WASHINGTON — They were the speak-no-evil and see-no-evil duo of the Internal Revenue Service.Lois Lerner, who runs the IRS office that targeted tea party and similar conservative groups for … more

WASHINGTON — “Horrible customer service.” That’s what the newly fired IRS commissioner averred was the agency’s only sin in singling out conservative political groups … more

Rarely has the White House briefing room so resembled the main ballroom at a meeting of the Conservative Political Action Conference.After news broke of a sweeping Justice Department subpoena of The … more

WASHINGTON — There are various reasons you might not care about the Obama administration’s spying on journalist James Rosen and labeling him an “aider and abettor and/or … more

Some years ago, I was invited to speak at the graduation ceremonies of a liberal arts college. Later, many in the audience told me they expected a very political speech. Some of them were relieved; … more

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has no business rummaging through journalists’ phone records, perusing their emails and tracking their movements in an attempt to keep them from … more

Back in their day, the tea party folks were riding high, fueling indignation over alleged government-run death panels, a treasonous Federal Reserve and the like. They commandeered sparsely attended … more

WASHINGTON — Modern conservatism comes in two distinct architectural styles. The first seeks to build from scratch, using accurate ideological levels and plumb lines, so every wall is straight … more

My doctor and dear friend Larry calls it “an exciting gateway of genetics, for it is leading to specific therapy to specific subsets of a given disease.” Some of the folks writing … more

WASHINGTON — Leaving aside the seriousness of lawlessness, and the corruption of our civic culture by the professionally pious, this past week has been amusing. There was the spectacle of … more