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  • Tim Carney: Apple becomes latest target of the Beltway Shakedown

    Timothy P. Carney

    Published: Wed, May 22, 2013

    Senators are angry that tech giant Apple isn't paying its fair share. I'm not talking about taxes. This is about campaign contributions and lobbying fees. An investigation by Sen. Carl Levin and a grilling of Apple CEO Tim Cook on Tuesday by the Senate's Permanent Subcommittee on...

  • 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...

  • Philip Klein: Obama era scandals discredit big government

    Philip Klein

    Published: Wed, May 22, 2013

    It's an open question whether President Obama's approval rating will remain unaffected by the scandals currently engulfing his administration. But no matter how Obama himself makes out, the scandals are setbacks for the central goal of his presidency -- to restore Americans' faith in the ability...

  • New Obama NLRB gambit headed nowhere

    Sean Higgins

    Published: Mon, May 20, 2013

    Members of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee are set to vote this morning on a full slate of five nominees to the National Labor Relations Board. It will likely okay all five, who will then go into the legislative limbo that is the full Senate. There are plenty of...

  • Letters for May 23

    Published: Wed, May 22, 2013

    Nation can't afford another foreign entanglement Re: "Kerry to Mideast to advance struggling Syria plan," May 20 Where is the common sense? For a nation that's "broke," we seem to have billions of dollars for yet another foreign adventure in Syria. Yet not a dollar is in sight for a...

  • Gregory Kane: Race-baiting Julian Bond is at it again

    Gregory Kane

    Published: Wed, May 22, 2013

    Race-baiting Julian Bond is at it again. This time Bond is defending the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of Tea Party groups. They're racist, you see, and hence deserving of the IRS' wrath and scrutiny. Bond defended his position — and race baiting — in an op-ed piece he wrote for...

  • John Stossel: Sublet my people go

    John Stossel

    Published: Wed, May 22, 2013

    My kids moved out! I have two empty rooms in my apartment. Maybe I can rent them? A tourist visiting New York City could have a different experience, and save hotel money. I'd make money. Wouldn't it be great? No, says the government of my state.

  • Meghan Cox Gurdon: Mom wakes up to a birthday song, fresh coffee and a family hug

    Meghan Cox Gurdon

    Published: Wed, May 22, 2013

    Breakfast in bed may be a great luxury, but when you are a parent and it is your birthday (or Mother's or Father's day), it is an indulgence that requires you to have your wits about you so that everyone has a good time — particularly the young people who are giving you the early morning treat.