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  • Examiner Editorial: Eliminate the middleman in awarding green cards

    By Examiner Editorial | 06/03/13 05:30 PM

    Those who have been following the immigration reform debate in Congress may have heard the argument from low-wage employers that America needs more immigrants because such people "only do the dirty jobs that Americans won't do." Never mind that, as farmers in California's Central Valley are...

  • Examiner Editorial: Washington politicos take responsibility but not blame

    By Examiner Editorial | 06/02/13 05:05 PM

    Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is known these days for her angry "what difference does it make" retort to critics when she testified in January before the Senate about Benghazi attack. Something else she said that day, however, may reveal more about the current state of the nation: "I...

  • Examiner Editorial: Journalists should not meet in secret with Eric Holder

    By Examiner Editorial | 05/30/13 06:15 PM

    Former NBC evening news anchor Tom Brokaw got it exactly right when he assessed Attorney General Eric Holder's invitation to Washington media chiefs for an off-the-record meeting. Said Brokaw: "If it's worth talking about, let's put it on the record. If we need to know about it, let's put it in...

  • Examiner Editorial: U.S. should heed failure of cap and trade in Europe

    By Examiner Editorial | 05/29/13 03:05 PM

    Logging was dead in North Carolina a few years ago, but it's booming now with the timber industry hardly able to meet demand. In West Virginia, mining continues despite falling domestic demand and the Environmental Protection Agency's regulatory efforts to shutter the industry permanently. Big...

  • National Editorial: Washington drowns America with a flood of regulations

    By Examiner Editorial | 05/28/13 06:30 PM

    America's economic and political infrastructure is awash in a flood of federal regulations that is growing deeper and more expensive every day. Consider these data points from the Competitive Enterprise Institute's latest edition of its annual "Ten Thousand Commandments" report: * In the two...

  • National Editorial: No more back-room deals between bureaucrats and liberal activists

    By Examiner Editorial | 05/27/13 04:55 PM

    Previously in this space, The Washington Examiner described an important new report compiled by an 11-person research team from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce entitled "Sue and Settle: Regulating Behind Closed Doors." The chamber's report identified at least 71 federal court cases since 2009 in...

  • EPA's back-room 'sue and settle' deals require reform

    By Examiner Editorial | 05/24/13 05:20 PM

    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: Questions for Nancy DeParle on the IRS scandal

    By Examiner Editorial | 05/23/13 05:25 PM

    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: No, global warming did not cause Oklahoma tornado

    By Examiner Editorial | 05/22/13 02:55 PM

    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: Foxx could push FAA to adopt glider warning rule

    By Examiner Editorial | 05/21/13 06:35 PM

    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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