If you're going to defend the 1st Amendment, defend all of it

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."

Mr. President, the IRS has put a fly in my soup

"Horrible customer service." That's what the newly fired IRS commissioner averred was the agency's only sin in singling out conservative political groups for discriminatory treatment.

More Obama aides knew of IRS audit; Obama not told

WASHINGTON — White House chief of staff Denis McDonough and other senior advisers knew in late April that an impending report was likely to say the IRS had inappropriately targeted conservative groups, President Obama’s spokesman disclosed Monday, expanding the circle of top officials who kn…

Obama agenda is ensuring loss of trust in government

Leaving aside the seriousness of lawlessness, and the corruption of our civic culture by the professionally pious, this past week has been amusing. There was the spectacle of advocates of an ever-larger regulatory government expressing shock about such government's large capacity for misbeha…

Obama deserves some blame for IRS debacle

Of course the president deserves some of the blame. Yes, it's extremely unlikely he ordered the IRS to discriminate against tea party, pro-life or Jewish groups opposed to his agenda (though why anyone should take his word for it is beyond me). And his outrage now - however convenient - is a…

Damning Benghazi facts need no GOP hype

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Scandals look bad, but let's keep some perspective

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Watergate's lessons are as fresh today as 40 years ago

'He has, acting personally and through his subordinates and agents, endeavored to ... cause, in violation of the constitutional rights of citizens, income tax audits or other income tax investigations to be initiated or conducted in a discriminatory manner."

White House projects hubris, lacks candor

The following editorial appeared Wednesday in the Chicago Tribune:

The other scandal: IRS failure to scrutinize political groups groups

Sputtering adjectives - outrageous, appalling, intolerable - can scarcely do justice to the fiasco involving the Internal Revenue Service's reported targeting of conservative groups.

Media, tea party coalesce around common enemy

Breaking news: Conservative organizations suddenly have found common cause with one of their favorite objects of contempt - the benighted Mainstream Media.

Psst. Tax deadline not much of a deadline for most

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Dude, where's my refund?

According to the IRS website, you can generally expect to get your refund in less than 21 calendar days after they receive your tax return.

Tax help is still available

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Tax help is still available

With the April 15 income-tax-return deadline looming, free preparation help is still available to low- and moderate-income taxpayers in the Tucson area.

Tips from CardHub on what to do if you can't pay the IRS

Cardhub.com offers the following tips to those who might have trouble paying what they owe the IRS this tax season. It also has pros and cons of using your credit card to pay.

Dude, where’s my refund? IRS website overrun

WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service has a message for taxpayers eager to learn the status of their tax refund: Please don’t check the IRS website every five minutes — once a day is enough.

Get tax questions answered by IRS in live StarNet chat

It's good to get an early start on your tax filings. So bring your tax questions to Internal Revenue Service agents in a live online chat on StarNet, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday.

IRS agents will answer questions in online chat

It's good to get an early start on your tax filings. So bring your tax questions to Internal Revenue Service agents in a live online chat on StarNet, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday.