Examiner Editorial

Published: Tue, May 21, 2013

Anthony Foxx is scheduled to appear before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee today, to answer questions about his nomination to be the next Transportation Secretary. Foxx, the mayor of Charlotte, N.C., is a mildly controversial pick because he has no professional...

Examiner Editorial

Updated: Mon, May 20, 2013

This will come as a shock to those who believe the only significant news in recent weeks has been the Benghazi, IRS and AP/Fox News intimidation scandals, but there have been some significant developments on other issues. Consider the May 14 "Dear Colleague" letter by Republican Sens. Tom Coburn...

Examiner Editorial

Published: Sun, May 19, 2013

Remember Armand Armendariz, the Environmental Protection Agency regional administrator who resigned after regaling an audience of Big Green activists with a history lesson to illustrate his agency's approach to critics of the EPA's harshest policies? When the Romans conquered a new province, he...

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...

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...