Bullying by government has become the norm. We have truly entered the world of "Alice in Wonderland" when the CEO of a company that pays $16 million a day in taxes is hauled up before a Congressional subcommittee to be denounced on nationwide television for not paying more. Apple CEO Tim Cook was denounced for contributing to "a ... MOREThomas Sowell: The Bullying Pulpit
Bullying by government has become the norm. We have truly entered the world of "Alice in Wonderland" when the CEO of a company that pays $16 million a day in taxes is hauled up before a Congressional subcommittee to be denounced on nationwide television for not paying more. Apple CEO Tim Cook was denounced for contributing to "a ... MOREThe IRS Fiasco Is Only The Tip Of The Iceberg.
by Henry I. Miller. You certainly hear some amazing things in congressional testimony. Lois Lerner, the head of the IRS unit that determines whether organizations receive tax-exempt status, claimed last week that she had neither done anything wrong nor lied about her involvement in the discrimination against conservative and ... MOREA. Barton Hinkle: Obama's War On The Constitution
Where the "change" is focused. A physician’s expertise makes him capable of inflicting great harm, noted Plato a couple thousand years ago, and no one is better positioned to steal than a guard. So perhaps we should not be surprised that the most conspicuous foe of liberty and the Bill of Rights turns out to be a former professor of constitutional ... MOREWalter E Williams: Americans Deserve The IRS
Politicians must pay for their spending. Individually, Americans do not deserve to be subservient to such a fear-mongering, intimidating and powerful agency as the Internal Revenue Service; but collectively, we do. Let's look at it. Since the 1791 ratification of our Constitution, until well into the 1920s, federal spending as a percentage of ... MOREJonah Goldberg: Don't Edit The First Amendment
The press forgets the inconvenient parts. "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion,
or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of
speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to
assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” That's the full text ... MOREApple Shows It Is Time To Abolish Corporate Tax
by Evan Soltas. Tim Cook, the chief executive of Apple Inc., came to the U.S. Senate
on May 21 to advocate an overhaul of the nation's corporate tax code.
Tax profits at 20 percent, Cook said, and offer no loopholes, no deductions, no complexities. The
recommendation might seem radical. It isn't. Apple might be a visionary
in consumer ... MOREGeorge Will: Obama Regime's War On Campus Speech
'Alice in Wonderland' coercion. Barack Obama, vowing to elevate Washington to the level of his
fastidiousness, came from Chicago, where the political machine
inoculates itself from scandals by the proliferation of them: Many
scandals mean merely cursory scrutiny of most. Now, notice the scant
attention being given to an assault on civil ... MOREIRS Scandal Shows Importance Of Privacy Protections
by Phil Kerpen. IRS apologists are furiously trying to change the subject from the outrageous targeting of political opponents by the IRS to a policy debate over forced disclosure of contributions to groups that engage in political speech. The story is that a deluge of applications forced the IRS to cut corners and the targeting scandal was an ... MOREPolicing For Profit Is A Civil Liberties Nightmare
by Stewart M. Powell. Federal asset forfeiture is both an 
DOJ Wanted Indefinite Tracking Of Fox Reporter's Email
A chilling effect on a once free press. U.S. prosecutors asked a judge to defer indefinitely notifying a Fox News reporter his email was being monitored in a national security probe, records indicate. Court documents unsealed this week show U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Ron Machen argued in 2010 the normal practice of ... MOREUncle Sam Wants You ... Under His Thumb
by Jim Yardley. It's really difficult to keep track of the many ways that the Obama administration is chipping away at the freedoms and independence that were the foundations of our nation, bequeathed to us as a birthright. Let's just summarize the more egregious behavior of our Beloved Leader and his Apostles. Fast and Furious: The ... MORE
Bill O'Reilly: Assessing Blame
Why Kerry looks at us in a daze. So there I am coaching third base for my 9-year-old son's little league team. Man on second, one out. The batter hits a ground ball to third, and the fielder promptly boots it, so I send the runner in to home plate. He's ahead of the ball -- and then, suddenly, the KID STOPS RUNNING! He's tagged out. We lose by ... MOREDr. Milton R. Wolf: Tyranny In Our Time
American must repudiate the political class. Americans are beginning to recognize the disturbing similarities between President Obama and the fallen Richard Nixon, but the comparison that may matter more is between Mr. Obama and King George III. “He
has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of
Officers to ... MORE
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IRS Scandal Highlights The Dangers Of Big Government
Taxing power as a weapon. It’s hard to believe, but the current tax scandal will eventually fade away just as all Washington, D.C. scandals run their course. It’s easier to believe that the IRS will remain a loathsome and abusive agency, subject perhaps to some reforms and personnel changes that ultimately will do nothing to change its character. ... MOREDear Graduates: Tyranny Is Right Around The Corner
by Andrew Napolitano. A few weeks ago, President Obama advised graduates at Ohio State University that they need not listen to voices warning about tyranny around the corner, because we have self-government in America. He argued that self-government is in and of itself an adequate safeguard against tyranny, because voters can be ... MORE
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