It appears that the IRS was using key words like "patriot" and "Tea Party" to flag applications for non-profit status. This is totally offensive and unacceptable. Obama has denounced this kind of partisan targeting. Now, if only we could stop the GOP from their partisan targeting of everything from health care to Benghazi!
Former Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin has been ordered by Allegheny County Judge Lester Nauhaus to write apology notes to every judge in the state. Apology notes? Is she also going to be forced to stay after school and clap erasers?
The GOP is accusing the Obama administration of covering up what happened in Benghazi for political advantage. They are making the ridiculous comparisons to Watergate and Iran-Contra. In fact, it is the GOP that is using the Benghazi tragedy for political advantage.
A recent Pentagon report shows that the sexual assaults in the military have increased by 35% since 2010. The military has created a culture of acceptance for predators, often looking the other way and/or vilifying the victims.
The gruesome story of brutal captors who imprisoned and abused young women for ten years in Cleveland, Ohio, has horrified the entire country. If only people were as horrified by government-sanctioned brutality.
PG editorial cartoonist Rob Rogers blogs about the process of creating his daily editorial cartoons.
