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ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH: Reducing the number needed for 'one too many'
When bundled with a host of other suggestions aimed at curbing drunk driving, the National Transportation Safety Board's proposal that states should reduce the allowable blood-alcohol concentration to 0.05 percent is reasonable.
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CAL THOMAS: Tyranny is no longer 'lurking'
Given last week's revelation that the IRS targeted conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status, it's worth recalling President Obama's Ohio State University commencement address. The president decried "voices" warning "that tyranny is always lurking just around the corner."
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KEVIN HORRIGAN: Dodge taxes! Get rich! Become a 501(c)(4)!
Last week, after the news broke that IRS agents in Cincinnati had been giving extra scrutiny to applications from conservative groups for tax-exempt status, I downloaded IRS Form 14449, the "Self-Declarers Questionnaire IRC 501(c)(4), (5) and (6) Organizations."
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JOHN DEAN: Obama's scandals are more like Harding's than Nixon's
During President Barack Obama's May 16 news conference, reporter Jeff Mason asked as part of his question: "And, more broadly, how do you feel about comparisons by some of your critics of this week's scandals to those that happened under the Nixon administration?" The president responded, "I'll ...
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ALBERT R. HUNT: How Obama can rescue his presidency
Here's the White House view of the current trilogy of so-called scandals: Republicans are trying to destroy President Barack Obama's second term by magnifying bureaucratic miscues and distorting policy realities. This isn't without some merit.
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DOYLE McMANUS: A season of scandal comes with a cost
The longer an administration is in office, the more errors it makes, and the harder they are to conceal. Just ask Richard M. Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton or George W. Bush.
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CARL HIAASEN: IRS went after small fry, but let the big ones get away
IRS supervisors were wrong to single out local Tea Parties when there's a host of flagrant, big-time violators controlled by supporters of both major political parties.
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CAL THOMAS: Philadelphia abortion doctor made sacrifice to 'god' of self-interest
It was the pictures and riveting testimony that convinced a Philadelphia jury that abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell was guilty of murdering three infants born alive following botched late-term abortions and also guilty of the involuntary manslaughter of Karnamaya Mongar, who overdosed on Demerol during...
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LAWRENCE HARMON: FBI's banner flight about Quincy only fuels mistrust of government
The Boston office of the FBI clammed up when asked if its agents were at the controls of low-flying aircraft making continuous loops over Quincy and abutting communities during all hours of the day and night in recent weeks. But short of towing a colorful banner declaring "FBI Surveillance Operation...
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STEPHEN L. CARTER: Press protections should be expanded to cover more people
The Obama administration announced this week that it is throwing its support behind the press shield law that has been stalled in Congress since time immemorial.
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JOSEPH J. THORNDIKE: IRS scandal unthinkable? Try unavoidable
'Outrageous," declared President Obama. "Unthinkable," said Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill. "Offensive," said Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif.


