Who gets to the top? The charges against Christine Lagarde, head of the International Monetary Fund, give us a chance to cogitate on that question. “Lagarde faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in jail if found guilty of the very serious charges. It was when she was President Nicolas Sarkozy’s finance minister that she [...] Read Article → 
It’s not surprising at all that the former head of the Internal Revenue Service doesn’t know anything about the Constitution. IRS agents routinely violate the Constitution as part of their jobs. In their internal documents, they say they can read anyone’s emails or place GPS tracking devices on anyone’s car, and that that’s not a [...] Read Article → 
When You get a letter from the IRS demanding documents to justify exemptions and income, you better comply by the date specified . . . or else. IRS officials have refused to turn over documents that could shed some light on alleged illegal activity by the agency. Here are at least three questions that need [...] Read Article → 
Once the cork popped on the sacred establishment known as the Internal Revenue Service, it seems that almost every day some new scandal or problem surfaces. In the latest news rising out of the ashes of what once were the pristine halls of the IRS, a secretary has been arrested and charged with a felony [...] Read Article → 
On Nov. 5, 2009, Army Major Nidal Hasan went on a shooting spree at Fort Hood, Texas where he was stationed. Witnesses said he was making Islamic statements as he shot one serviceman/woman after another. By the time Hasan was taken into custody, he had killed 13 people and wounded 32 others. His guilt is [...] Read Article → 
Representatives of the “religion of peace” on Wednesday were brought down in a shower of police bullets after trying to behead and killing an off-duty soldier in front of horrified bystanders in a London street. The two Muslim men hacked and stabbed a British soldier to death with knives and meat cleavers while shouting “Allah [...] Read Article → 
Jay Carney was getting irritated at addressing questions about the scandals that have come to light in the Obama administration. Major Garret with CBS News asked Carney about whether he thought the recent scandals were “partisan fishing expeditions,” referencing a quote from White House senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer: “[T]his is a Republican playbook. When they [...] Read Article → 
The ever magnanimous New York Representative, Peter King, says, “he’s willing to overlook the ‘hypocrisy’ of lawmakers who opposed aid for his state in the wake of Superstorm Sandy but might support funding for tornado-stricken Oklahoma.” By “overlook” he means, make the accusation public in the media. One republican Senator has been principled, however. According [...] Read Article → 
Benghazi is not a singular event. It’s not just about the death of the ambassador and three others. It’s not just about why help was not sent or even where Obama was all that time. Although these are important, the real scandal is what was going on in Benghazi and why was ambassador Stevens there [...] Read Article → 
Senate Bill 744 (SB 744) is better known as the immigration reform bill. It is the brainchild of the infamous Gang of 8 (Democratic Senators Chuck Schumer (NY), Dick Durbin (IL), Bob Menendez (NJ), Michael Bennet (CO) and Republican Senators Marco Rubio (FL), Lindsey Graham (SC), John McCain (AZ), Jeff Flake (AZ)). Similar to the [...] Read Article →