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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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Inauguration 2013: 10 highlights from previous second-term addresses
Barack Obama will be the 17th American president to deliver two inaugural addresses. Here are 10 highlights from such speeches by previous two-term presidents, including the shortest one ever.
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Hillary Clinton: 10 quotes on her birthday
Here are 10 quotes from Hillary Clinton – politician, public servant, and US Secretary of State.
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The Death of American Virtue
More than a decade later, an in-depth look at the Monica Lewinsky scandal.
03/04/2010 05:35 am -
Tea with J.D Salinger
In 1969, J.D. Salinger came to visit and offered some blunt advice to an aspiring writer.
03/03/2010 08:55 am -
The Circle Bastiat Was Ron Paul right? Fed secrecy in the Watergate years.
Fed Chairman Bernanke called Ron Paul's allegation bizarre, but there is some evidence of heightened Fed secrecy in the Watergate years.
02/26/2010 01:13 pm -
At historic junctures, Alexander Haig held America's reins
From Richard Nixon’s Watergate exit to “I am in control” when Ronald Reagan was shot, Gen. Haig is the only American to become proxy president twice. His own presidential aspirations landed with a thud.
02/20/2010 12:04 pm -
As counter-media fuels tea party movement, main stream media catches on
The mainstream media ‘can no longer control the narrative’ of American culture, contends counter-media mogul Andrew Breitbart in a fiery speech to Tea Party Conventioneers. But that doesn’t mean tea partiers are saying ‘no comment’ to establishment reporters.
02/06/2010 04:10 pm -
Four charged in incident at Mary Landrieu’s office. Watergate 2?
James O’Keefe and three others are accused of attempted phone tampering in an office for Sen. Mary Landrieu. Liberals are likening the incident to the Watergate break-in.
01/27/2010 02:05 pm -
Rwanda genocide: Will new report close the book on who started it?
The Mutszini report released Monday collects new Belgian military testimony, ballistics investigations by British experts, previous UN reports, and some 557 witness testimonies – in an effort to take a definitive position on the April 6, 1994 presidential assassination that started the Rwanda genocide.
01/12/2010 10:57 am -
How do you say 'town hall meeting' in Mandarin?
After Obama's session with Chinese students, the Monitor's language columnist considers the nuances of town meetings, town-hall meetings, and town-hall-style meetings.
12/08/2009 12:00 am -
Bid to impeach Gov. Mark Sanford begins Tuesday
A state Republican lawmaker will introduce a resolution Tuesday to begin impeachment proceedings against South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford.
10/26/2009 01:00 am -
Decoder Wire Presidents and the irresistible urge to record themselves
Bill Clinton is the latest in a long line of presidents to be haunted by tapes of their presidential conversations.
10/19/2009 03:52 pm -
Decoder Wire When Obama acts like Bush
Obama's reaction to news that the CIA withheld information from Congress may reveal surprising similarities to his predecessor.
09/24/2009 01:48 pm -
Global News Blog Will Ehud Olmert become Israel's Richard Nixon?
One commentator says the corruption charges laid out Sunday in an indictment against former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert could lead to a devastating outcome.
08/31/2009 01:00 am -
When does a US president deliver the eulogy?
Obama has already made public comments since Sen. Edward Kennedy’s death. But it is Obama's eulogy, to be delivered Saturday at the funeral mass, that could be most revealing.
08/28/2009 01:00 am -
Snapshot of US political parties since 1900
How the balance of power has shifted between the Republicans and Democrats.
08/18/2009 01:00 am -
Freemasons to 'Birthers': rise of D.C. conspiracy theories
Once firmly in the fringe, political conspiracy theories have become more mainstream in the past few decades, say some.
08/04/2009 01:00 am -
From our files: An interview with Walter Cronkite
The Monitor spoke with the CBS anchorman, who died Friday, in a 1973 series of interviews with the three networks' broadcast journalists.
07/20/2009 01:00 am -
Editor's Blog Remembering Cronkite: The night 'Uncle Walter' came to the door
07/18/2009 01:00 am -
The Monitor's View Obama is absent on campaign-finance issues
He can start living up to his promises by nominating federal-election watchdogs, not lap dogs.
07/13/2009 01:00 am -
Letters to the Editor
Readers write about taxing gas to reflect its true cost, why the Bush administration should be investigated by a "truth commission," and moving past blame to find solutions to the US economic crisis.
02/24/2009 12:00 am -
Opinion For Obama and other public servants, three tests of integrity
To halt the erosion of public trust, we must restore covenantal ideals.
01/20/2009 12:00 am -
Obama's speech: An inaugural past not hard to surpass
Many inaugural addresses have droned on, dwelling on Roman history or forgotten legislative quarrels.
01/15/2009 12:00 am -
The Monitor's View Repulsed by Blago's bleeps
People find profanity to be both common and offensive. So why do they put up with it?
12/16/2008 12:00 am -
The Monitor's View Shock and gall in Illinois
The Blagojevich case signals the need for vigilance by citizens, too, to eye the corrupt.
12/11/2008 12:00 am -
Blagojevich case is part of feds’ focus on graft
The FBI is probing some 2,500 public corruption cases – a 50 percent jump since 2003.
12/10/2008 12:00 am -
Review: 'Frost/Nixon'
Docudrama portrays Nixon as a tragic figure attempting to rehabilitatehis image with a series of interviews with David Frost, a lightweightopportunist.
12/06/2008 12:00 am
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