THE WASHINGTON TIMES

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Armenia is neither an aggressor, nor occupying force

The article by Alexander Murinson "Revisiting events in Nagorno-Karabakh," published on October 4, presents a line of arguments that one can offer to graduate students of public international law to refute, making them happy about the relative ease of gaining extra points.

October 8, 2015

EDITORIAL: John Boehner and the earmark

John Boehner is leaving the House and the speakership with cheers ringing in his ears and maybe with a few regrets, but looking at the chaos in his wake, watching his Republican colleagues struggling to find a suitable successor, he's entitled to reflect on his own accomplishments. There have been more than a few.

October 8, 2015

EDITORIAL: Testing China’s aggression

President Obama seems to have learned a lesson from his fecklessness in Syria. He has listened to the pleas of Ash Carter, the secretary of defense, to assert the freedom of the seas in Southeast Asia.

October 8, 2015

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Ted Cruz stands out and up

Well over 30 years removed from our last truly conservative presidential candidate, a rare opportunity to elect another presents itself in candidate Ted Cruz. Genial of nature yet fierce in conviction, Sen. Cruz needn't be Ronald Reagan any more than Ronald Reagan needed to be Abraham Lincoln. We simply need Cruz to be Cruz.

October 7, 2015

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Clintons planning ruinous comeback

Conservatives and true Americans must not be fooled by Hillary Clinton's seemingly failing campaign. Make no mistake, the vast Clinton machine has its 'woe-are-us' routine and a miraculous campaign comeback planned out perfectly so as to test its most loyal inner circles long before the general-election dance.

October 7, 2015

EDITORIAL: Abuse, not guns lead to murder

The bullets fly and all eyes turn to gawk at the pain and suffering in the wake of the latest mass murder. President Obama steps in front of the cameras and scolds America and the press for becoming numb to violence. Then tragedy fades from the headlines with the rest of yesterday's news.

October 7, 2015

EDITORIAL: Sowing sexual confusion in the bathroom

When nature calls, who answers? The answer is important in the current national obsession with bodily function. Who's who and who's got what determines who can use which public restroom. But the factory-installed sexual equipment, which should settle the argument, is no longer the determining factor.

October 7, 2015

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Obama’s lone, ironic success

Russian President Vladimir Putin long ago took the measure of President Obama and found him wanting -- in knowledge of global affairs, comprehension of human nature, appreciation of world history and backbone.

October 6, 2015

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Framers knew what they were doing

The framers of our Constitution included the Second Amendment in the Bill of Rights. The best-known reason is for this was to give Americans the right to possess firearms for self-defense against assaults and other types of physical violence.

October 6, 2015

EDITORIAL: Khobar Towers haunt Bill Clinton

Hillary Clinton is taking a lot of heat for her manifold greed and transgressions over the years since she and her husband brought their long-running circus to town 22 years ago, and she just can't find a way to turn the thermostat down.

October 6, 2015

EDITORIAL: Elizabeth Warren goes after Democrats

The left-wing revolutionaries who dominate the Democratic Party are beginning to devour each other. Led by Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, a descendant of Robespierre as well as American Indians (she isn't sure which ones), the liberals are doing all they can to destroy the professional careers of all within their ranks who disagree with the prevailing ideology.

October 6, 2015

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: For Israel, nuclear weapons a last resort

Contrary to the writer's claim in "Pursuing contradictory goals" (Web, Oct. 1) that Israel would have used the nuclear weapon in response to missiles launched by Saddam Hussein carrying nerve gas, Israel has always stressed that it would not be the first in the Middle East to use that weapon.

October 5, 2015

EDITORIAL: Obama aims for confiscation of private arms, not gun control

President Obama is finally out in open as an advocate not of gun control, but of eliminating guns in the hands of the people. The White House announced Monday that the president is working on executive orders to do what Congress won't.

October 5, 2015

EDITORIAL: China bubble in trouble

Little things sometimes mean a lot, and big things nearly always do. Li Ka-shing is an aging (87) Hong Kong tycoon worth billions of dollars in real estate, telecommunications companies, and even artificial flowers. Artificial flowers is where he got his start to becoming one of the richest men in the world. He has been one of the Beijing government's favorite capitalists.

October 5, 2015

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Cheshire Chaffetz?

Talk about a conspiracy. Rep. Jason Chaffetz, Utah Republican, has said that Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy was wrong to say what he did about the special committee on Benghazi — and that Mr. Chaffetz intends on correcting it by challenging Mr. McCarthy for the speakership.

October 5, 2015

EDITORIAL: American threatened by social turmoil

Human progress is not a given. Great achievement can be squandered if treated carelessly. Modern-day "progressives" like President Obama, who were "liberals" before they gave the word a bad odor, are counting on transformation of the culture to eliminate memory of the past. They may regret it.

October 4, 2015

EDITORIAL: Vladimir Putin and Islamic demographics

Hovering over Vladimir Putin's reckless adventurism in Syria is the shadow of Islamic demographics. His Russian Federation is at the risk of Muslim numbers, fast accelerating.

October 4, 2015

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: GOP wasting time squabbling

After six years of President Obama's failed and destructive policies, including the early troop withdrawal in Iraq and years of plotting secret deals with Cuba and Iran, it is clear that Mr. Obama deserved neither the Nobel Peace Prize nor to be elected president -- twice.

October 4, 2015

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Fallout of ‘leading from behind’

The promised "fundamental transformation" by President Obama apparently means using the power of his office to punish the military and national security of America for alleged sins of over 200 years of 'imperialism' and enslavement. In the past six-plus years many such steps have been taken, including slashing the U.S. Navy to its 1917 size and the Army to 1940-level numbers.

October 4, 2015

EDITORIAL: Looking for a Speaker of the House

Given the challenges that come with the job, John Boehner has done some things well as the speaker of the House and the leader of the Republican majority. But what he doesn't do well is communicate with the world beyond the Beltway. Washington often forgets that "beyond the Beltway" is where everybody lives.

October 1, 2015