Written by Tom Fitton

In my experience, the term “BOLO” is a law enforcement term short for “be on the lookout” for criminals and suspects on the run. But for the Obama IRS, BOLO meant, literally, “be on the lookout” for citizen groups who might be opposed to the Obama ...
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Written by John G. Malcolm and Hans von Spakovsky

With the announcement by Attorney General Eric Holder of a criminal investigation of the IRS over the agency’s targeting of conservative Tea Party and other groups, a key question that has arisen is: What are the relevant federal criminal laws that might apply to the misconduct of IRS employees?
There ...
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Written by Tom Fitton

If you are a regular reader of the Weekly Update, you know that Judicial Watch has been the leading force in uncovering the unethical and dangerous connections between the Obama administration and a wide swath of radical ...
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Written by Steven Malanga

City Journal A new liberal era? Not according to these reformers.
Shortly after Barack Obama won reelection in November, New Jersey governor Chris Christie pointed out that Republicans’ cloudy political prospects had a bright silver lining. “One of the reasons you have 30 Republican ...
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Written by Tom Fitton

The Obama administration tends to take a “see no evil, hear no evil” approach to the problem of Islamic radicalism and terrorism.
In November 2009, when Maj. Nidal Hasan murdered 13 people and wounded dozens of others in a Fort Hood ... Read more: Islamic Extremists Recruited by Obama administration?
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Written by Thomas DiLorenzo

[Thomas DiLorenzo will be teaching an online Mises Academy course titled "Lincoln: Founding Father of the American Leviathan State" from May 9, 2013 thru June 5, 2013.]
In an essay entitled “Lincoln, the Declaration, and Secular Puritanism: A Rhetoric for Continuing Revolution,” the late Professor ... Read more: American Exceptionalism: From Gettysburg to Damascus
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Written by Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA),

Says Legislation to Create Select Committee Has Added 14 Cosponsors Since Interim Report Was Released Last Week; Now Totals 134
Washington, D.C. (April 30, 2013) – Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA), chief sponsor of legislation to create a House Select Committee on the Terrorist Attack in Benghazi, today ... Read more: Wolf: Report From Benghazi Whistleblower Hints At White House Cover Up
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Written by Nicole Gelinas

City Journal
David Cameron pledged to shrink the government; instead, he raised taxes and strangled economic recovery.
When the financial hurricane struck in 2008, Britain found itself in a crisis very much like the American one. A giant credit bubble had fueled an unsustainable rise in the price of ...
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Written by Tom Fitton

From the beginning, the Obama administration has made the claim that the “selective deportation” scheme it initiated did not apply to dangerous criminals. Only peace-loving, law abiding illegal aliens ... Read more: Selective Deportation by Obama Endangers Americans
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