Sean Higgins

Updated: Fri, May 17, 2013

  Deirdre McCloskey, a professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago, is set to be honored by the Competitive Enterprise Institute, a leading Washington, D.C., free market/libertarian think tank, with its annual Julian Simon Award at a major dinner event in June. CEI...

Charlie Spiering

Published: Fri, May 17, 2013

During the House Ways and Means Committee hearing today, Rep. Aaron Schock R-Ill. grilled outgoing IRS commissioner Steven Miller about the IRS targeting a group in Iowa. “Their question, specifically asked from the IRS to the Coalition for Life for Iowa ‘Please detail the content of the...

Michael Barone

Updated: Fri, May 17, 2013

Higher education enrollments this spring are down 2.3 percent  from spring 2012, according to the National Student Clearinghouse. That’s more than the 1.8 percent decline between fall 2011 and fall 2012. One reason may be that the job market is getting (slightly) more favorable. But I...

Philip Klein

Updated: Fri, May 17, 2013

On Thursday, House Republicans once again voted to repeal President Obama’s health care law. I don’t think it’ll be a major spoiler to predict that the repeal bill won’t go any further. But I do think the vote is a good opportunity to reflect on the future of Obamacare, which I divide...

Charlie Spiering

Updated: Fri, May 17, 2013

During the congressional hearing Friday morning with outgoing IRS Commissioner Steven Miller, Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, asked why Miller couldn’t reveal who was responsible for targeting Tea Party groups. “I’m going to take exception to the concept of ‘targeting,’” Miller replied....

Charlie Spiering

Updated: Fri, May 17, 2013

During a House Ways and Means Committee Hearing this morning, acting IRS commissioner Steven Miller explained that he never claimed to have done anything wrong. Miller made the comment during an exchange with Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif. Nunes asked Miller why he was resigning if he didn't...

Charlie Spiering

Updated: Fri, May 17, 2013

During a congressional hearing with the House Ways and Means Committee, outgoing IRS commissioner Steven Miller admitted that the IRS provided "horrible customer service" by targeting Tea Party groups.

Conn Carroll

Updated: Fri, May 17, 2013

“The government generally has to conduct itself in a way that is true to the public trust,” President Obama said from the East Room of the White House Wednesday. “That’s especially true for the IRS. “So, here’s what we’re going to do,” Obama continued. “First, we’re going...

Charlie Spiering

Updated: Fri, May 17, 2013

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney has come under heavy fire this week as journalists grilled him about the three scandals hitting President Obama’s administration at once. On CNN Thursday night, however, Carney explained to Piers Morgan that he has actually enjoyed his job this week....

Charlie Spiering

Updated: Fri, May 17, 2013

Jon Stewart mocked the media Thursday night on “The Daily Show” for having “the attention span of a concussed goldfish,” suggesting that their distracted news coverage were Obama’s only hope for beating the scandals weighing down his second term. Stewart played several clips of cable...