Florence, Ala. | Tuesday, May 21, 2013
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Google Glass is progress at a cost
WASHINGTON Picture yourself sitting in a restaurant having a private conversation with a business client or an intimate chat with a romantic partner, paying no attention to the person at the next … more
5/21/13 | 127 views
Bipartisan solution to a partisan scandal
The Internal Revenue Service has been the object of jokes for decades. The one that sticks in my mind, because it’s relevant, is Jerry Seinfeld’s TV character talking about being called in for a … more
5/20/13 | 178 views
Poisoned water
CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. A simple test could have alerted officials that the drinking water at Camp Lejeune was contaminated, long before authorities determined that as many as a million Marines and … more
5/19/13 | 418 views
President Obama — the loss of trust
WASHINGTON Leaving aside the seriousness of lawlessness, and the corruption of our civic culture by the professionally pious, this past week has been amusing. There was the spectacle of advocates … more
5/19/13 | 347 views
What was the IRS thinking?
Commentary: Extra scrutiny from the IRS is about as welcome as extra scrutiny from the proctologist, so one can hardly blame conservative groups for complaining, as they’ve done since last … more
5/19/13 | 208 views
Obama’s opponents do a lot of crying wolf
The problem with scandals is that those who feel scandalized the most often hated the alleged scandal perpetrators before the gleeful finger-pointing and outraged clucking began. That leaves the … more
5/19/13 | 173 views
Washington circus steals spotlight
Can President Barack Obama put out the brush fires that are sucking the air out of his second-term agenda? Can he stop the spread of mini-scandals that are consuming Washington? No, he cannot. The … more
5/18/13 | 262 views
Justice awaits for locked-in juveniles
Commentary: “Black teenagers were twice as likely as white teenagers to be detained and were sent to adult criminal court for minor infractions far more often than whites.” more
5/17/13 | 321 views
The false god of ‘narrative’
WASHINGTON What if the government starts enforcing the espionage statute whenever there’s a leak?” Steve Roberts, a former New York Times journalist who teaches at George Washington … more
5/16/13 | 311 views
Benghazi, IRS: Son of Watergate?
In his defense of President Barack Obama, Press Secretary Jay Carney is beginning to sound a lot like Ronald Zeigler, Richard Nixon’s spokesman. Carney only has to use the word “inoperative,” … more
5/15/13 | 358 views
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