THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Aid-money malfeasance no anomaly

Massive fraudulence is commonplace in these massive bills that respond to such short-notice emergency requirements, from Desert Storm on through the multitude of bills driven by the COVID-19 crisis ("Pandemic unemployment aid landed in wallets of enemies," Page 1, Nov. 29). They are vaguely written and the objectives are poorly articulated and understood. Moreover, the short timelines make it impossible to establish competent fiscal oversight.

November 29, 2021

Not all are capable of reform

The type of senseless crime committed by the suspect in the Waukesha, Wisconsin, parade killing was ushered in by federal and local officials undermining our legal system and is what happens when you combine socialism, liberalism and criminal mentalities. Recently this country has gotten into a bad pattern of protecting the criminals and not the victims, such as is happening now.

November 28, 2021

Reserve release not the right answer

The announced release of 50 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve is the equivalent of about two-and-a-half days of U.S. demand. The reserves were put aside in case of an emergency, such as a war or a natural disaster. The move to release them now is aimed at reducing high gasoline prices., but there were other answers to easing prices at the pump.

November 28, 2021

Follow the money

A one-time partner and current stockholder in a China-based enterprise, Hunter Biden assisted in the purchase of one of the largest and richest cobalt mines, located in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It is directly linked to the Biden administration's policy of promoting electric cars. Cobalt is an important component of rechargeable lithium-ion batteries. Just imagine that.

November 28, 2021

Military members struggling

Most of us are celebrating the holidays with family members and enjoying bountiful meals -- but what about the approximately 160,000 families of active-duty military personnel who cannot afford to feed those at their tables?

November 25, 2021

Biden’s destructive ‘pilots’

The actions and policies of the Biden administration remind me of the Japanese kamikaze pilots who would drive their planes into the decks of our ships during World War II. This action caused inestimable destruction. Notwithstanding the damage to America and its image, the Biden kamikaze 'pilots' continue to bear down on their targets, whether they be climate change, the reckless abandonment of Afghanistan, the southern border crisis or the ill effects of inflation fueled by rampant spending.

November 25, 2021

Admit jury was right on Rittenhouse

As peope on both the left and right explode over Kyle Rittenhouse's acquittal on murder charges in Wisconsin (conservatives because he killed two people, and liberals because he used a gun and killed, well, liberals) we need to pause and take a reality check.

November 25, 2021

Milk was no hero

Recently, under President Biden, the U.S. Navy officially named a ship the USNS Harvey Milk ("Navy to christen ship in honor of assassinated S.F. politician and gay pioneer Harvey Milk," Web, Nov. 5). Why? The rationale was that Milk was some sort of heroic gay civil rights leader who was unjustly kicked out of the military for being gay.

November 23, 2021

Biden’s carbon-dioxide goggles

Build Back Better is a catchy name that means nothing. Isn't everything subject to decay and demise? Are there better materials available for building? Maybe, but how about new concepts? How about national bullet trains for faster passenger travel? Or universal geothermal heating and cooling, even on a neighborhood-by-neighborhood basis?

November 23, 2021

Race not a factor in Rittenhouse verdict

The contention that Black people in circumstances similar to those in which Kyle Rittenhouse found himself would have been treated differently by the law is not supported by the statistics ("Jury finds Rittenhouse not guilty in Kenosha shootings," Web, Nov. 19). In fact, in this country over 70% of homicide defendants acquitted on claims of self-defense are Black, according to William Wilbanks in "The Myth of a Racist Criminal Justice System."

November 23, 2021

All eyes on Sinema, Manchin

President Joe Biden's Build Back Better bonanza, a palimpsest of his hero FDR's Great Depression rescue, has staggered to a narrow victory in the House. It now confronts a problematic obstacle course in the Senate, the world's greatest deliberative body.

November 22, 2021

Left’s efforts will fail

Gun sales have been off the charts ever since Obama came on the scene. In fact, I haven't been in a gun store in the past decade that didn't have a picture of him and the caption "Gun Salesman of the Century" beneth it.

November 22, 2021

Rittenhouse jurors got it right

I have to commend the jurors in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial for their courage and integrity. They did the difficult job of finding not-guilty a young man who has been unfairly maligned not only by the far-left news media, but by the president of the United States.

November 22, 2021

NAACP has priorities backward

Here in Virginia, it appears that calling out the Chesterfield redistricting map is a higher priority to the NAACP than the Friday night quadruple shooting in Richmond that left two children dead.

November 21, 2021

Ignoring history dooms us to repeat it

It was refreshing to read Michael McKenna's recent Commentary piece on history, specifically World War I, as a reminder of where the world is now and how we got here ("What did we commemorate on Veterans Day?" Web, Nov. 14). The abuse of history by Americans has always been an intellectual problem, and it has never been more prevalent than it is today.

November 21, 2021

Administration a failure, top to bottom

You have to give Biden and the Democrats credit for one thing: They could not have done a better job of messing up our country any faster. Biden has picked as his Cabinet members the most incompetent people possible.

November 21, 2021

Don’t leave abortion up to ballot

In her op-ed "Republicans must embrace pro-life issue to win in 2022" (Web, Nov. 16) Marjorie Dannenfelser presents some very interesting Virginia gubernatorial election statistics. She reports that the loser, pro-abortion Democrat Terry McAuliffe, thought abortion was a winning issue for him and exploited it over and over again. The winner, Republican Glenn Youngkin, ran as a pro-life candidate. Eight percent of the electorate voted with the abortion question as their primary issue and gave Youngkin a 17% plurality, a winning margin.

November 18, 2021

The Biden python never stops squeezing

The Social Security folks have announced a 5.9% cost-of-living increase for those who receive benefits. So those who have worked all of their lives, played by the rules and are ready to finally enjoy life are happy. Yay! But hold on -- at the same time, Joe Biden's Medicare flunkies have announced that in 2022 there will be increases in Medicare premiums, deductibles and co-pays, to the tune of over 14%. Medicare recipients get stabbed in the back.

November 18, 2021

Rittenhouse jurors needed sequestration

Being that the Kyle Rittenhouse trial is a high-profile case, jurors should have been sequestered. Even though they are told not to watch TV accounts, listen to the radio, read the newspaper or discuss the case with anyone, the jurors are human beings and it is difficult to know whether they will comply.

November 18, 2021

Private sector will foot the bill

America's government was created by founders and patriots from the private sector who wished to protect their unalienable rights as individuals. They enshrined in the Declaration of Independence the dreams of free individuals -- and then revised them 12 years later to "provide for the common defense [and] promote the general Welfare" of a society of free individuals.

November 17, 2021