Taxing internet sales isn’t about ‘fairness,’ it’s about spending

Government |  In 1998 when President Clinton signed the bipartisan Internet Tax Freedom Act, which prohibited state and local taxation of internet access and internet-only…

Old enough to fight and vote but not to smoke

Old enough to fight and vote but not to smoke

Government |  New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn is proposing to raise the minimum age for buying cigarettes in the city to 21. Perhaps it is her way of saying…

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Moral markets

Q&A |  Americans are about to relearn the lesson, says Steve Forbes, that it is big government and not capitalism that causes economic instability

Moderate warriors?
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Moderate warriors?

Science |  Obama’s Cabinet picks on energy and environment have had nice things to say about natural gas

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