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National Editorial: America's veterans deserve better than this
Examiner Editorial
Published: Sat, May 18, 2013
Americans are a deeply divided people on many things these days. But there are two points on which virtually everybody agrees. First, American military commanders must always be able to remove bad apples who reduce their units' combat readiness. Combat readiness trumps every other management...
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Examiner Editorial: Tom Perez and his 'disparate impact' hiring quotas lose in court
Examiner Editorial
Published: Thu, May 16, 2013
Do Americans have a right to expect that firefighters responding to calls from their neighborhoods will always be the best-trained, most capable individuals available? Not if the U.S. Department of Justice has its way. That's the disturbing message from a discrimination suit DOJ filed against...
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Examiner Editorial: Kathleen Sebelius skirts law by seeking private cash for Obamacare
Examiner Editorial
Published: Wed, May 15, 2013
Even though it is for a worthy cause, most working adults know how awkward it is when the boss comes by their desk with a form asking how many boxes of Girl Scout cookies they want to buy. They may already be inclined to support scouting, or maybe they just like cookies, but the entire exchange...
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National Editorial: As new scandals show, people who love power are prone to abuse it
Examiner Editorial
Published: Tue, May 14, 2013
Conservatives and liberals have long debated the most effective way to ensure accountability in government. Conservatives, who usually view human nature as inherently flawed, automatically distrust those exercising official power. Liberals, for whom the perfectibility of man is an article of...
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Examiner Editorial: Did IRS dirty tricks against Tea Party end in Cincinnati?
Examiner Editorial
Published: Sun, May 12, 2013
To understand the moral context of the IRS's admission that it improperly targeted conservative Tea Party and Patriot nonprofits during the 2012 presidential campaign, it helps to know that Richard Nixon, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama have something in common besides twice being elected to the...
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Examiner Editorial: Don't cripple the Internet with frivolous lawsuits
Examiner Editorial
Published: Sat, May 11, 2013
Congress must stop President Obama's Justice Department from opening up the Internet to junk lawsuits. Filing such cynical litigation is a way of life for legions of class-action trial lawyers who specialize in the Americans with Disabilities Act. They travel from small business to small...
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Examiner Editorial: Obama's Benghazi video tale made a big difference
Examiner Editorial
Published: Thu, May 9, 2013
"The fact is, we had four dead Americans," former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton famously exploded during a January Senate hearing on the Sept. 11, 2012, attacks against the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya. "Was it because of a protest or was it because some guys out for a walk one night...
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Examiner Editorial: Supreme Court should clean out Obama's labor panel
Examiner Editorial
Published: Wed, May 8, 2013
If they were making a zombie horror movie in Washington, the National Labor Relations Board would have a starring role. It's dead, yet somehow keeps moving even as it rots away. This is due to President Obama's stubborn determination to stack the nominally independent federal agency with...
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Examiner Editorial: Obama's Benghazi cover-up begins unraveling today
Examiner Editorial
Published: Tue, May 7, 2013
Ever since Sept. 11, 2012, when Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans were killed in a terrorist attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, the Obama administration has done its best to confuse and conceal what actually happened. On Wednesday, when three career State...
