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DANA MILBANK: LaPierre caught with his dukes up, facts down at congressional hearing
Wayne LaPierre, the National Rifle Association’s chief executive, arrived for his hearing on Capitol Hill in the organization’s trademark fashion: violently.
CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER: Enforcement, then amnesty is right way to do immigration reform
Immigration reform is coming. Let’s get it right.
COMMENTARY: We all need to remember Gandhi’s message
Sixty-five years ago on Jan. 30, three bullets ended the life of the greatest pacifist of the modern era: Mohandas Karamchand “Mahatma” Gandhi. But his message lives on, and people around the world urgently need to heed it.
COMMENTARY: China’s economic future may be manufacturing gas masks
Is it already too late for China to clean up its fast-blackening skies?
M.D. HARMON: ‘A prosecutor can have a grand jury indict a ham sandwich if he wants to’
Suppose you found a group of federal officers on your porch this morning.
MAINE COMPASS: PUC approval of offshore wind contract unfair to ratepayers
Maine experienced years of controversy about long-term energy contracts at high prices before the state’s electricity system was revamped and a “competitive” market for the sale of electricity was created in the late 1990s.
MAINE COMPASS: If current charter school problems not solved, movement will fail
An advertisement airing on local television, sponsored by the National Alliance of Public Charter Schools, gives the impression the charter school movement has no downside.
MAINE COMPASS: Maine and centennial of U.S. income tax
Just 100 years ago, the nation ratified one of the most far-reaching amendments to the Constitution: the 16th amendment authorizing a federal income tax.
GEORGE SMITH: The taxing issues of taxes
As government gets further from the local level, it gets more and more wasteful and free spending. This finding is based on my work at the local, county, state, and federal levels of government. I’ve seen and worked and lived it.