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Lowry: The Media’s Tea-Party Moment (5)

Rarely has the White House briefing room so resembled the main ballroom at a meeting of the Conservative Political Action Conference. After news broke of a sweeping Justice Department subpoena of the Associated Press telephone records, White House press secretary … Continue reading

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Google Glasses Quizzed Over Snooping by U.S. Lawmakers

U.S. lawmakers asked Google Inc. (GOOG) to explain how the company will protect the privacy of people viewed by those wearing the company’s Web-enabled eyeglasses. Google’s Glass, a wearable computer in use by a limited number of testers, can take … Continue reading

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Fernandez: The Lying King

At a dinner not long ago someone described the wonders of a new product which uploaded your vital signs to the Cloud,  a process that was so much more accurate than having to take it yourself and write it down … Continue reading

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Gardiner: Why Barack Obama’s imperial presidency is imploding (10)

This has been a nightmare week for Barack Obama, without a doubt the worst of his presidency so far. Steven T. Miller, acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service has resigned over his agency’s targeting of conservative groups, which even The Washington Post labeled … Continue reading

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Feldman: IRS seizes 60 million medical records without a warrant

As we are being swamped with evidence of Administration wrongdoing, we should not forget to prioritize the vast amount of information we are getting. It is beyond peradventure of doubt at this time that the IRS, ordered to scrutinize the … Continue reading

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Goodwin: O’s scandals take nation by storm (5)

As a metaphor for big government, it is hard to top the Justice Department’s seizing of journalists’ phone records from The Associated Press. Unless, of course, you think the best example is the Internal Revenue Service turning the screws on … Continue reading

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Scandals prompt comparisons between Nixon, Obama administrations (11)

The chorus of comparisons between President Obama and the only president to resign in disgrace is growing by the day, as the administration’s scandals appear to pile up. Whether the comparisons are fair or not, columnist George Will perhaps led … Continue reading

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Fernandez: When Jupiter Aligns With Mars: Are Scandals Coincidence, or Breaking Point?

A friend in D.C. with whom I was having a conversation remarked on the timing of our discourse with words to the effect of: “It’s a hot time in the old town tonight.” The headlines are definitely interesting: Benghazi, the … Continue reading

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Hammack: The Pinocchio Presidency (2)

“If you like your doctor, then you can keep your doctor under the new Health Care Act” …at least that’s what we were told. “The Benghazi incident was the result of a spontaneous uprising over an offensive anti-Muslim video that … Continue reading

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