June 18, 2013
Columnists
Issues: National Security
Dishonorable and unjust arguments about the NSA
By David Limbaugh | 06/17/13 07:55 PM
Washington Post columnist Michael Gerson attacked my brother, Rush, and my good friend Mark Levin (and former Rep. Ron Paul) in a recent column for their various comments concerning the National Security Agency's surveillance data collection operation and other administration activities.
I...
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Opinion: Columnists
Rise in illegal crossings roils immigration debate
By Byron York | 06/17/13 07:10 PM
In an unguarded moment, Chuck Schumer confirms news reports that the southern border remains porous, with millions more expected to slip though in coming years.
There was a striking moment in the Senate Judiciary Committee's debate on the Gang of Eight comprehensive immigration reform bill...
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Opinion: Columnists
Then what in Syria, Mr. President?
By Cal Thomas | 06/17/13 06:35 PM
Two recent newspaper editorials illustrate the double-mindedness some feel about President Obama's decision to provide small arms and ammunition to Syrian rebels.
The Washington Post headlined an editorial: "No time for half-measures: Syria's rebels need a robust intervention from the Obama...
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Opinion: Columnists
Michael Barone: A libertarian turn on social issues
By Michael Barone | 06/17/13 11:25 AM
Are Americans becoming more libertarian on cultural issues? I see evidence that they are, in poll findings and election results on three unrelated issues--marijuana legalization, same-sex marriage and gun rights.
Start with pot. Last November voters in the states of Colorado and Washington...
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Opinion: Op-Eds
Sen. Charles Schumer's choice: Immigration reform or a campaign issue
By Hugh Hewitt | 06/16/13 06:20 PM
Immigration reform, including the regularization of the nation's 11 million-plus illegal immigrants, appeals to a large slice of the conservative movement -- if it is accompanied by genuine border security, specifically a very long, very strong border fence along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Sen....
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Barack Obama, Columnists, Opinion
The apology speech Barack Obama will never deliver
By Sean Higgins | 06/18/13 07:20 PM
MEMO: Date: June 13, 2013, 5:45 pm To: VJarrett@EOP.WhiteHouse.gov From: POTUS@EOP.WhiteHouse.gov Subject: Proposed draft of nat'l security address Valerie, let me know what you think. I...
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China, Immigration, Columnists
How Chinese investors buy their way into the U.S.
By Timothy P. Carney | 06/18/13 12:45 PM
Immigration bill enshrines program that lets foreigners get green cards in return for major investments The Senate immigration bill would create a permanent federal program allowing politically...
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Supreme Court, Columnists, Education
Supreme Court set to reveal major ruling
By Mona Charen | 06/17/13 07:55 PM
In the weeks before the Supreme Court ruled on the constitutionality of Obamacare, the country trembled with anticipation. No such eagerness is evident now -- yet the court is again poised to...
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Op-Eds, Columnists
Gregory Kane: Nothing says NBA must be all-black
By Gregory Kane | 06/16/13 04:30 PM
By the time this column runs on June 17, the National Basketball Association championship series will be almost over. So what better time to reflect on what might have been the oddest NBA story...
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Columnists, Opinion
Memo to network news execs: Ailes is what's good for you
By Cal Thomas | 06/14/13 02:40 PM
The Bradley Foundation, a private, independent grant-making organization based in Milwaukee, recently handed out its annual Bradley Prize to four men who have, in the words of the organization's...
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Iran, Columnists, Opinion
Linda Chavez: Another sham election in Iran
By Linda Chavez | 06/13/13 07:50 PM
Like most people who live in democratic countries, Americans believe elections matter. But elections alone don't define democracy. Elections are simply the mechanism by which free people choose...
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IRS, Columnists, Opinion
Michelle Malkin: Barack Obama's 'social innovation' slush fund
By Michelle Malkin | 06/13/13 07:45 PM
We all know now what the vengeful Obama IRS has been doing to conservative nonprofits the past four years: strangling them in the crib. But do you know how much pampering and largesse far-left...
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Eric Holder, Columnists, White House
David Limbaugh: Obama never accepts the blame
By David Limbaugh | 06/13/13 07:35 PM
The Obama administration's handling of its multiple scandals paints a picture of those who believe they are above the law. There's a pattern of arrogance, dismissiveness, denial, scapegoating,...
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Big Government, Columnists, Opinion
Mona Charen: Government subsidizes disaster
By Mona Charen | 06/13/13 07:35 PM
The New York Times is pleased with Mayor Michael Bloomberg's 438-page, $20 billion plan to protect New York from the effects of future hurricanes. It notes benignly that the cost is probably an...
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National Security Agency, Columnists, Opinion
David Harsanyi: Left guilty of hypocrisy on freedom, terrorism
By David Harsanyi | 06/13/13 05:40 PM
There are many idealistic progressives who've remained opposed to the National Security Agency's data mining programs regardless of who is in the White House. (We can't surrender our freedom for...
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Environmental Protection Agency, Columnists, Opinion
Ron Arnold: Meet the little nobody from Texas with big power at EPA
By Ron Arnold | 06/13/13 05:15 PM
He dropped out of nowhere and landed with a crash in the director's seat of the Office of Environmental Justice at the Environmental Protection Agency. Matthew S. Tejada, 33, Texas-born Latino,...
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Immigration, Columnists, Opinion
Manhattan Moment: Make immigration reform local with regional visas
By Brandon Fuller and Sean Rust | 06/13/13 04:55 PM
Adapted from City Journal, Spring 2013 "We've lost our way, and we need to go back to fundamentals and say we're the place that welcomes everyone," said Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder last March as...
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Entitlements, Social Security, Columnists, Opinion
Trustees make clear Social Security, Medicare must be reformed
By Veronique de Rugy | 06/13/13 04:45 PM
Each year, the board of trustees for Social Security and Medicare release reports highlighting the financial outlook and solvency for these massive entitlement programs. "We are looking at over...
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Surveillance, Columnists, Opinion
R. Emmett Tyrrell: Give Edward Snowden what he deserves
By R. Emmett Tyrrell | 06/12/13 07:35 PM
WASHINGTON -- I depart America for two blissful weeks in Italy and return to find that my country has been transformed, rather rudely, into a totalitarian state on the order of Iran, possibly even...
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IRS, Big Government, Columnists, Opinion
Larry Elder: Scandals demonstrate evil of big government
By Larry Elder | 06/12/13 07:35 PM
The scandals surrounding the Obama administration come down to one common theme -- that the ever-growing size and scope of our federal government gives it enormous power over virtually every...
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Columnists, Opinion
Steve Chapman: Presidents, 2, Democracy, 0
By Steve Chapman | 06/12/13 07:35 PM
"And so the charges of the hysterics are revealed for what they are: castles in the air. Built on misrepresentation. Supported by unfounded fear. Held aloft by hysteria. On this and every other...
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Health Care, Ohio, Columnists
Philip Klein: Obamacare's rate shock hits the Buckeye state
By Philip Klein | 06/12/13 04:35 PM
Ohio Department of Insurance officials announced last week that average premiums in the Buckeye state would soar 88 percent once President Obama's health care law kicks in. The news added fuel to...
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Columnists, Opinion
Cal Thomas: Americans' foreign affairs strike home
By Cal Thomas | 06/12/13 03:30 PM
Ever since President Clinton "did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky," whatever remains of standards seems to have fallen even lower among people who hold offices and...
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Columnists, Opinion
Gregory Kane: Remembering Medgar Evers
By Gregory Kane | 06/12/13 02:15 PM
Fifty years ago this week, Medgar Evers was assassinated in Jackson, Miss. At the time of his demise, Evers was Mississippi's NAACP field secretary. In fact, it was because he was Mississippi's...
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Bill Clinton, Columnists, Opinion
Noemie Emery: The Clinton Effect may not help Obama
By Noemie Emery | 06/12/13 08:05 AM
As drowning men clutch at straws, presidents in trouble often cling to Harry Truman's 1948 upset re-election for hope. But President Obama may be looking to President Clinton's 1998 midterm for...
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Top 5 Most Read Stories
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Lights out: House plan would protect nation's electricity from solar flare, nuclear bomb
By Paul Bedard | 06/17/13
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Support falling in polls, Harry Reid announces rush to pass immigration bill
By Byron York | 06/18/13
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Is Obama losing young voters?
By Michael Barone | 06/17/13
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Edward Snowden: Google and Facebook 'misleading' their users
By Charlie Spiering | 06/17/13
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John Boehner won't back immigration bill without majority GOP support
By David M. Drucker | 06/16/13
From the Weekly Standard
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Frack to the Future
Williston, N.D.
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Downsize Ike
The beleaguered Eisenhower Memorial Commission holds its next public gathering later this month, and before its members duck-walk into the hearing room, huddled in a hoplite phalanx against a...
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The Lesson of Kermit Gosnell
What was the lesson of the Kermit Gosnell trial? Since the Philadelphia doctor was convicted last month of murdering three born-alive infants, two competing viewpoints have emerged.
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