By Elaine Donnelly
The latest report by the Defense Department’s Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office documents the dysfunctional consequences of social experiments with human sexuality in our military over many years. Published May 22, 2013 Comments
By Michael T. McCaul
The tragedy in Boston was a wake-up call for Americans. In the years since Sept. 11, 2001, many have moved on from the fear of another imminent terrorist attack. However, the blasts at the Boston Marathon were reminiscent of that day more than a decade ago. Published May 22, 2013 Comments
By Kenneth R. Timmerman
Every four years, the Islamic Republic of Iran engages in a closely choreographed farce of elections, aimed at maintaining the illusion that the Iranian people have a say in how their country is governed. Published May 22, 2013 Comments
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The Obama administration has an enemies list, and John Dodson was on it. The special agent for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) infuriated his superiors by alerting Congress and everyone else about the government’s gunrunning scheme called Fast and Furious. Published May 22, 2013 Comments
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In George Orwell’s allegorical novel “Animal Farm,” all animals were equal, but some animals were more equal than others. “Hate-crime” laws treat some victims more equally than others, converting thoughts into crimes. Orwell would understand, but not applaud. Published May 22, 2013 Comments
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Even after taking new hits to its stock price, Apple Inc., remains the most valuable corporation in the world. That makes some senators green with envy. They assume such success could only have come at a cost to the government. Published May 22, 2013 Comments
By Andrew Marcus
As the director of “Hating Breitbart,” which was released digitally and in theaters last week across the United States, I had the distinct and unique privilege of following Andrew Breitbart during the closing years of his public life, documenting his speeches, conversations, ruminations and mischief - we even shot one of his haircuts. Published May 22, 2013 Comments
By Humberto Fontova
Protecting U.S. diplomats from terrorists on foreign soil is one thing. Protecting terrorism-sponsoring diplomats on U.S. soil quite another. The U.S. State Department is under heavy fire for failing at the job abroad. Published May 22, 2013 Comments
By Michael Taube
Anyone who reads a daily newspaper such as The Washington Times will regularly see references to public opinion polls. The polling data gathered from trends and insights has historically provided helpful guidance for consumers, academics and businesses. Published May 22, 2013 Comments
By Donald Lambro - The Washington Times
“Oh, what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive.” Published May 22, 2013 Comments
By John Solomon - The Washington Times
Across the table at one of Washington’s classic power restaurants, my source sat smiling. We hadn’t seen each other for more than six years. After the usual opening small talk and pleasantries, I posed the question I had come to dinner to ask. Published May 21, 2013 Comments
By Warren L. Dean Jr.
There is an old proverb that goes something like this: From the mouths of babes and drunks comes the truth. It is pretty dated. If you were to create that proverb today, you might have to include politicians and their advisers. Published May 21, 2013 Comments
By Richard Rahn - The Washington Times
Every few years, at least from the time of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, there is a scandal involving abuse of power at the Internal Revenue Service. Published May 21, 2013 Comments
With each developing scandal, the picture of an arrogant administration abusing its power grows clearer. Published May 21, 2013 Comments
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For Al Gore, it’s “a sad milestone.” Scientists have announced that the level of carbon dioxide in the Earth’s atmosphere has reached a “record” level of 400 parts per million. Published May 21, 2013 Comments
By William Murchison - Special to The Washington Times
Eric Metaxas' project here, in limning the notable lives of seven Christian men, is to hold up all seven as models of right behavior and commitment. He senses — well, I mean, how could he not? — that "young men especially need role models. Published May 13, 2013
By Robert Knight - The Washington Times
You just knew press coverage of the congressional hearing on the Benghazi cover-ups last Wednesday would be nonexistent or squirrely, right? Published May 13, 2013
By James Bovard
Does the secretary of agriculture need unlimited power over farmers to protect them against themselves? The Supreme Court might finally settle this issue in an imminent decision on one of USDA's most bizarre regimes. Published May 13, 2013
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Certain assertions in Randolph J. May's piece on the new FCC nominee may be a bit premature ("A historian for the FCC," Commentary, May 10). Specifically, Mr. May has relegated Samuel F.B. Morse's venerable Morse Code to the history books. The fact is, Morse code is still in wide use throughout the world. Published May 13, 2013
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President Obama's takeover of health care is so complicated that the government is about to hire a fleet of bureaucrats to explain what it's all about. Published May 13, 2013
By Robert Knight - The Washington Times
You just knew press coverage of the congressional hearing on the Benghazi cover-ups last Wednesday would be nonexistent or squirrely, right? Published May 13, 2013
By Joseph C. Goulden - Special to The Washington Times
Seventeen years after his death, former Director of Central Intelligence William E. Colby remains a controversial figure among many persons in and around the intelligence community. Did he betray generations of fellow officers by going public with a so-called "family jewels" list of CIA misdeeds over the years? Or did the disclosure save the agency from dissolution by an angry Congress? Published May 10, 2013
By Philip Kopper - Special to The Washington Times
It is a brave novelist who opens a book with his heroically obese wine snob, "a vast floodplain of undulating flesh," flopping in marital bliss, with his wife "making that melodious sound that reminded him of mermaids singing in an unintelligible language of a place he had never seen." Published May 10, 2013
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The United States and much of the rest of the world depend on oil from the Persian Gulf. If the Persian Gulf or the Strait of Hormuz were obstructed or closed, the economies of many countries, including the United States, would be adversely affected. It could be catastrophic. Published May 10, 2013
By Victor Davis Hanson - The Washington Times
Remember when President Obama used to warn Syria's Bashar Assad to stop his mass killing and step down? Published May 10, 2013
By J. Keith Ausbrook
When the U.S. government fails to protect its citizens, we must determine why. Such failures can erode public faith in the government's abilities and diminish public trust in its leaders. Published May 10, 2013
By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times
The White House surely rues the day that someone came up with the bright idea of blaming an obscure YouTube video for the "demonstrations" that killed Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and three others at the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya. Published May 10, 2013
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As I read through Wayne Winegarden's "Treating Alzheimer's with regulations" (Commentary, May 7), I was overcome by many of the statistics surrounding the neurodegenerative disorder. It is clear that Alzheimer's disease is becoming as expansive as it is expensive, but I found myself asking if Medicare is neglectful of rising costs associated with the disease, or if it is wary of the nascent applications of nuclear medicine. Published May 10, 2013
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Not a month has passed since the Patriots' Day bombings in Boston, and the hand-wringers are already mumbling that the FBI made the wrong call when it designated 65-year-old fugitive Assata Shakur, formerly known as Joanne Chesimard, as a terrorist. Published May 10, 2013
By Sam Graves
The health care law has the look of a plan that isn't coming together, and the administration appears unable to foresee the outcome and stay a step ahead of the potential mess. Published May 10, 2013
By Jeffrey T. Kuhner - The Washington Times
President Obama is presiding over an administration that has engaged in the systematic abuse of power. This is the real meaning of the Benghazi tragedy. Published May 10, 2013
When I took Hillary Rodham Clinton to task in January for the mishandling of security in Benghazi, Libya, I told her that if I had been president at the time, I would have relieved her of her post. Some politicians and pundits took offense at my line of questioning. Published May 10, 2013
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The impish lexicographer Ambrose Bierce defined a lawyer as someone "skilled in the circumvention of the law." By that reckoning, the lawyers at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) are among the most experienced lawyers in town. Published May 10, 2013
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Armstrong Williams mocks the religious beliefs of probably three-quarters of the readers of The Washington Times when he writes he does "not care who Jason Collins has sex with, and neither should you" ("We shouldn't care who Jason Collins has sex with," Web, May 5). Published May 10, 2013
By Donald Lambro - The Washington Times
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. Published May 10, 2013
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