THE WASHINGTON TIMES

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Jeb Bush right on same-sex marriage, love

I agree with Jeb Bush's recent comment that "we should love our neighbor and respect others" (Jeb Bush: Same-sex marriage should have been decided by states," Web, June 26). However, I could never love an action that finds so much displeasure in the sight of God.

July 5, 2015

EDITORIAL: Obama’s Cuba diplomacy gives America nothing for Castro opportunity

After 50 years an American flag will again fly over the American Embassy in Havana. The Cubans, no doubt eager to sample the sweet life in the West, will open their diplomatic representation in Washington.

July 5, 2015

EDITORIAL: American Revolution victories of values, rights diminished by British model

This being the season for celebrating the Declaration of Independence, we might reflect on what made the American Revolution unique in history. The men who confronted the British at Concord Bridge and fired "the shot heard round the world" did so to defend the rights their forbears won in Britain over the course of several hundred years.

July 5, 2015

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Sometimes a cigar’s just a cigar

Kim R. Holmes' analysis of the Supreme Court's interpretation of today's world is a gem ("The Supreme Court: Speaking power to truth," Web, June 29). Mr. Holmes writes: "Self-prescribed identities trump everything, including nature. What and who is to separate reality from delusion?"

July 2, 2015

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Hillary Clinton is hampered by her record

Hillary Clinton has no compelling rationale for a presidential run save to be the first female president. She is further hampered by her record. After serving as first lady, senator from New York and secretary of state, it remains that only failures stick to her name.

July 2, 2015

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Murderers don’t obey gun laws

In the wake of the tragic murders of good Christian people in a Charleston church last month, there has been some talk of more gun control. But as we have seen since the 1960s, gun-control laws simply do not work because murderers don't obey laws.

July 2, 2015

EDITORIAL: John Pierpont: Independence

Day of glory welcome day!

July 2, 2015

EDITORIAL: John Adams: An anniversary to remember

Had a Declaration of Independency been made seven months ago, it would have been attended with many great and glorious effects. We might before this hour, have formed alliances with foreign states. We should have mastered Quebec and been in possession of Canada.

July 2, 2015

Andrew Johnson’s first Fourth of July: A rebirth of freedom

Andrew Johnson, who survived the assassination plot that killed Abraham Lincoln and gravely wounded Secretary of State William Seward, had been president for less than three months when he marked the first Fourth of July celebration following the end of the Civil War. Citing an "indisposition," the new president was unable to travel as planned to Gettysburg July 4 to help mark a new national monument at a military cemetery on the battlefield. He sent his regrets in a July 3 letter to event organizers in which he discussed the first Independence Day celebration after the war. On July 5, Johnson would sign the executive order for the execution of four of the plotters in the assassination. The following is an excerpt from Johnson's July 3 letter to David Wills, chairman of the Gettysburg memorial committee:

July 2, 2015

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Congress ignores PBS, NPR slant

The Washington Times' editorial "Snark and bias alert" (Web, June 28) observes "government-supported radio and television has grown fat and comfortable, paying enormous salaries to executives and administrators. The warp in the presentation of the news has grown steadily more evident. If they continue to take government money, PBS and NPR should submit to monitoring by an independent and effective monitoring panel, as David Cameron has prescribed for the BBC."

July 1, 2015

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Reverse dangerous defense policy

Congress and President Obama should focus on defending against possible nuclear-missile attacks by expanding and upgrading our Ground-based Midcourse Defense Missile System (GMD). It is our best homeland defense against missile strikes and has proved reliable in many tests and experiments.

July 1, 2015

EDITORIAL: An implosion in Syria

The Obama administration's determination to stay clear of the civil war in Syria, understandable but dangerous, is a tale of red lines drawn and then ignored as if they had never been drawn. President Obama's brave talk followed by nothing much threatens to lead to an implosion of the region.

July 1, 2015

EDITORIAL: Honoring U.S. flag on Fourth of July

There's no better day to wave the American flag than on the nation's birthday. But as the United States turns 239, the usual flotsam blowing in the wind urge fellow malcontents to burn it instead. Rather than honor the blood, sweat and tears of forebears, metaphorical if not actual, who set out to build "a more perfect union" in the wilderness, the flotsam trash the past and repudiate their debt to history.

July 1, 2015

William Gavin, speechwriter for Nixon, Reagan, lawmakers, dies at 80

William F. Gavin, 80, a speechwriter to presidents, presidential candidates and Congressional leaders over a 30-year period, died at home June 8 from cancer.

June 30, 2015

EDITORIAL: The Chinese puzzle

There's wide agreement that China is America's No. 1 foreign concern. But there's never been such a difference of opinion among China hands about what's happening in China, and what if anything the United States could and should do about it.

June 30, 2015

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Obama delusional on Iran

The P5+1 negotiators with Iran follow the American lead, and that is why the talks have gone off-track. Both President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry seem to have trained at the Blanche DuBois Academy of Global Studies, where they were taught to rely on the kindness of strangers as Blanche did in "A Streetcar Named Desire." The French, applying real politik, would have provided firmer guidance.

June 30, 2015

EDITORIAL: Supreme Court’s clean air ruling

Maybe common sense isn't quite graveyard dead after all. Following a week in which it altered the clear legislative meaning of Obamacare and redefined marriage to suit the whims of the 3.8 percent, further damaging the Constitution twice, the Supreme Court showed on Monday that maybe it understands there's no such thing as a free lunch.

June 30, 2015

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Vaccine bill common sense

I am an ardent, self-proclaimed vaccine advocate who strongly believes that every child — except those who cannot for medical reasons — should get vaccinated for deadly and contagious childhood diseases ("California Legislature passes strict school vaccine bill," Web, June 29).

June 30, 2015

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Marriage already available to all

People who rob banks are called bank robbers. People who tell a lie are called liars. People who play golf are called golfers. People who have sex with a partner of the same sex are called homosexuals or gay. People who have sex with an opposite-sex gender partner are called heterosexual.

June 29, 2015

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Are we safe?

Praying church members were recently killed during a shooting in Charleston ("Obama intent on gun restriction with or without help of Congress," Page I, June 22). We as a nation are outraged, knowing not even our churches are safe for peoople to attend and worship. Where does it all end? Who will step up to protect us from harm? We live in a society where we have earned the expectation of being able to walk the streets, attend grade schools and universities, go to movies and pray in our chosen houses of worship. We should not have to equip our kids or ourselves with military protective gear in order to do these everyday tasks.

June 29, 2015