THE WASHINGTON TIMES

EDITORIAL: The flawed rationale for early voting

Election Day was once the anticipated day when voters arrived at the polls eager to pull a lever for their favorite candidates. Now Election Day has become Election Season.

September 29, 2014

EDITORIAL: The District’s contempt of court on gun-carry permits

The District of Columbia is too clever by half. When a federal judge ordered the city to recognize the right of residents and nonresidents to carry guns for self-defense, the city channeled Rube Goldberg, the cartoonist who drew those convoluted designs to make the easy look difficult.w

September 29, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Taiwan still needs U.S. support

Kudos to the 29 members of the U.S. Congress, headed by House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Edward R. Royce, along with Steve Chabot and J. Randy Forbes, who have called on Secretary of State John F. Kerry to launch a major new Taiwan policy review.

September 29, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Team Obama’s measly truck takedown

The people of this country needed a wartime commander in chief, and what we got is a reluctant Boy Scout leader who has no clue how to prosecute a war.

September 29, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Burqa, hijab are forms of apartheid

Burqa and hijab subjugation of any Muslim woman in Western-society Australia is a form of apartheid.

September 29, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Make drug testing mandatory in schools

The Richmond County School System in Augusta, Ga., is guided by a mission statement and seven-belief statement, all of which are listed on its website.

September 29, 2014

EDITORIAL: Holding states to account on off-budget spending

The $17.8 trillion of national debt is only the beginning of the nation's red ink. There's trillions more, thanks to the profligacy of state governments.

September 27, 2014

EDITORIAL: Tidal wave of political ads inundating TV viewers

Labor Day is the traditional opening day of the November election campaigns, and Oct. 1, a date now fast upon us, is the day when the races get serious.

September 27, 2014

EDITORIAL: Africa needs a hand up, not more U.N. handouts

Leaders from 140 world nations will gather in New York City this week for the meetings of the U.N. General Assembly, to sit still to be "inspired" by the theme of "Delivering on and Implementing a Transformative Post-2015 Development Agenda." Translated from bureaucratese, the official language of the U.N., that means, "We want you to raise your taxes and impose more regulations --- for your own good."

September 27, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Seeking sensible bicycle rules of the road

Regarding Charles Hurt's commentary column "It's time for bicycle sense in America" (Web Sept. 23), a bicycle speed limit for cycling anywhere other than the roads would make good sense.

September 26, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: A baseball legend goes out in style

Yes, Derek Jeter, "Fairy tales can come true, it can happen to you, if you're young at heart."

September 26, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Don’t disagree with a Kennedy

Of course, anyone who disagrees with a Kennedy, Obama or Reid must be stood against an adobe wall and shot. "Kennedy says climate skeptics merit jail for treason" (Web, Sept. 24).

September 26, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Eric Holder’s legacy is a mixed bag

Eric Holder Jr., who announced Thursday he was stepping down, proved to be a mixed bag in his nearly six-year tenure as U.S. attorney general.

September 26, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: More health nonsense from the government

In "The surgeon general and the sun" (Commentary, Sept. 24), Kerri Toloczko points out yet another instance where the federal government is making you sick. The surgeon general is just following a multidecade legacy of health nonsense.

September 26, 2014

EDITORIAL: Eric Holder’s long-overdue exit

Eric Holder has had enough. He announced Thursday he's heading for the exits, presumably as soon as President Obama finds a suitable replacement.

September 25, 2014

EDITORIAL: New Jersey prosecutor fumbles justice

Justice isn't always blind, and prosecutors are sometimes so dazzled by a high-profile defendant they lose sight of their responsibility to lock up a menace to society and cut a break to someone who makes an honest mistake.

September 25, 2014

EDITORIAL: A federalist victim of a phony ‘investigation’

Words delivered with a smile can mask a darker and uncivil intent, such as the way a renegade Democratic prosecutor in Wisconsin has hijacked the legal system to try to turn public opinion against Scott Walker, who's up for re-election in November.

September 25, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: ISIS beheadings reveal its barbarism

The guillotine was used as the preferred method of execution during the French Revolution, as it was thought to be a more humane and quick way to put someone to death.

September 25, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Time to stop using the term ‘boots on the ground’

"Boots on the ground" is a term we all should stop using. It depersonalizes and demeans the servicemen and women who risk their lives every day in the service of their country and fellow citizens.

September 25, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: RFK Jr.’s climate rant is short on facts

In "Kennedy says climate skeptics merit jail for treason, war crimes" (Web, Sept. 23), Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says people who don't believe in "dangerous man-made climate change" should be jailed.

September 25, 2014