IRS Scandal: Washington Knew 

As more details emerge, the IRS scandal is getting worse. Two weeks ago, apologists for the administration attempted to blame the IRS targeting of Tea Party, conservative and Christian ministries on "two rogue agents" in a Cincinnati, Ohio, office. It was a laughable suggestion then. Now it looks like another deliberate attempt to mislead Congress and the American people. Here are some updates on the growing scandal: 
 

Media Turn On Holder 

Attorney General Eric Holder's attempt at damage control appears to be backfiring. Holder was scheduled to hold "off the record" meetings with key members of the media today and tomorrow to repair frayed relations stemming from the Associated Press and Fox News scandals. But leading outlets are refusing to attend. 

Perjury In Holder's Future? 

Attorney General Eric Holder may be in hot water. The House Judiciary Committee is investigating whether Holder committed perjury during his testimony on the Associated Press phone records scandal two weeks ago. 

During an exchange with Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA) on whether the Justice Department could use the 1917 Espionage Act to prosecute reporters, Holder said: 
 

Patriot Graves 

Of all the dangers facing our country, perhaps the greatest danger of all is the one that still doesn't make many headlines -- our collective national amnesia.  Our history textbooks are sanitized to be politically correct and give our children little sense of the greatness of the nation they live in.  The Founders are seldom mentioned unless it is part of a controversy about slavery or some other scandal.