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Examiner Editorial: No, global warming did not cause Oklahoma tornado
Examiner Editorial
Published: Wed, May 22, 2013
What is it about natural disasters and liberals who are determined to impose their vision of environmental purity on the rest of America? When people in the Northeast are freezing in uncommonly cold winters and conservatives cite the low temperatures as "proof" that global warming is not...
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Examiner Editorial: Foxx could push FAA to adopt glider warning rule
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...
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Examiner Editorial: Five senators who know how to control federal spending
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...
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Examiner Editorial: Washington bureaucrats use force to suffocate liberty
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...
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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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UPDATED! 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...
