Skip to content
Advertisement

Articles by Meredith Somers

President Obama gives a thumbs up to a supporter at a campaign rally at the Community College of Aurora in Aurora, Colo. on Nov. 4, 2012. (Associated Press)

March for Life makes room for other causes

Over the course of 40 years, laws have changed and society's perceptions have shifted beyond a simple division between pro-life and pro-choice. Issues such as the death penalty, assisted suicide, "do not resuscitate" medical orders and euthanasia frequently enter the right-to-life debate these days.

January 20, 2014
City vehicles loaded up with salt wait for their snow plows to be attached as they prepared on Thursday for the arrival of snow in Alexandria, Va. (andrew s. geraci/the Washington Times)

D.C. to dodge snow, but not wind, cold

The D.C. area might miss the brunt of a powerful storm predicted to dump nearly a foot of snow on Boston and New York City, but the District won't dodge strong winds and plummeting temperatures that are accompanying the precipitation.

January 2, 2014
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor pushes the Waterford crystal button that signals the descent of the New Year's Eve Ball in Times Square on Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2013 in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)

Ruling by Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor sets off another battle over Obamacare

Advocates for a Denver-based congregation of Catholic nuns on Wednesday applauded an eleventh-hour order by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor to temporarily block a requirement under the Affordable Care Act to insure birth control procedures, but attorneys and analysts agreed the fight is far from over.

January 1, 2014
Signs reading "no guns permitted" are displayed on the front doors to Toby Keith's I Love this Bar & Grill, Woodbridge, Va., Sunday, December 29, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Gun ban at Toby Keith restaurant draws ire

Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar & Grill in Woodbridge, Va,. has been open two days but already made national headlines after the owners decided to prohibit firearms in the restaurant.

December 29, 2013

Defrocked pastor tells Methodists ‘change’ is coming

A Methodist pastor defrocked for officiating his gay son's wedding urged District churchgoers on Sunday not to abandon the denomination, even as the same-sex marriage debate threatens to further divide it.

December 22, 2013