[NOTE: In my earlier post today on the Charles Koch piece at the WSJ, I mentioned that I couldn’t get through the firewall to the article. Since then, the WSJ has kindly removed it from behind the wall, and this … Continue reading →
The IRS is going to turn over to Congress’ House Ways and Means Committee all of Lois Lerner’s emails during the Obama administration and a little bit earlier. Thanks very much. But who in his/her right mind implicates him/herself in … Continue reading →
In the past, I can’t say I’ve liked the IRS. Who does? My attitude has always been that they’re a nuisance, and a cause for mild anxiety. The tax laws are the tax laws, but the IRS was not responsible … Continue reading →
…show. Dreadful.
Continue reading →The FBI’s investigation into the IRS scandal has yielded no criminal charges. That’s not so surprising, considering that the bar for criminal behavior is set fairly high. And that there really wasn’t all that much of an investigation: Cleta Mitchell, … Continue reading →
…this: They’re not even hiding it any longer: Citizens who dissent from government policy will be subject to harassment by the government’s law enforcement and para-law-enforcement shock troops. Here are more details: By now, the news has spread online, of … Continue reading →
…that he once was outraged about it. The moment-to-moment evolution of a response, with no need to connect the dots. [ADDENDUM: More details here.]
Continue reading →The House cast a vote (unfortunately merely symbolic, because the Senate won’t be agreeing) to keep the IRS from enforcing Obamacare. Look at the way the article describes the impetus for the bill [emphasis mine]: The House voted Friday to … Continue reading →
Pat Smith has something to say to President Obama: The mother of a Benghazi victim is furious about the new White House strategy of calling the terrorist attack and many other scandals plaguing the Obama administration “fake” or “phony.” Patricia … Continue reading →
…learns what a high-tech lynching feels like. And to think he once went out with Michelle Obama. Well, not really; they were both members of Harvard Law’s Black Law Students Association while students there, and members of the group used … Continue reading →
Just a coincidence, no doubt: The Obama appointee implicated in congressional testimony in the IRS targeting scandal met with President Obama in the White House two days before offering his colleagues a new set of advice on how to scrutinize … Continue reading →
As opposed to what should be considered a bombshell? I refer you to this column by Peggy Noonan entitled “A Bombshell in the IRS Scandal”: The IRS scandal was connected this week not just to the Washington office””that had been … Continue reading →