Conn Carroll

Published: Sat, May 18, 2013

"It's an interesting case study, right," former President Obama adviser David Axelrod told the crew of MSNBC's "Morning Joe" on Wednesday, "because if you look at the inspector general's report, apparently some folks down in the bureaucracy, ya know -- we have a large government -- took it upon...

Mark J. Fitzgibbons

Published: Sat, May 18, 2013

No one should be surprised by the scandals at the Internal Revenue Service involving tax-exempt status of Tea Parties and the targeting of conservatives for audits. Such abuses of power within government, of course, are not confined to the IRS or even the federal government. They are not even...

Michael Barone

Published: Sat, May 18, 2013

Chilling effect. That's the term lawyers and judges use to describe the result of government actions that deter people from exercising their right of free speech. There have been plenty of examples in the past 10 days. The Obama administration's Justice Department issued a sweeping demand...

Paul Howard

Published: Thu, May 16, 2013

A biomedical revolution is here. Researchers can now target drugs at the molecular roots of diseases. Combined with advances in computing power and predictive analytics, companies and physicians can tailor complex treatment regimens to a patient's unique biology. We're just scratching the...

Ron Arnold

Published: Thu, May 16, 2013

Who is Jon Powers? That's not a spoof on "Atlas Shrugged," which begins with "Who is John Galt?" -- but a serious question about one of the more obscure power brokers in the Executive Office of the President. Powers is a former U.S. Army officer who was appointed last year by President Obama...

Veronique de Rugy

Published: Thu, May 16, 2013

Wind energy is the darling of the green energy sector. Over the past 35 years, the industry has received nearly $30 billion in federal subsidies and cash grants, and Washington has promised another $12 billion in subsidies over the next decade. Thus, the argument goes, subsidizing wind energy...

David Harsanyi

Published: Thu, May 16, 2013

So, the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups (or, more precisely, groups displaying a bit too much gusto for limited government) was far more widespread than its initial apology would have led Americans to imagine. Yes, it is disturbing -- a dangerous abuse of power, no...