Examiner Editorial

Published: Sat, May 25, 2013

Imagine the outcry if the nation woke up this morning to New York Times and Washington Post headlines reporting that in order to settle a lawsuit against Charles and David Koch, officials with the Environmental Protection Agency had met behind closed doors with them to iron out a deal that...

Examiner Editorial

Updated: Thu, May 23, 2013

When Douglas Shulman was asked Wednesday by Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., for some of the "many reasons" he might visit the White House 118 times during his tenure at the IRS, the tax agency's former commissioner displayed a profound disrespect for Congress by hastily replying, "the Easter Egg...

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...

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...

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...

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...