THE WASHINGTON TIMES

EDITORIAL: Bring in the clowns

The confirmation hearings for Rod J. Rosenstein, nominated to be the deputy U.S. attorney general, have descended from the grand act of political theater promised by Sen. Chuck Schumer, the leader of the Democratic minority in the Senate, to a clown show.

March 12, 2017

EDITORIAL: More days without a woman

One clear indication of what The Washington Post calls the "harder-edged" ideology of the women who marched in Washington on "A Day Without a Woman," were the demands for rescinding what they call "the global gag rule."

March 12, 2017

EDITORIAL: The sour smell of success

It's not necessarily true that "any publicity is good publicity," but Ivanka Trump might think so. Her fashion line was famously dropped by several department stores, and some of the many foes of her father organized a boycott of her goods. The result is a remarkable spike in sales — to near record levels, according to her company.

March 9, 2017

EDITORIAL: The Trump economy

There's no denying it, the election of Donald Trump has set off a boomlet in the economy, and it promises to expand into a genuine boom once his pro-growth policies have become comfortably settled and guiding the economy. "It's the economy, stupid," and Stupid seems to have finally learned a thing or two.

March 9, 2017

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Race a matter of fact

Your editorial, "Wishing on a star" (Web, March 8), updates the pariah status of the woman formerly known as Rachel Dolezal, a biologically white individual whose notorious claim to an African-American identity has found acceptance nowhere. She has changed her name to Nkechi Diallo and become unemployed, but she nonetheless clings to her chosen self-identity and has a book forthcoming. "Imitation of Life" would be a suitable title, but that's already the title of a 1959 movie variation on this tragic-mulatto theme, where the black woman passing for white returns to her roots amid the tear-jerking symbolism of her black mother's funeral.

March 9, 2017

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Women the victims of bathroom push

I am pleased that President Trump is addressing the bathroom law ("Trump's order gives a boost to bathroom bills in 12 states," Web, Feb. 23). There are stalls in men's restrooms for men who want to be women. A women's restroom is the only public private area where no man should ever be allowed.

March 9, 2017

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Obamacare replacement falls short

The GOP has finally announced its Obamacare alternative ("House Republicans release details of plan to replace Obamacare," Web, March 6). Unfortunately it both seems like a watered-down version of Obamacare and fails to offer valid health-care reform.

March 8, 2017

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Aliyev family power-hungry

S. Rob Sobhani's March 6 piece, "The 'kind lady' of Azerbaijan" (Web), which praises Azerbaijani first lady Mehriban Aliyeva's recent appointment as the country's vice president, was troubling, to say the least. Sobhani calls President Ilham Aliyev's decision to promote his wife — an Azerbaijani parliamentarian who, according to WikiLeaks documents, chooses not to attend Parliament's sessions — a "historic leap forward" which must be applauded and supported by the United States.

March 8, 2017

EDITORIAL: The second draft of repeal and replace

There's been a lot of histrionics over the first draft of the Obamacare repeal-and-replace bill. Everyone should take a deep breath to prevent a Republicans intraparty knife fight, which would play into the waiting hands of Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi.

March 8, 2017

EDITORIAL: Wishing on a star

Identity politics, the notion that you can be who you want to be just by saying so, is a game any number can play. Indeed, a visitor from Mars (or maybe it was Pluto) who was dispatched to Earth to find out just what kind of nuts we are, is said to have written home that Earth may be the most curious planet in any galaxy.

March 8, 2017

EDITORIAL: Closing ranks to repeal and replace

There's "a time to break down," the Bible teaches, "and a time to build up." This is the moment for both, and the moment is called "repeal and replace." The end of Obamacare and the birth of the American Health Care Act are upon us this week, now that crucial parts of the proposed replacement law have been revealed. Securing a better health care system was the promise to the American people that put Donald Trump in the White House. Enacting a viable alternative won't guarantee Mr. Trump a happy presidency, but failure to do it would guarantee a miserable presidency.

March 7, 2017

EDITORIAL: When a sugar tax goes sour

In politics as in physics, for every action there's an equal and opposite reaction. You don't have to be Sir Isaac Newton to understand that a steep "sugary drinks tax" on soda drinks would sharply cut sales of Coca-Cola, Pepsi-Cola, Mountain Dew, Dr Pepper, Gatorade and others.

March 7, 2017

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Trump train sure to derail

President Trump's accusation that Barack Obama had his Trump Tower phones tapped would be hilarious if it were not so tragic ("Trump seeks Congress' help on wiretap claim; FBI disputes it," Web, March 5). It comes straight out of the Trump playbook, which directs that when one is under attack, he or she should seek to change the subject, to divert attention by making some outlandish and preposterous charge with nothing to back it up.

March 7, 2017

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: ‘Green’ schemes up food cost

All the so-called 'clean energy' scams are not so clean. In fact, most do far more harm than good. The global biofuel disaster has killed millions of innocent people worldwide and is eroding away our topsoil while increasing water and air pollution and raising the cost of fertilizer, farmland and food all over the world. Windmills and solar schemes are worthless. They lack energy density and reliability. You cannot replace a three course meal (fossil fuels) with a single potato chip (wind, solar and biofuels). It is mathematically impossible and destructive to try.

March 7, 2017

EDITORIAL: Boogermen under the bed

The Red Scare is back, only this time in another color. Beige is the new red. The frightened folks this time are not the Republicans, but the Democrats, though it's not at all clear that the Democrats are so much frightened as villains posing as opportunists.

March 6, 2017

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: TSA move opens floodgates

As I understand it, the Transportation Security Administration's new airport pat-down methods amount, essentially, to full-on groping. Well, I have some questions and concerns. First, will female TSA agents be required to grope transgender women, such as Catilyn Jenner and Chelsea Manning? And, more to my concern, as a heterosexual male I should like the ability to request that a female TSA agent do any groping of my person should it come to that. Will I be allowed that courtesy?

March 6, 2017

EDITORIAL: Mocking John F. Kennedy

The John F. Kennedy Library Foundation had a momentous announcement on March 2. The foundation would honor Barack Obama, who was off on a shopping excursion with Michelle at the time, with the JFK prize for "elevating the standard of political courage in a new century."

March 6, 2017

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Why media hates Trump

Many politicians have been disliked throughout the years, but I don't know of any politician more hated than President Donald Trump. Why is Mr. Trump detested by the global elite, mainstream media and liberals? It's because the globalists want a one-world government, a one-world economy and a one-world religion. Unfortunately for them, but great for America, along came Donald Trump.

March 6, 2017

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Zinn no historian

Suzanne Fields' piece, "The pivot in the Age of Anger," (Web, March 1), touches upon one of the key elements of the culture wars: American history textbooks and who writes them. Why would any school district want the views of Howard Zinn in its textbooks? Why, indeed. It would be interesting to know where the 2 million copies of Mr. Zinn's textbook have been sold and the corresponding affect on local governance. It is well known in the industry that the largest school districts can dictate the content of curricula (i.e., California, New York). I took a course from Mr. Zinn. The fact that millions of students have learned the history of our country from him is chilling.

March 6, 2017

EDITORIAL: Throwing rocks at the wall

Something there is that doesn't love a wall, the poet Robert Frost wrote, but he never had to consider how an uncontrolled border works. Nevertheless, the Democrats, who regard the southern border as an ATM machine that dispenses prospective voters, vow to keep the funding for President Trump's Mexican border wall out of any short-term spending bill.

March 5, 2017