The American Spectator

Has the IRS Already Seized Your Medical Records?

David Catron 5.20.13

If you think your intimate health information is private in the era of Obamacare, think again.

How Long Is This War?

Jed Babbin 5.20.13

If the war on terror is to go on with no end in sight, we’re not going to win it.

It’s.The.Law

Ross Kaminsky 5.20.13

The White House may invoke it in its peculiar way, but its occupants only show contempt for the rule of law.

Flatten the IRS

Ray V. Hartwell, III 5.20.13

When the prognosis is dire, radical surgery is in order. (Revised and updated)

Downton’s Class System — and Ours

Tom Bethell | from the May 2013 issue

We have a ruling class that despises the free market and does all in its power to restrict its scope.

Friday, May 17, 2013

Not Ready for Primetime Players

Daniel J. Flynn 5.17.13

Why is television canceling its homosexuals shows?

Assessing a Week of Scandal

Matt Purple 5.17.13

Journalists are louts, liberals will disappoint, and other takeaways.

Oops, Maybe Government is Tyrannical

Marta H. Mossburg 5.17.13

Americans should know there is no guarantee of personal privacy with the government.

Soros Funds Anti-‘Torture’ Report

Mark Tooley 5.17.13

Can’t say he’s not getting his money’s worth.

Treasure State Treasury

Bill Croke 5.17.13

John Clayton’s Stories from Montana’s Enduring Frontier offer regional history at its best.

My Generation’s Disease

Benjamin Brophy 5.17.13

Millennials are going out of their way to deserve their sad fate.

The View From the Other Side

George H. Wittman 5.17.13

What do our foreign enemies think about us now?

USPS: Radical Surgery Needed

Peter Hannaford 5.17.13

The Postal Service continues to limp along, still losing big money along with some of your mail.

(Editor’s Note: The perfect storm of scandal struck President Obama this week: the IRS scrutiny of conservative organizations, Benghazi, the DOJ seizure of AP’s phone records. Whatever wasn’t supposed to happen, happened. It reminds us of another perfect storm that hit President George W. Bush in 2006. Grover Norquist, writing at the time, suggested the cure was to “self-diagnose, admit error, and change direction.” Is Obama doing that today?)