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BAKER: Holiday tolerance
It's almost Christmas. Lights are up, trees are decked and, where it's still legal, Nativity scenes are on display. This is the time of year when even high school orchestras playing carols to raise money for charity wind up being challenged by atheists who profess to be offended. Published December 20, 2012
EDITORIAL: Do you hear what I hear?
For decades, many Americans have lamented the commercialization of Christmas. It's the theme of countless TV shows and movies that have a well-meant core message against excessive materialism. Published December 20, 2012
EDITORIAL: Robert Bork, R.I.P.
America has lost one of its greatest legal thinkers. Robert H. Bork, a jurist, a teacher and a father, passed away Wednesday morning, but his ideas will live on. Published December 19, 2012
EDITORIAL: Religion trumps Obamacare
Win one for the good guys. Belmont Abbey College, a Catholic institution, and Wheaton College, which is Christian, sued the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) over an Obamacare rule mandating the schools to pay for contraception, contrary to their religious beliefs. Published December 19, 2012
EDITORIAL: Chilling climate-change news
When politicians want evidence to back up their belief that mankind is heating up the planet, they turn to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Published December 18, 2012
EDITORIAL: Democracy’s Egyptian peril
Democracy hangs by a thread in Egypt. Violence and charges of ballot irregularities that accompanied Saturday's referendum on President Mohammed Morsi's power grab raise doubt whether Egyptians can find a path to freedom. Published December 17, 2012
EDITORIAL: EPA regulates water
The environmentalist movement has gone off the deep end. It's bad enough that the courts have allowed the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to declare carbon dioxide, one of the essential components of life on this planet, to be a pollutant. Published December 17, 2012
EDITORIAL: Unhappy holiday travels
With the holidays fast approaching, many Americans are preparing to take to the skies to visit family. A time that ought to be filled with joy often turns to a time of dread thanks to the Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) need to pretend it is doing something to thwart terrorism. Published December 14, 2012
EDITORIAL: Push Obama over the fiscal cliff
Unless the fiscal cliff dilemma is resolved within the next two weeks, everyone's taxes go skyward. Rich and poor alike will hand over $500 billion more to the Internal Revenue Service. Published December 14, 2012
EDITORIAL: Drones over America
Big Sis is watching. Aerial surveillance drones designed to protect the nation's borders and fight terrorists overseas are turning their electronic eyes on Americans here at home. Published December 13, 2012
EDITORIAL: Uncle Sam’s remote control
Nobody likes overly loud television commercials. Dramatic tension goes out the window when a scene fades to black only to be replaced by the unrestrained blare of a loudmouth hawking used cars or the latest cleaning product. Published December 13, 2012
EDITORIAL: Gas pump shakedown
Backroom dealing will determine the outcome of the fiscal cliff negotiations. By the time a final package is crafted behind closed doors to resolve looming debt, spending and tax issues, rank-and-file lawmakers won't have a chance to alter the contents. Published December 11, 2012
EDITORIAL: Ham-handed approach to free speech
Freedom of speech is under attack. It's more than just well-known repressors such as China and Cuba openly cracking down on the expressions of their people. Far more insidious is the assault that quietly takes place as the political-correctness police convert criticism of certain groups into grounds for arrest. Published December 10, 2012
EDITORIAL: America goes to pot
Legal prohibition against marijuana is going up in smoke. Cops in Seattle now look the other way when potheads puff in public because Washington has become the first state in the nation to decriminalize the possession of marijuana. Published December 10, 2012
EDITORIAL: Ethanol’s unhappy meal
Efforts of lawmakers to buy votes in midwestern states are hitting taxpayers in the wallet. A report by the accounting firm PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC) last month calculated the full impact of the congressional directive pouring ethanol into the gas tanks of Americans. Published December 7, 2012
EDITORIAL: 2016’s conservative comeback
Many conservatives are understandably demoralized by last month's election returns. President Obama won despite being saddled with the weak economy, high gas prices and soaring deficits. Published December 7, 2012
EDITORIAL: Europe’s tax hydra
If there's one thing big-spending countries can't stand, it's a neighboring nation with the audacity to entice businesses with reasonable tax rates. Published December 6, 2012
EDITORIAL: Texting away your freedom
Modern communications are making the world smaller and, in many ways, better. The electronic devices that bring consumers a constant stream of information are, at the same time, increasingly capable of relaying back a record of their activities, shrinking privacy. Published December 6, 2012
EDITORIAL: Hillary’s replacement
Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice's deceptive Benghazi spin ought to be enough to sink her bid for promotion. Mrs. Rice's infamous talking points insisted that a YouTube video, rather than preplanned terrorism, prompted the deadly Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. Consulate in Libya. Published December 4, 2012
EDITORIAL: Putting Santa on the naughty list
Santa needs to wear a seat belt. That's the new rule the chief elf must obey when he swoops into Hampton, N.H., this Christmas season. So say the cheerless Scrooges of Hampton. In today's regulation nation, even jolly old St. Nick can wind up on the naughty list. Published December 4, 2012
