THE WASHINGTON TIMES

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June 29, 2016

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Don’t let Hillary Clinton get the phone

Many differences exist between conservative and liberal values and positions. Hillary Clinton declared that as president she would expand Obama's programs; Donald Trump stated he would make sure Obama's "unconstitutional actions" never returned. Clinton is pro-immigration-expansion while Trump believes we should slow or stop immigration until its policies are fixed.

June 29, 2016

The price of a European pout

George Bernard Shaw observed that England and America are a common people separated by a common language, and nothing has happened since to change what has made that friendship unique among nations.

June 29, 2016

In ‘Occupied,’ life imitates art

Like him or not, and a lot of folks say they don't like him, but Donald Trump gets everybody's attention. Hillary Clinton gets attention, too, teaming up briefly with Elizabeth Warren for "a girls' night out." But the Donald burns barns.

June 29, 2016

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Impeach John Koskinen, IRS chief

For the sake of preserving the integrity of the IRS, Commissioner John Koskinen should be impeached.

June 29, 2016

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: No free college

"No free lunch" is an old but true bromide. There is also no such thing as a free college education.

June 28, 2016

Supreme Court vacates conviction of Bob McDonnell

The decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to vacate the public-corruption conviction of Bob McDonnell, the former governor of Virginia, deserves the applause of everyone. Just as there is no Republican or Democratic way to put out a fire, there should be no Republican or Democratic way to protect the fundamental rights of everyone.

June 28, 2016

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: ‘Brexit’ a warning to U.S.

I share the surprise of most of the world that the British voted to leave the European Union. In fact, I am simply stunned that such a complex decision affecting so many aspects of governance, security and trade was left up to single majority vote by the general public.

June 28, 2016

Truth about the Benghazi lies

"The big lie" has been a staple of governments since a cartel of cave men organized the official denial that the bigger cavemen were taking the choicest cuts of the wild razorbacks for themselves. The elites of the cave establishment had rules for themselves and different rules for everybody else.

June 28, 2016

George Soros says the U.K. will pay for Brexit

George Soros, like the rest of the international financial establishment, is mightily upset at the nerve of the British voter, who insists on having his say about his country and how it should be governed. Mr. Soros predicts dire economic consequences as the price of democracy, and professes to be thoroughly saddened by the prospect.

June 27, 2016

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Donald Trump trumps Hillary Clinton

Did George Will, conservative elitist extraordinaire, miss 2016's populist rebellion ("George Will renounces GOP, declares 'This is not my party,'" Web, June 25)? He says he has left the Republican Party and he is urging other Republicans to ensure that Donald Trump isn't elected president. One has to wonder whether Mr. Will's elitism has overcome his common sense, or even his conservatism.

June 27, 2016

Students at Chapel Hill satirize political correctness

Jonathan Swift was the first great satirist in the English language. Satire is a wicked art because to make it work the artist must get satire close to the real thing. When Swift proposed that the way to deal with poverty in Ireland was to eat Irish babies many took him seriously.

June 27, 2016

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Brexit makes U.S. think

The recent vote by the people of Britain to withdraw from the European Union has some strong parallels to events happening here in America ("Brexit carries warning signs for Hillary Clinton," Web, June 24). British residents were unhappy with uncontrolled immigration and unelected bureaucrats imposing rules on them. This mirrors America's problem with an open border, uncontrolled immigration, and NAFTA agreements weakening our national sovereignty.

June 27, 2016

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: ‘Plus’ ruling racist

Now the highest court in the land says racism is perfectly OK in school admissions — so long as it's used for "positive" purposes ("Supreme Court upholds affirmative action 'plus' policy," Web, June 23). But if you use race to accept one person for a limited number of slots, you're automatically using race to reject another person, and that's not "positive" at all. In schools, only academic credentials should matter.

June 26, 2016

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Sit-in not probem solver

For Rep. John Lewis, Georgia Democrat, gun control is a matter of debate, just as civil rights was in the 1960s. But is a sit-in on gun violence really what we need?

June 26, 2016

Obama’s takes a licking on immigration

The week was not a good one for President Obama and his shriveling legacy. Mr. Obama, who promised to transform America into a country that he and Michele could be proud of, wanted to build the legacy by bringing in millions of illegal immigrants who, when transformed into voters, would insure a Democratic majority for as far as a patriot's eye could see.

June 26, 2016

Brexit writes a hard lesson for elites

The elites across the world had a dreadful weekend. Britain's historic goodbye to Europe -- and it was indeed historic -- reverberated in capitals on every continent. The elites, the people who run things (or think they do and who certainly think they should) were told, in language plain and unsparing: "You stink!"

June 26, 2016

Donald Rumsfeld prefers Donald Trump over Hillary Clinton

Donald Rumsfeld, the former secretary of Defense, has given the Republicans a fighting slogan to appeal to voters who can't quite cotton to Donald Trump but who sure can't vote for Hillary Clinton. Mr. Rumsfeld says he's voting for the Donald because he's more comfortable with a "known unknown" than with a "known known."

June 23, 2016

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Obama’s allegiance questionable

President Obama and his administration recently took major steps to protect radical Muslims. They even went so far as to use extreme measures to change the Orlando terrorist's expression of allegiance to Allah to an expression of allegiance God in telephone-conversation transcripts. This is an insult to Judeo-Christian religions. Fortunately Mr. Obama failed in this instance.

June 23, 2016

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Price of ‘free stuff’

If you want to see how the federal government under a President Hillary Clinton would look and act, look no further than the people's republic of California. Under a progressive legislature and governor, California is building a $68-billion high-speed train from the metropolis of nowhere to the far side of podunk city.

June 23, 2016