THE WASHINGTON TIMES

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Keystone won’t up greenhouse gases

It was naive of Greg Rickford, Canada's minister of natural resources, to say recently, "It is not a question of if this project [the Keystone XL pipeline] will be approved; It is a matter of when" ("Canadian government brushes off Obama Keystone veto: 'A matter of when,'" Web, Feb. 24).

March 2, 2015

EDITORIAL: Benjamin Netanyahu to expose Obama’s Iran folly

Protocol is a valuable tool of diplomacy, but protocol must defer to harsh reality when a nation's survival is at stake. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stepped on protocol and President Obama's toes when he accepted the invitation of Speaker John A. Boehner to speak to the House of Representatives without the customary endorsement of the White House. We say, good for him.

March 2, 2015

EDITORIAL: Scott Walker doesn’t hate women; smear evaporates

Scott Walker had a very good week. He was the star of the beauty contest at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), and the price and proof of his good fortune was the flak he took from the activists and operatives of the left and the magpies of the media. The Wisconsin governor, so the story went, is oblivious of "gender assaults" on campus.

March 2, 2015

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Reject ‘crony Christianity’

I have become concerned with what I call crony Christianity. Informed people are probably familiar with the term crony capitalism. Well, crony Christianity is a take on this theme wherein the church, as an institution, tends to cater to small interest groups it does not want to offend, and it does this in a way similar to the way in which crony capitalism caters to special-interest groups that seek special favors from a larger group, whether it be the government or a large corporation.

March 2, 2015

EDITORIAL: Transgender soldiers would lower U.S. military standards

The left loathes the military and all it represents — honor, manliness, patriotism, selflessness and tradition. The ban on open homosexuality in the ranks, for example, was lifted in the lame-duck session of Congress in 2010 after the Democrats lost control of the House, and eight good little Republicans joined every Democrat in the Senate to repeal "Don't ask, don't tell."

March 1, 2015

EDITORIAL: Wisconsin may adopt right-to-work law

Wisconsin may soon become the 25th state to adopt a right-to-work law, to guarantee that no worker can be compelled to join a union or to pay dues to a union. The state senate narrowly approved the legislation last week (by a vote of 17 to 15) and the bill is moving through the lower house. Gov. Scott Walker, who co-sponsored right-to-work legislation when he was a member of the legislature, says he will sign the legislation if it makes it to his desk.

March 1, 2015

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Barronelle Stutzman florist is bullying victim

Our economy is built on the great concept of free enterprise. The demand-driven marketplace thrives on competition. It is not the proving ground for perceived social injustices. That would be the territory of a more socialistic, government-controlled economy.

March 1, 2015

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Obama should take care of U.S. before immigrants

Former New York Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani had every right to express his opinion ("To love or not to love America," Web, Feb. 24). President Obama certainly has left an impression that he does not care about American citizens or about our country. He is spending millions of dollars to keep open our borders for illegal immigrants, even hiring extra help to process their documents.

March 1, 2015

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Convention of States could do more harm

Former Rep. Tom Coburn is correct in his op-ed, "A means to smite the federal Leviathan" (Web, Feb. 24), when he writes that the government has become a loose cannon and its powers need to be limited. However, Mr. Coburn's remedy will be worse than the disease he's trying to cure.

February 26, 2015

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Thai elephant rides aid cruelty

Tourists who pay to ride elephants are essentially ensuring that those elephants will spend most of their lives miserable in chains ("Travel: Thailand's great elephant debate," Web, Feb. 24). Unwitting travelers are duped into believing that their money is going to "help" elephants, but international watchdogs have documented that wild elephants are being captured to perpetuate this lucrative tourist industry.

February 26, 2015

EDITORIAL: Obama does not heed voter wishes

Barack Obama is a trailblazer. Most past presidents who get an electoral rebuke like the one he got November would have looked to the examples of Democratic and Republican presidents before him, and tried to accommodate both himself and Congress to reality, and move forward.

February 26, 2015

EDITORIAL: Rajendra Pachauri resigns U.N. global warming post over sexual harassment scandal

The chief of the United Nations climate change panel is passionate about his global warming beliefs, and some of his passion has gotten out of hand. Passion can do that. Rajendra Pachauri, who shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with Al Gore, has been forced to resign his post at the U.N. after he was accused of sexual harassment. Every man is entitled to his beliefs, but sometimes he has to keep his beliefs — and his affections — to himself. Mr. Pachauri was appointed to be a chief, not an evangelist.

February 26, 2015

EDITORIAL: Nicolas Maduro’s incompetence breeds disaster in Venezuela

President Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela bears a marked resemblance to the late Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, right down to the mustache. With a collapsing economy that has soured his countrymen on his ruinous economic policies, Mr. Maduro is beginning to resemble Saddam in a more ominous way as well.

February 25, 2015

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Hear-no-evil crowd is back at it

When he awarded Jan Karski the U.S. Medal of Freedom in April 2012, President Obama said, "We must tell our children about how this evil was allowed to happen — because so many people succumbed to their darkest instincts, because so many others stood silent."

February 25, 2015

EDITORIAL: Obama plagued by questions of faith, patriotism

The silly season arrives early. The world's on fire, and here we are, arguing over whether Barack Obama loves America, or loves it enough, and the political correspondents are parsing Scott Walker's answer to a question posed by the armchair theologians at The Washington Post, whether the president is a Christian.

February 25, 2015

Phyllis Schlafly: A prolific author

Over her storied career, Phyllis Schlafly has written a total of 26 books with far-reaching impact, from making the case for Barry Goldwater's 1964 campaign to counterpunching feminist efforts to attack stay-at-home mothers. Here they are:

February 24, 2015

EDITORIAL: Obama, Iran talks move toward sweetheart nuclear deal

President Obama yearns for a "signature" accomplishment overseas to match his signature domestic achievement as the presidential legacy he leaves on Jan. 20, 2017. He's racing toward a nuclear deal with Iran that would give him a foreign disaster to match the domestic disaster called Obamacare.

February 24, 2015

EDITORIAL: Obama responsible for possible government shutdown

Mitch McConnell is desperately seeking a way out of the corner he painted for himself. The Republican leader of the Senate promised the public two things last November. He said there would be "no government shutdown on my watch," and that he would use the appropriations lever to force President Obama to "move to the center" on several crucial issues, including immigration.

February 24, 2015

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Condemn Bahrain’s policies

S. Rob Sobhani's recent claim that the King of Bahrain is adhering to good governance and consequently boosting U.S. interests in the region could not be further from the truth ("Bahrain, an island of stability amid Mideast chaos," Web, Feb. 12).

February 24, 2015

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Oscars miss the mark again

The 2015 Academy Awards was simply the final round of Hollywood celebrating itself again — and again and again. Alas, with few exceptions the film and entertainment industry continues to decline into little more than sex, violence, shallow stories and a lack of imagination and original thought reduced to narcissism resembling "Fifty Shades of Grey."

February 24, 2015