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Ramesh Ponnuru: Obama scandals could actually hurt Republicans

By Ramesh Ponnuru, Bloomberg News | May 24 at 5:22 p.m.

Republican politicians and activists can barely contain their glee at the simultaneous eruption of three major controversies about the Obama administration.

William McKenzie: America needs to modernize the melting pot

By William McKenzie, Dallas Morning News | May 24 at 5:22 p.m.

On those days this year when I picked up my children from school, I often felt like I was operating in a parallel universe from many of the other parents. Their skin is brown. Mine is white. They speak Spanish. I speak English. I work one job. Some of them work two.

Sen. Jerry Moran: Remember those who inspire us

By Sen. Jerry Moran | May 24 at 5:16 p.m.

Courage is often talked about but seldom witnessed. On Memorial Day each year, America comes together to remember those courageous souls who inspire us all – those who answered the call to serve our country and laid down their lives for our freedom.

Leonard Pitts Jr.: Don’t give terrorists any power

By Leonard Pitts Jr., Miami Herald | May 24 at 5:14 p.m.

I have not seen the video.

Peter Goldmark: Growing pessimism, here and abroad

By Peter Goldmark, Newsday | May 24 at 5:15 p.m.

A recent survey indicates that those in the American middle class have become more pessimistic about the economy and are deeply worried about their own future.

Barbara Shelly: Sebelius facing a long summer

By Barbara Shelly, Kansas City Star | May 24 at 5:40 p.m.

It’s looking like a long summer for Kathleen Sebelius.

Chapman Rackaway: Governor not getting what he wished for

By Chapman Rackaway | May 24 at 5:40 p.m.

Gov. Sam Brownback has probably been thinking of the old adage: “Be careful what you wish for; you just might get it.”

Gary M. Austerman: The rest of NBC story

By Gary M. Austerman | May 24 at 5:39 p.m.

I am one of the owners of the Wichita Wingnuts, and I feel compelled to respond to articles in The Eagle on May 14 and May 19 about the National Baseball Congress and the Wingnuts organization. The articles did not tell a complete or accurate story. The rest of the story was left out.

Thomas L. Friedman: Arab awakenings can’t succeed without trust

By Thomas L. Friedman, New York Times | May 24 at 5:10 p.m.

I’ve been traveling to Yemen, Syria and Turkey to film a documentary on how environmental stresses contributed to the Arab awakening. As I looked back on the trip, it occurred to me that three of our main characters – the leaders of the two Yemeni villages that have been fighting over a single water well and the leader of the Free Syrian Army in Raqqa province, whose cotton farm was wiped out by drought – have 36 children among them: 10, 10 and 16.

Cass R. Sunstein: Wing nuts on left, right need more humility

By Cass R. Sunstein, Bloomberg News | May 23 at 5:52 p.m.

There is no standard definition of the all-important term “wing nut,” so let’s provide one. A wing nut is someone who has a dogmatic commitment to an extreme political view (“wing”) that is false and at least a bit crazy (“nut”).

Aaron David Miller: Five reasons U.S. presidents always disappoint

By Aaron David Miller, Foreign Policy | May 23 at 5:53 p.m.

Six months after winning an impressive re-election, Barack Obama finds himself in some kind of trouble – battered by semi-scandals and bombarded by foreign policy challenges he can’t possibly manage.

Jennifer Rubin: Can’t take what Obama says at face value

By Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post | May 22 at 6:03 p.m.

It turns out that President Obama’s Office of Management and Budget is no more trustworthy than the rest of his administration. His budget, unsurprisingly to conservatives, is not “balanced” and does not deliver on its promise to cut $1.8 trillion in spending over a decade.

Don’t block Common Core

By John Heim, Karen Godfrey and Cheryl L. Semmel | May 22 at 6:04 p.m.

A proposal to block the Kansas State Board of Education and school districts from spending any state funding to implement the Common Core standards, the Next Generation science standards, or any assessments associated with the two was proposed last week during conference committee negotiations on the state budget. This measure failed to pass either chamber earlier this session and, in fact, was defeated in the House Education Committee on a vote of 11-7.

Kevin Horrigan: Become a social-welfare organization, get rich

By Kevin Horrigan, St. Louis Post-Dispatch | May 22 at 6:03 p.m.

After the news broke that Internal Revenue Service agents in Cincinnati had been giving extra scrutiny to applications from conservative groups for tax-exempt status, I immediately downloaded IRS Form 14449, the “Self-Declarers Questionnaire IRC 501(c)(4), (5) and (6) Organizations.”

Cal Thomas: IRS abuse shows tyranny no longer ‘lurking’

By Cal Thomas, Tribune Media Services | May 21 at 5:16 p.m.

Given the revelation that the Internal Revenue Service targeted conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status, it’s worth recalling President Obama’s Ohio State University commencement address on May 5. The president decried voices warning “that tyranny is always lurking just around the corner.”

Albert R. Hunt: How Obama can overcome faux scandals

By Albert R. Hunt, Bloomberg News | May 21 at 5:16 p.m.

Here’s the White House view of the current trilogy of so-called scandals: Republicans are trying to destroy President Obama’s second term by magnifying bureaucratic miscues and distorting policy realities. This isn’t without some merit.

David Brooks: What immigration-reform opponents want to control

By David Brooks, New York Times | May 20 at 5:41 p.m.

The opponents of immigration reform have many small complaints, but they really have one core concern. It’s about control. America doesn’t control its borders. Past reform efforts have not established control. Current proposals wouldn’t establish effective control.

Doyle McManus: The second-term scandal plague

By Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times | May 20 at 5:40 p.m.

What is it about presidents’ second terms that makes them seem so scandal-ridden? Simple: The iron law of longevity. All governments make mistakes, and all governments try to hide those mistakes. But the longer an administration is in office, the more errors it makes, and the harder they are to conceal.

Ron Pasmore: Face the facts on KanCare

By Ron Pasmore | May 20 at 5:41 p.m.

I respectfully disagree with state Rep. David Crum’s support for the Brownback administration’s proposal to hand off community developmental disability services to national health insurance companies (May 17 Opinion). The nonmedical services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities need to be carved out of KanCare, and I/DD parents and advocates are sincerely appreciative that more and more legislators agree with us.

Leonard Pitts Jr.: IRS abuse should concern everyone

By Leonard Pitts Jr., Miami Herald | May 17 at 5:09 p.m.

Well, this is a fine mess.

Michael Hirsh: Five myths about Benghazi

By Michael Hirsh | May 17 at 5:09 p.m.

The events surrounding the deaths of Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans in Benghazi, Libya, on Sept. 11, 2012, look dramatically different depending on your politics. Republicans tend to see a cover-up and a scandal. Democrats see an attempt to damage President Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. A Pew poll suggests that the public is divided as well, with 40 percent saying the administration has been dishonest, 37 percent saying it has told the truth, and 23 percent saying they’re not sure. Let’s assess what we do and don’t know:

Michael Austin: Is higher education a public or private good?

By Michael Austin | May 17 at 5:23 p.m.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., proposed that the federal government charge the same interest rates for student loans as the Federal Reserve Board charges large banks for overnight loans – a rate currently set at 0.75 percent. In making this intriguing proposal, Warren made it very clear that her ultimate purpose is to prevent student-loan interest rates from doubling on July 1 from 3.4 to 6.8 percent.

Lane Filler: End tax breaks for all nonprofits

By Lane Filler, Newsday | May 17 at 5:21 p.m.

You are a financial supporter of the Westboro Baptist Church. You know, that posse of full-blown whackdoodles from Kansas that descends on our nation’s most tragic moments, particularly military funerals, waving signs that say “Thank God for dead soldiers.”

Dorian T. Warren: Gatsby and ‘McJobs’

By Dorian T. Warren | May 17 at 5:22 p.m.

“Great Gatsby,” meet Raise Up Milwaukee. And New York. And Chicago. And St. Louis. And Detroit.

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