THE WASHINGTON TIMES

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Torture compromised national security

According to former CIA Director Mike Hayden, I'm part of a Democratic "campaign" to "shape" the truth about torture ("Democrats 'shaping' attack on CIA interrogation program," Web, Aug. 25).

September 1, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Stop the bleeding in California

California's Democratic legislature pumping out more bills, including a vote to strike Proposition 187, denying state services to illegal aliens from the books, comes as no surprise.

September 1, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Fanning the flames of racism

A lot of shootings go on in the world. People are killed all the time. Rarely do these shootings cause riots and escalating destruction. It takes idiots to burn down stores and wreck a generally peaceful community.

September 1, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Obama, take page from Cameron

Let's see if I have this right: British Prime minister David Cameron cut short his vacation last month and returned to London to deal with the Islamic State's barbaric beheading of American journalist James Foley.

September 1, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Reid the one not ‘doing his job’

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, and the president keep saying that the Republicans have not done their job in the House.

September 1, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Shutdowns unfairly blamed on Republicans

Right now, it appears that the GOP has momentum, with many polls indicating a very strong Republican showing likely in the November midterms. However, this all could change in an instant, the hoped-for victory lap turned into a postmortem.

August 31, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Can’t keep up? Don’t run

The debate focusing on presidential vacations — how many, how long and the appropriate activities undertaken — is missing a key factor. We generally elect a president for four years when the person is in at least their mid-40s and able to prove to the electorate they are in excellent health. Presidents campaign around the clock to show us they are up to the task.

August 31, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: ‘Dreamers’ or not, they’re still criminals

I am always amused by the way criminal illegal aliens can rationalize, fictionalize and harmonize their "right" to a free ride at someone else's expense ("Ineligible illegals file request to get Dreamer status, force Obama's hand," Web, Aug. 20). It's almost laughable that these students who refer to themselves as "Dreamers" use the excuse that they were brought by their parents, and for that reason should be free to break the law.

August 31, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Civil War Medal of Honor recipient’s rank misstated

When awarding the posthumous Medal of Honor to Alonzo Cushing, hero of Gettysburg, the White House misidentified him as 1st Lt. Cushing ("Long overdue: Obama to award Medal of Honor to Civil War soldier," Web, Aug. 26). Actually, at the time of his death, the thrice-wounded artillery officer was Maj. Cushing. Posthumously, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel.

August 31, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: ‘No soldier left behind’ is political sloganeering

A U.S. Marine languishes in a Mexican prison for months and President Obama does nothing. Yet he trades five of the worst terrorists in Guantanamo Bay for a deserter. The reason given: "No soldier left behind." Really? What about the Marine in Mexico?

August 31, 2014

EDITORIAL: The right to the fruits of our labor

When you get a whole country — as did ours — thinking that Washington is a sort of heaven and behind its clouds dwell omniscience and omnipotence, you are educating that country into a dependent state of mind, which augurs ill for the future. Our help does not come from Washington, but from ourselves; our help may, however, go to Washington as a sort of central distribution point, where all our efforts are coordinated for the general good. We may help the Government; the Government cannot help us. The slogan of "less government in business and more business in government" is a very good one, not mainly on account of business or government, but on account of the people. Business is not the reason why the United States was founded. The Declaration of Independence is not a business charter, nor is the Constitution of the United States a commercial schedule.

August 31, 2014

EDITORIAL: Back to the future with the Gipper

Today, as we set our minds to a new season of work, we begin what I hope will be a new age of the American worker, an age in which all of us again are free to prosper.

August 31, 2014

EDITORIAL: Abusing the language

Intolerance is nothing to sneeze at. Neither is a sneeze. Kendra Turner, 17, a student at Dyer County High School in Newbern, Tenn., found that out the hard way when she was sent off to the principal's office. She had said "bless you" when a fellow student sneezed in class.

August 28, 2014

EDITORIAL: The Democrats’ unhappy meal

Burger King's retreat to the Great White North reveals the consequences of setting the tax rate too high. The iconic Florida-based fast-food chain intends to merge with Tim Horton's, the equally iconic coffee-and-doughnuts chain in Canada. The resulting burger and doughnuts conglomerate would be based in Ontario, where taxes are reasonable.

August 28, 2014

EDITORIAL: Twits in pursuit of Twitter

To rescue the nation from "political misinformation" and "hate speech," the U.S. government is spending nearly a million dollars to look into how animated cat images spread across the Internet do harm. At best, it's a waste of time. At worst, it's a tool to suppress free speech.

August 28, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: When did left learn of profit?

The Obama administration is crowing over an agreement that will force the Bank of America to pay nearly $17 billion to end lawsuits related to deficient home loans and mortgage-backed securities sold prior to the 2008 financial crisis ("Bank of America reaches $17B settlement with U.S.," Web, Aug. 20).

August 28, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Police are ‘militarized’ for a reason

In The Washington Times editorial "When cops play soldier" (Web, Aug. 15) the writer proclaims, "[P]olice departments don't need the arms of an army." This sweeping statement comes as a reaction to events in Ferguson, Mo., but ignores the truths about violent crime in the United States.

August 28, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Let torture report speak for itself

It is regrettable that The Washington Times chose to include so early on in its article on the Senate Intelligence Committee's bipartisan and comprehensive CIA Torture Report Jose Rodriguez Jr., one of the most outspoken torture proponents, without also mentioning that Mr. Rodriguez was the CIA official who ordered the destruction of videotapes showing CIA torture ("Senate torture report didn't interview responsible CIA officers," Web, Aug. 25). Mr. Rodriguez, for one, should let the facts in the report speak for themselves and show the American people what was done in their name.

August 28, 2014

When did left learn of profit?

The Obama administration is crowing over an agreement that will force the Bank of America to pay nearly $17 billion to end lawsuits related to deficient home loans and mortgage-backed securities sold prior to the 2008 financial crisis ("Bank of America reaches $17B settlement with U.S.," Web, Aug. 20).

August 28, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Outrage absent about top killer of blacks

Jesse Jackson and the Rev. Al Sharpton have appeared in the spotlight following the shooting death in Ferguson, Mo., of unarmed Michael Brown by a police officer. Wouldn't it be great if these men who fight for black American rights had the same vigor regarding the No. 1 killer of black Americans in this nation?

August 27, 2014