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Pointing to threat, pulling in profit

May.19, 2013 | Comment

WASHINGTON -- Over the last decade, former Navy Secretary Richard J. Danzig, a prominent lawyer, presidential advisor and biowarfare consultant to the Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security, has urged the government to counter what he called a... »

Voice of the People, May. 19

May.18, 2013 | Comment

Benghazi coverage This is in response to "The Benghazi decisions; Make uncovering the truth a bipartisan mission" (Editorial, May 13). I need to express my disappointment in your newspaper's coverage of Benghazi. Realizing four brave Americans were lost... »

Editorial: Conservatives should lead on immigration

May.18, 2013 | Comment

If President Barack Obama delivers on his promise to sign meaningful immigration legislation in his second term, it could be because he wisely stayed out of the way while Sen. Marco Rubio, a Florida Republican with his eye on the White House, did the... »

The Nixon false equivalence

May.18, 2013 | Comment

"The only thing new in the world is the history you don't know," said Harry Truman, who made it his task to absorb a lot of it. Many people who have not followed his example are not averse to using what little they do know, with the inadvertent effect... »

The scandalously premature diagnosis of a cancer on the presidency

May.18, 2013 | Comment

If it makes me a media lackey or a tail-wagging lap dog for President Barack Obama to hold out for, you know, actual evidence that he had anything to do with the various and glaring misbehavior, blundering and butt-covering in the governmental ranks... »

IRS scandal a reminder of how I learned about The Chicago Way

May.18, 2013 | Comment

The Internal Revenue Service scandal now devouring the Obama administration — the outrageous use of the federal taxing authority to target tea party and other conservatives — certainly makes for meaty partisan politics. But this scandal is... »