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EDITORIAL: Attention, Earthlings
A few friends of extraterrestrials got together the other day at the National Press Club, where there's usually a couple of guys at the bar eager for a good story, to hold a Citizen Hearing on Disclosure, a "mock congressional hearing" on human encounters with extraterrestrials. Published May 9, 2013
EDITORIAL: The immigration poison pill
The immigration "reform" cooked up by the Gang of Eight is finally on the front burner in Congress. The Senate Judiciary Committee will mark up the comprehensive package Thursday, and already it appears the process is doomed to failure, and by design. Published May 9, 2013
EDITORIAL: A free lunch for the world
The Department of Agriculture is out to sign up the world for food stamps, and you don't even have to live in the United States. The watchdogs at Judicial Watch discovered documents that reveal how the Obama administration's close coordination with the Mexican government entices Mexicans to hop over the fence and on to the American dole. Published May 9, 2013
EDITORIAL: Confiscating the baby
Alex and Anna Nikolayev of Sacramento, Calif., want only the best for their five-month-old son, Sammy. They're particularly sensitive to the infant's health because he has a heart murmur and will likely need surgery. Published May 8, 2013
EDITORIAL: Gina McCarthy’s smog machine
Senate hearings, even confirmation hearings, don't always live up to their billing (except in the movies). Not every committee can deliver Watergate-era theatrics, either from the panel of senators or in a retort from the witness table, as in Joseph Welch's famous question to Joe McCarthy: "Have you no sense of decency?" Published May 8, 2013
EDITORIAL: Now, a war on caffeine
Waking up to the morning newspaper and a cup of hot coffee is one of life's great pleasures, but it may soon be only a fondly remembered blast from the past. The newspaper is not going anywhere, but the nannies and the nancy men of the federal government want to take away our caffeine. Published May 8, 2013
EDITORIAL: A scarlet tax letter
Not everything that comes out of the deep-blue left coast is bad. A state that gave Barack Obama a 15-point margin should expect taxes to go up because Big Government liberalism is all about "soaking the rich" and redistributing the result. Published May 7, 2013
EDITORIAL: The Benghazi spin
Americans may finally learn the facts about the terrorist attack on the U.S. compound in Benghazi. These facts arrive eight months late because the Obama administration devoted its full attention to re-weaving the narrative of the killing of an American ambassador and three other diplomats on the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 catastrophe at the World Trade Center. Published May 7, 2013
EDITORIAL: The Obamaphone explosion
Nobody likes paying a telephone bill, landline, cell or otherwise. The long-term contracts, early termination fees and the bewildering array of fees and limits make comparison shopping a drudge. This isn't so, however, for nearly 1 every 10 Maryland residents who get their telephone free from the Lifeline subsidy program. Published May 7, 2013
EDITORIAL: Another assault on the language
Politicians often have too much time on their hands. In the state of Washington, state Sen. Jeanne Kohl-Welles, a Democrat, spent many hours poring through the law books searching for words and phrases that offend currently fashionable feminist sensibilities. Published May 6, 2013
EDITORIAL: This Eagle Scout is no felon
It's May, and for most seniors in high school, thoughts turn to final exams, getting a date for the prom and graduation. For David Cole Withrow, an 18-year-old senior at Princeton High School in Princeton, N.C., his final days will be spent dealing with a suspension, an arrest record and a felony charge in criminal court. Published May 6, 2013
EDITORIAL: No relief in the numbers
Friday's official jobs numbers were better than expected. The Labor Department says 165,000 private-sector positions were created in April, pushing the unemployment rate down to 7.5 percent, a decline of only a tenth of a percentage point from March. Published May 6, 2013
VIDEO: Emily Miller on Fox Business from NRA meeting in Houston (May 3, 2013)
Senior Editor of Opinion Emily Miller was on "Lou Dobbs Tonight" on the Fox Business Network from the annual meeting of the National Rifle Association (NRA) in Houston to discuss the politics of gun control. Published May 5, 2013
EDITORIAL: A Stasi for Palm Beach
In the bad old days when Germany was riven in two parts, Germans in the East lived in terror of the state security ministry known as the Stasi, which enlisted neighbors and colleagues as secret informants. Stasi created a spirit of distrust to be exploited by the party. Published May 3, 2013
EDITORIAL: Shelving Plan B
The Justice Department decided Wednesday to appeal a federal judge's order authorizing over-the-counter sales of the Plan B morning-after abortion pill without any age restrictions. It's a right decision, if for the wrong reason. Published May 3, 2013
EDITORIAL: Silencing Internet radio
Washington, D.C., is a coin-operated world where lobbyists insert their nickels and politicians sing their song. Nobody is more in tune with the game than the music industry. Published May 3, 2013
EDITORIAL: Pentagon prejudice
The administration continues to tie itself in knots to avoid offending Muslims, but offers no such courtesy to Christians. The latest example of official intolerance is the blocking of access on military bases to the Southern Baptists' website because it contains "hostile content." Published May 2, 2013
EDITORIAL: Hail to the Redtails?
We should put aside concerns about crime, decrepit schools, perpetual parking and traffic chaos and an unending series of corruption scandals in the District of Columbia government. The D.C. Council is poised to decide what a private business should call itself. Published May 2, 2013
EDITORIAL: The perils of duckhood
Presidents never call a news conference unless they have something to say, or, in certain circumstances have to say something, like it or not. President Obama called an unexpected news conference Tuesday, with lots of things he had rather not talk about. Published May 2, 2013
EDITORIAL: Snuff that cigar
The U.S. economy may not be growing, but the government sure is. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has had explicit legal authority to regulate cigarettes and chewing tobacco only since 2009, and now the agency wants to go beyond the congressional mandate to shape up the American cigar industry. Published May 1, 2013
