IRS ethics crisis urged as House panel reveals misconduct
Our view calls for sweeping IRS reforms after a House Government Operations sub committee exposed corruption including gratuities, biased probes, whistle blower reprisals, travel fund misuse, nepotism, and cover ups. The Saranow case shows social entanglements tainting investigations at the top. Reforms urged include independent internal investigators, whistle blower hot lines, and a stricter ethics code to restore public trust.
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IRS
House
Government Operations Subcommittee
Ronald Saranow
IRS Criminal Investigations Division
Los Angeles
Saranow
Subcommittee
Disillusionize or disillusion Holmes a mystery
A reader asks who altered Holmes text by adding disillusionize in The Redacted tale The Reigate Squires. evidence from various editions shows the word appears as disillusionize in Howland's Greenville copy and other printings. The column notes multiple misprints and language glitches in newspapers and references, urging identification of the culprit.
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Allen Howland
Greenville
Sherlock Holmes
Reigate Squires
Howland
Holmes
Dr. Watson
Baker Street
Colonel Hayter
Roderick R. Irwin
Chicago
Joyce DeBergh
Washington
Doubleday
Mr. Howland
Smedley Butler
Seattle
Birmingham
Ala
Rembrandt
Gestas
Murphysboro
Memphis
Business Office Manager Ellen C Priest
Ellen C Priest is listed as the business office manager and Robert J Baker Jr as circulation manager in the staff roster.
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Ellen C. Priest
Robert J. Baker Jr
Jesse Helms Versus Arts Funding Sparks Public Debate
A Senate amendment by Jesse Helms to bar NEA funding for obscene material faces passage if unresolved in a conference, igniting a high stakes clash over Robert Mapplethorpe images and other controversial art. Supporters decry moral decline while critics call censorship dangerous to culture and free expression.
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Tom Wicker
Jonathan Yardley
Washington Post
Jesse Helms
National Endowment For the Arts
Helms
Robert Mapplethorpe
Corcoran Gallery
Hank Burchard
Mapplethorpe
The
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Burchard
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Gulliver
Yahoos
NEA
Andreas Serrano
America
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H. Reed Armstrong
Greece
Rome
Israel
Europe
Weimar
Reed Armstrong
Jesse
York City
William Higgins
Cambodia
Col
U.N
Lebanon
Costs and limits of universal health care debated
A Heritage Foundation report argues against free care and for market based reform with tax credits and individual insurance choices. It contrasts U S costs with Canada’s wait times, noting Newfoundland delays and proposed rationing as public health systems face strain. It warns against more government and urges smarter private sector led reform.
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Britain
The
Heritage Foundation
United States
Newfoundand
USA
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