Commentary

Congress Must End IRS Abuse Before Window of Opportunity Closes

By Timothy H. Lee
Thursday, March 01 2018

There's no more fearsome federal bureaucracy than the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for American citizens across the political spectrum. Whether during the Watergate era under Richard Nixon, or the Lois Lerner scandal under Barack Obama, it has earned its reputation as a serial violator of Americans' privacy. Fortunately, Congress can help put an end to IRS abuse by passing legislation protecting the privacy of donors to nonprofit organizations, and eliminating the possibility of future targeting by IRS officials, state attorneys general or outside hackers. But it must act…

	Recently, President Trump tweeted, "I have been much tougher on Russia than Obama, just look at…
	Read more...

Labor Thuggery at the Supreme Court

	Organized labor took off the gloves Monday, warning the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court that freeing…
	Read more...

Release the Florida School Shooting Surveillance Video

	Open government isn't just good government. It's the public's right. In Florida, the Broward County…
	Read more...

CNN's Shameful Town Hall Is a Clarifying Moment on Guns

	CNN recently hosted an anti-gun town hall featuring a number of grieving children and parents from Stoneman…
	Read more...

Debunking Gun Control Myths

	In the wake of last week's Parkland, Florida, murders by a deranged former student, culture warriors…
	Read more...

Do Not Let the Children Lead

	Where are all the grown-ups in times of crisis and grief? Don't bother searching America's prestigious…
	Read more...

A Non-Alarmist Reading Of the Mueller Russia Indictment

	There's been no shortage of breathless reaction to Trump-Russia special prosecutor Robert Mueller's indictment…
	Read more...

Intellectual Property: America Still Leads the World, but Dangers Lurk

	The United States maintains its worldwide lead in the critical area of intellectual property (IP) protection…
	Read more...

What Explains the FBI's Deep Faith In Trump Dossier Author?

	One of the most remarkable takeaways from the new documents released in the Trump-Russia investigation…
	Read more...

Science, Secrecy and Lies in Oklahoma

	As the Oklahoma attorney general's office fights to keep hidden from public view the results of secret…
	Read more...

More Commentary...

« Prev 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 Next »

Notable Quote

"Documents recently obtained by Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, included an anomaly in the classification coding -- one that indicates FBI agents intentionally misclassified information to conceal evidence of Biden-family corruption.On Monday, Grassley highlighted the discovery in a letter he penned to Attorney General Todd Blanche, FBI Director Kash Patel, and Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton…[more]

— Margot Cleveland, The Federalist

Liberty Poll