Displaying items 49-60 of 1317
» View herald-mail.com items only
< Previous
•
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11-110
•
Next >
-
Are critics wrong to blame the president for recent scandals?
No Accountability begins at the top. President Barack Obama may or may not have explicitly authorized the additional scrutiny of his political enemies in nonprofit groups. And he may or may not have been aware of the brazen seizure of Associated Press...Tags: George W. Bush, Internal Revenue Service, Barack Obama
-
Idiots on the loose
Has the administration gone completely off the rails in Washington? I write here of the IRS taking aim for "extra scrutiny" of tax-exempt status requests from Tea Party and Patriot groups and the outrageous Justice Department subpoena of telephone...Tags: News Media, Taxation, Journalism, Internal Revenue Service, Politics
-
How Obama can rescue his candidacy
Here's the White House view of the current trilogy of so-called scandals: Republicans are trying to destroy President Barack Obama's second term by magnifying bureaucratic miscues and distorting policy realities. This isn't without some merit. On none...Tags: Benghazi, Politics, Susan Rice, U.S. Senate, Lindsey O. Graham
-
Today in History
Today is Saturday, June 1, the 152nd day of 2013. There are 213 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On June 1, 1813, the mortally wounded commander of the USS Chesapeake, Capt. James Lawrence, gave the order, "Don't give up the ship"...Tags: Military Equipment, Politics, Brandi Carlile, Celebrities, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present )
-
Politicians' fingerprints all over city's housing problem
I remember a time when the state and local politicians got together and raised property taxes here in St. Joseph County. Because of this action, overnight, an entire industry was obliterated. The rental industry and the landlords were forced to walk...Tags: George W. Bush, Iraq, Lobbying, Politics, U.S. Senate
-
The Nixon false equivalence
"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...
Tags: U.S. Department of the Treasury, Parties and Movements, Taxation, Internal Revenue Service, Politics
-
Reynolds runs for Bethlehem mayor
Years before he became Bethlehem's youngest city councilman, J. William Reynolds found his inspiration in music. A Bruce Springsteen and Bob Dylan fan, Reynolds first learned to play the clarinet, and then picked up the guitar at Moravian College,...Tags: Moravian College, Lobbying, Politics, Elections, Social Sciences
-
The most famous umbrella since Neville Chamberlain went to Munich
The Baltimore SunThe public appetite for trivial distraction has always extended to our chief executives. I remember the minor uproar when Lyndon Johnson lifted a beagle by the ears. There was extensive commentary on Richard Nixon's taste for cottage cheese and ketchup....Tags: Sandra Day O'Connor, George W. Bush, Dwayne Johnson, Ronald Reagan, Politics
-
Scandals put presidential credibility on the line
When the storm of administration scandals first hit President Barack Obama, he offered a good impersonation of Claude Raines in "Casablanca," expressing shock that gambling was going on in Rick's saloon. His verbal outrage at the snooping of the IRS and...Tags: Benghazi, Taxation, U.S. Congress, White House, Politics
-
PASSINGS: Vincent G. Dowling, John La Montaine
Vincent G. Dowling Actor, director gave Tom Hanks early break Actor and director Vincent G. Dowling, 83, who left behind a long career with Ireland's national theater to run a Shakespeare festival in Cleveland where he gave a young Tom Hanks an...
Tags: Music Industry, Alzheimer's Disease, John F. Kennedy, Journalism, Republic of Ireland
-
La implacable maldición que atormenta a los Angelinos
Previo al arranque de la temporada de 2012 lancé una maldición a los Angelinos de Los Angeles —y en particular a Albert Pujols— que aún sigue atormentando a los serafines y al slugger dominicano. Entonces, un sábado 24 de diciembre de...
Tags: Russell Westbrook, Matt Cain, Robinson Cano, Lyle Overbay, Roger Clemens
-
Voice of the People, May. 17
High scandals This is in response to "Obama and overreach; Americans see evidence of truth-shading, arrogance and intrusion" (Editorial, May 15). There is no doubt that the Obama administration is suffering through an embarrassing scandal at the IRS....Tags: Parties and Movements, Benghazi, Taxation, White House, Internal Revenue Service
May 20, 2013
|Column| Daily American
May 20, 2013
|Column| Petoskey News
May 20, 2013
|Column| Allentown Morning Call
May 20, 2013
|Story| AP Member Choice Limited
May 19, 2013
|Story| South Bend Tribune
May 19, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
May 19, 2013
|Story| Allentown Morning Call
May 18, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
May 17, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
May 16, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
May 18, 2013
|Column| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
May 17, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Original site for Richard Nixon topic gallery.