Donald Lambro is chief political correspondent for The Washington Times. Donald Lambro's twice-weekly column, which he has written since 1980, appears in newspapers nationwide. One of the most frequently quoted political reporters in Washington, Donald Lambro has interviewed most of the major political leaders of our time and has covered numerous presidential campaigns. Donald Lambro has written widely about the government, the economy and social issues, and won the 1995 Warren Brookes Award for Excellence in Journalism. Economic analyst and CNBC commentator Lawrence Kudlow has called Donald Lambro "the best political economic reporter in Washington today." Lambro earned a national reputation for his investigations into federal spending programs. The author of five books on government and economics, Donald Lambro wrote Land of Opportunity (Little Brown and Co.), an examination of economic growth and entrepreneurs in the 1980s. His FAT CITY: How Washington Wastes Your Taxes won national acclaim and the attention of President Reagan, who quoted from it during his 1980 presidential campaign and gave copies of the book to every member of his Cabinet. Donald Lambro hosted and co-wrote the PBS documentaries "Inside The Republican Revolution" and "Star Spangled Spenders" and produced and moderated C-SPAN's "The Washington Times Forum." His commentaries have been heard on AP Radio and NPR, among others. A graduate of Boston University, Donald Lambro began his career as a reporter for The Boston Herald-Traveler and United Press International. His investigative series on federal spending programs, "Watching Washington," was twice nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. Donald Lambro was named the Heritage Foundation's Distinguished Journalism Fellow in 1981. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DonaldLambro http://media.townhall.com/TownHall/icons/TH-feed-icon-128x128.gif http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DonaldLambro TownHall.com, Where your opinion counts. 128 Copyright (c) 2013 Townhall.com, A Salem Communications Web. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED jim.dearras@townhall.com (Jim De Arras) Fri, 24 May 2013 04:01:00 GMT Fri, 24 May 2013 04:01:00 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ WASHINGTON - Five months into his improvisational second term, a sluggish economy and severe jobless rate seem to have vanished from President Obama's agenda. That is, if he had a substantive second term agenda to... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DonaldLambro/2013/05/24/obama-playing-at-the-improv-making-it-up-as-he-goes-along-n1605216 c26f0df0-e7cf-4713-95c2-e7027a93d5e0 Fri, 24 May 2013 04:01:00 GMT WASHINGTON - "Oh, what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive." This ancient admonition, commonly attributed to William Shakespeare but actually the work of Sir Walter Scott, now applies to how... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DonaldLambro/2013/05/22/time-for-a-special-prosecutor-to-investigate-obamas-irs-coverup-n1602777 5b030608-1ac8-4161-a1f2-22a7607475ad Wed, 22 May 2013 04:01:00 GMT Barack Obama's second term may be remembered more for his scandals than for anything else he's done thus far in his troubled presidency. It's hard enough trying to put out one fire, but the White House... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DonaldLambro/2013/05/17/its-time-to-come-clean-mr-president-these-are-your-scandals-n1598725 6eb8b107-bd73-4507-b268-be8b0cc6d437 Fri, 17 May 2013 04:01:00 GMT WASHINGTON -- Barack Obama's second term may be remembered more for his scandals than for anything else he's done thus far in his troubled presidency. It's hard enough trying to put out one fire, but the White House... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DonaldLambro/2013/05/17/scandals-dog-obamas-troubled-presidency-n1598899 988a745d-73ff-498f-95cd-1d163c9ee0fb Fri, 17 May 2013 04:01:00 GMT WASHINGTON - The widening web of lies, deception and abuse of power in the IRS's outrageous targeting of conservative groups in the 2012 election cycle may be just the tip of the iceberg. The deeper question to be aske http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DonaldLambro/2013/05/15/constitutional-freedoms-under-assault-in-obamas-government-n1596673 80d0e4e4-4d75-4089-a5ae-a1d06dfbcf3a Wed, 15 May 2013 04:01:00 GMT WASHINGTON -- When President Obama tries to make the case that his policies have improved life in America, he isn't talking about his hometown of Chicago. The third-largest city in the U.S., where Barack Obama's... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DonaldLambro/2013/05/10/chicago-badly-needs-reform-mayor-to-reverse-its-decline-n1592058 7ef35c5b-37f9-4875-a638-21861da70022 Fri, 10 May 2013 04:01:00 GMT WASHINGTON -- There has been a disturbing increase in America's suicide rate, and our job-scarce economy may be one of the reasons why. Historically high suicide rates are taking place among baby boomers in their 50s... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DonaldLambro/2013/05/08/obama-is-cheerleader-not-for-capitalism-but-for-government-n1590498 0529e9b5-5b73-4689-9270-ef102941b06e Wed, 08 May 2013 04:01:00 GMT The 2014 election battle for control of the Senate will affect just about everything it does this year and next, because it could take just a handful of upsets to put the Republicans back in charge. The two-year,... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DonaldLambro/2013/05/03/can-republicans-win-the-senate-in-2014-n1585655 37eb4c9c-2054-4c7e-bbea-fb41c26d36b8 Fri, 03 May 2013 04:01:00 GMT WASHINGTON -- It's not premature now to say that President Obama's second-term agenda is adrift. That is, if he ever really had a well-thought-out agenda to begin with. Little more than four months into his fifth... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DonaldLambro/2013/05/01/tax-reform-is-quietly-percolating-through-congress-n1583412 e6ac7ea8-1c17-4472-a429-e6513a243a37 Wed, 01 May 2013 04:01:00 GMT WASHINGTON -- President Obama is clearly playing a nasty political game with the air traffic controller furloughs that have forced severe airline delays across the country. It's not the first time he's exploited... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DonaldLambro/2013/04/26/air-traffic-slowdown-is-manufactured-crisis-n1579128 2abf9110-59d5-49a1-aa90-ab710bfd91bd Fri, 26 Apr 2013 17:39:00 GMT