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Commencement 2013: A sampling of advice to this year's college grads
Here are some memorable excerpts from this spring's college commencement addresses.
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Playing the IRS card: Six presidents who used the IRS to bash political foes
Since the advent of the federal income tax about a century ago, several presidents – or their zealous underlings – have directed the IRS to use its formidable police powers to harass or punish enemies, political rivals, and administration critics. Here are six infamous episodes.
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Briefing IRS 101: Seven questions about the tea party scandal
The Internal Revenue Service is under the microscope now, as revelations have emerged that the agency wrongly targeted conservative groups seeking nonprofit status. Here’s an accounting of what has happened, along with the ramifications.
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Opinion 3 priorities for Pakistan's new government
After 14 years, Nawaz Sharif is back at the helm in Pakistan. The nuclear-armed country faces a welter of problems, from terrorism to tensions with Afghanistan, India, and the United States. To move Pakistan forward, Mr. Sharif must focus on three priorities.
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Briefing Chechnya: How a remote Russian republic became linked with terrorism
The main suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing are two brothers from Chechnya, a Russian republic that has been the scene of cyclical revolts and brutal crackdowns for the past 200 years.
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Ahmadinejad fires up the anti-America rhetoric again
Hopes dimmed for a thaw in US-Iran relations as the Iranian president criticized his American counterpart Barack Obama for echoing Bush rhetoric.
06/25/2009 01:00 am -
Transcript of Rahm Emanuel Monitor Breakfast
06/25/2009 01:00 am -
Rahm Emanuel says Obama’s job much tougher than Clinton’s
06/25/2009 01:00 am -
The Vote Sanford disappears, John Kerry makes Sarah Palin joke
06/25/2009 01:00 am -
Supreme Court says criminal defendants can challenge forensic experts
Minority justices warn that the guilty 'will go free on the most technical grounds.'
06/25/2009 01:00 am -
MRAP trucks: Afghan savior or boondoggle?
The vehicle saved soldiers in Iraq. Now it's getting a $2 billion makeover for Afghanistan.
06/25/2009 01:00 am -
Subway crash investigators look at early-warning system
Among the other new clues about Monday's accident: Marks on the rail tracks could suggest braking.
06/25/2009 01:00 am -
ECONOMIC SCENE: How recession has changed the immigration debate
Politics, economics, demographics all come into play.
06/25/2009 01:00 am -
Where invasive species can't take root
A Christian Science perspective.
06/25/2009 01:00 am -
Why Afghanistan might gain a CEO
As race for presidency nears, a new role is eyed for a former US ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad: Help Kabul work with the outside world.
06/24/2009 01:00 am -
View from Europe: Obama tough enough on Iran
If US president is too supportive of protests, he turns them into a 'Western plot,' say analysts.
06/24/2009 01:00 am -
In Tehran, growing brutality undermines prospect for Iran-US dialogue
Protesters reported beatings and shootings near the parliament Wednesday. Regime opponents vowed to persist with protests that have deepened a cultural divide between hard-liners and more moderate reformers.
06/24/2009 01:00 am -
Global News Blog Obama to send ambassador to Syria, ending four-year hiatus
Damascus sees the move as a concrete indication that Obama is serious about improving ties. The US hopes to use Syrian leverage against Iran and Hezbollah.
06/24/2009 01:00 am -
Sanford returns home to impeachment rumblings
Did South Carolina's missing governor commit a 'serious offense' by going underground in Argentina?
06/24/2009 01:00 am -
Sanford's affair: a distraction the GOP doesn't need
Sex scandal engulfing South Carolina's governor may keep Republicans from focusing on their real task: to define an alternative vision to Obama's.
06/24/2009 01:00 am -
By reopening Syria embassy, Obama mends more fences with Arabs
The controversial move reverses the Bush administration's decision to withdraw its ambassador from Damascus in 2005.
06/24/2009 01:00 am -
Emergency response to Metrorail crash shows post-9/11 gains
Communications and coordination in D.C. area were smooth, akin to rescue after Hudson plane crash.
06/24/2009 01:00 am -
Opinion My talk with Hamas about peace with Israel
The US should follow the Northern Ireland and South African models – which had principles, not preconditions.
06/24/2009 01:00 am -
IndieBound* paperback bestseller list 6/21/09
06/24/2009 01:00 am -
Bending ethics with borrowed words
The Monitor's language columnist ponders her recent adventures in the world of public domain.
06/24/2009 01:00 am -
How Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, sees the world
Ayatollah Khamenei has preserved his view of the revolution in postelection clampdown, analysts say – but perhaps at great cost to the office he occupies.
06/23/2009 01:00 am -
Iran's supreme strategy: Why is Ahmadinejad the chosen one?
The president's ties to military and security forces, as well as his hardline foreign policy, are among the factors cited for his support from the country's supreme leader.
06/23/2009 01:00 am -
Illegal immigrants netted by local police could be released
The Obama administration directive comes as the president begins to assert control of the immigration issue.
06/23/2009 01:00 am -
Obama's toughest words yet on Iran crackdown
The US and world are 'appalled and outraged,' Obama said Tuesday. His answer to critics who want stronger censure? 'I am president' of the US.
06/23/2009 01:00 am -
In battle of the burqa, Obama and Sarkozy differ
During speech Monday, Sarkozy suggested that the traditional female Islamic dress was a form of enslavement. But Obama backed freedom of religious expression in his Cairo speech.
06/23/2009 01:00 am
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