Examiner Editorial

Published: Thu, Mar 7, 2013

The enthusiastic reception that Sen. Rand Paul received for his 13-hour filibuster on Wednesday shows that American politics is not rigidly doctinaire. Conservatives and liberals alike united behind the Kentucky Republican as he attempted to shame a Democratic president into acknowledging that...

Examiner Editorial

Published: Wed, Mar 6, 2013

In 2007, candidate Barack Obama declared, "I will sign a universal health care bill into law by the end of my first term as president that will cover every American and cut the cost of a typical family's premium by up to $2,500 a year." As president, he signed national health care legislation...

Examiner Editorial

Published: Tue, Mar 5, 2013

The Conservative Political Action Conference, better known as CPAC, has drawn some fire already this year, but on Tuesday it went up in flames. The inexplicable decision by the event's managers at the American Conservative Union to invite Donald Trump to speak sullies an event conservatives have...

Examiner Editorial

Updated: Mon, Mar 4, 2013

Are drones useful tools in the arsenal of law enforcement, high-tech toys or a serious threat to Americans' freedom and privacy? All of the above. The Virginia General Assembly's plan for a two-year ban on the use of drones by law enforcement comes at a moment when the technology is developing...

Examiner Editorial

Published: Sun, Mar 3, 2013

Army Pfc. Bradley Manning pleaded guilty Thursday to 10 charges related to the misuse of federal documents. He will likely spend 20 years in prison for these offenses. He may face further charges, and we hope the military prosecutes him on as many of them as possible. Manning dumped thousands...

Examiner Editorial

Published: Sat, Mar 2, 2013

During a Friday news conference, a reporter asked President Obama whether he had any responsibility for the onset of the automatic spending cuts that he has warned will be devastating for the nation. "The problem that we have is a long-term problem in terms of our health care costs and programs...

Examiner Editorial

Updated: Thu, Feb 28, 2013

In a few days," President Obama said earlier this week, "Congress might allow a series of immediate, painful, arbitrary budget cuts to take place -- known in Washington as the sequester. Instead of cutting out the government spending we don't need -- wasteful programs that don't work,...

Examiner Editorial

Published: Wed, Feb 27, 2013

The Keystone XL Pipeline project has been endorsed by numerous unions, including those representing laborers, builders, pipefitters, electrical workers and the building trades. With the country still hurting from the recession, they are eager to get in on the estimated 20,000 jobs the project...

Examiner Editorial

Published: Tue, Feb 26, 2013

A Government Accountability Office study from last month was released to the public for the first time Tuesday. It shows that if the cost-containment measures put in place by President Obama's health care law prove unsustainable or ineffective, then the law will add substantially to the nation's...

Examiner Editorial

Published: Mon, Feb 25, 2013

Six years ago this month, then-Sen. Barack Obama launched his first presidential campaign in Springfield, Ill. He warned thousands of his adoring followers about "the cynics, and the lobbyists and the special interests who've turned our government into a game only they can afford to play." He...