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IRS Scandal: Let the Axe Fall on Lois Lerner

By DAVID CAY JOHNSTON | May 17, 2013

Wal-Mart, Bangladesh and the Real Cost of Cheap Clothes

By SUZANNE McGEE | May 17, 2013

A Lower Deficit Helps Pave the Way for Tax Reform

By BRUCE BARTLETT | May 17, 2013

But Apple’s action tells us tax reform is a non-starter--at least this year.

IRS Scandal Strikes a Severe Blow to Big Government

By EDWARD MORRISSEY | May 16, 2013

BRUCE BARTLETT

BRUCE BARTLETT previously wrote for Forbes and Creators Syndicate. With a focus on politics and economics, his work is informed by years in government, including as staff director of the Joint Economic Committee of Congress and senior policy analyst in the Reagan White House. He is the author of seven books.
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Jon Friedman

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Merrill Goozner

Merrill Goozner spent 25 years as a foreign correspondent, economics writer and investigative business reporter for the Chicago Tribune and other publications. He is the author of the 2004 book, The $800 Million Pill: The Truth Behind the Cost of New Drugs.
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SUZANNE McGEE

SUZANNE McGEE
Suzanne McGee spent more than 13 years as a staff reporter for The Wall Street Journal in Toronto, New York, and London. After leaving the Journal in 2002, she became a freelance contributor to more than a dozen business publications, including Barron's, The Financial Times, Institutional Investor, and INC. …
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EDWARD MORRISSEY

EDWARD MORRISSEY
has been providing political analysis as a blogger, columnist, and radio host since 2003. He now writes at Hot Air as senior editor and correspondent and also hosts a daily online talk show. His radio show is on Minnesota’s AM 1280 The Patriot every Saturday afternoon.

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LIZ PEEK

LIZ PEEK spent over 20 years on Wall Street, most of them as a top-ranked research analyst, and managed Wertheim & Company's entrance into international research and the market for U.S. equities in Japan. She has written for Trends, FoxNews.com and other publications.
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YUVAL ROSENBERG

YUVAL ROSENBERG
Yuval Rosenberg is a journalist based in New York. A former editor at WNYC.org, Fortune.com and Newsweek.com, he now covers business, the economy, technology, and Wall Street. His writing has appeared in publications including BusinessWeek, CNNMoney.com, Fast Company, Fortune, Newsweek, and more.…
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PATRICK SMITH

PATRICK SMITH has been a correspondent, commentator, editor, and critic for more than thirty years, primarily for the International Herald Tribune and The New Yorker. He is now writing his fifth book and also lectures in journalism and media studies.
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Mark Thoma

Mark Thoma
is a macroeconomist and time-series econometrician at the University of Oregon. His research focuses on how monetary policy affects the economy, and he has also worked on political business cycle models. Mark is currently a fellow at The Century Foundation.

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IRS Health Care Exec at Center of Scandal

May 17, 2013

The Internal Revenue Service official who was in charge of the division that targeted Tea Party groups is now in charge of the IRS’ office tasked with implementing major provisions of President Obama’s signature Affordable Ca…

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At Least One Liberal Group Got IRS Scrutiny

May 16, 2013

As bad as the IRS made it for many tea party groups seeking tax exempt status, conservative organizations apparently at least one progressive group claims it was singled out by the IRS. Officials of Progress Texas, a liberal g…

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The Fight Against Dementia Gets Two New Warriors

May 15, 2013

It’s not often that a British prime minister and a Broadway musical sing from the same songbook. But that’s what’s happening in New York this week. David Cameron is announcing that a top priority of the G8 presidency will be f…

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Report: White House Not Directly Involved in IRS Scandal

May 15, 2013

While the Justice Department has opened a criminal probe of the Internal Revenue Service’s treatment of tea party groups, the White House for now appears to be in the clear of involvement. A report issued Tuesday evening by t…

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Obama Administration Awash in Mounting Scandals

May 14, 2013

A slew of scandals bubbling up this week involving the Internal Revenue Service’s targeting of tea party groups, the handling of the Benghazi incident, and government snooping of a major news organization have the Obama admini…