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National 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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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...