THE WASHINGTON TIMES

EDITORIAL: Mr. Monkey’s business in merry old England

There's a bounty, sort of, on the head of Mr. Monkey in Old Blighty, where he made sport of the South Tyneside Council. Mr. Monkey is a blogger with a sense of humor, which is dangerous. The borough's councilmen spent more than $365,000 on a search that brought them across the sea to the steps of California's second-highest court.

July 22, 2014

EDITORIAL: Obamacare in intensive care

Obamacare was moved Tuesday to intensive care. Two federal appellate courts split over whether the administration can bypass Congress and rewrite the Obamacare law as it wishes Congress had written it.

July 22, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: True mercy supports life

Joseph Curl wrote movingly of the pain of watching loved ones suffer ("The politics of death and dying," Web, July 20). The desire to lessen the pain of a loved one is universal.

July 22, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: ‘B.C.E.’ is just another ‘holiday tree’

I greatly enjoyed recently reading a nonfiction best-seller — with the exception of the writer's frequent, fashionable and politically correct use of "B.C.E." ("Before the Common Era") in place of "B.C." (Before Christ).

July 22, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Leadership requires depth of character

The problem President Obama has with credibility is simple: He has only two dimensions.

July 22, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Ready for a libertarian awakening

I agree with Jeffrey Miron, with a few qualifications ("A case for the libertarian," Web, July 17). As a Tea Party conservative, I oppose "crony capitalism," and given our recent history, I have become leery of foreign interventions.

July 22, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Mexico’s problem is poverty

Wesley Pruden's "A deadly enemy within exacerbating immigration crisis" (Web, July 21) suggests that much of the immigration crisis is a result of the war on drugs. With respect, I believe that is a mistaken view.

July 22, 2014

EDITORIAL: Snipers from the left target Hillary

Democrats thought they were on to something good when they awarded their presidential nomination to an obscure freshman senator from Illinois, whose only experience was a stint as a "community organizer."

July 21, 2014

EDITORIAL: Failing dead veterans, too

It's not just the living the Department of Veterans Affairs is failing.

July 21, 2014

EDITORIAL: The food police trying to arrest soda, again

San Francisco and Berkeley nestle on the opposite side of the country from Manhattan, but they're all kindred spirits. City officials in these Bay Area bastions of bean sprout do-gooderism are attempting to accomplish what Michael R. Bloomberg, the former mayor of New York City, couldn't.

July 21, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Expect Russian ‘investigation,’ cover-up

Russia will reportedly conduct the investigation on the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17.

July 21, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: The danger of cowardice on world stage

President Obama leads from behind and tries to avoid confrontations. He draws "red lines" and then turns his back on them.

July 21, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Illegals aren’t immigrants; they’re thieves

Illegal aliens are not immigrants at all. They are in reality just thieves, and they should always be thought of as such.

July 21, 2014

EDITORIAL: Obamacare fiascos in Minnesota, Maryland, Oregon, elsewhere

Billions have been spent nationalizing health care, but it's still no easier for many Americans to get adequate health coverage.

July 18, 2014

EDITORIAL: At 4, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is still unaccountable

Four years ago, the big-government liberals got the agency of their dreams, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. It was the brainchild of Sen. Elizabeth Warren.

July 18, 2014

EDITORIAL: Janet Yellen’s choice

Janet Yellen, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, gave the markets a fright last week. She closed her testimony before Congress with a firm rejection of the notion that the central bank should be subject to monetary policy rules that would get in the way of the central bank's "independence."

July 18, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Allowing illegals in will cost us all

It is crystal clear that President Obama does not believe in American exceptionalism, sovereignty or territorial integrity.

July 18, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: State-mandated child porn?

It is a universal truth that teenagers often make foolish or short-sighted decisions ("Police to take graphic photos of teen as evidence," Web, July 9).

July 18, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Harry Reid’s Koch-smear double standard

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's demonization of the Koch brothers does not exist in a vacuum.

July 18, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Say no to war with Russia

The tragic loss of life that was the result of last week's downing of a Boeing 777 over Ukraine makes me reflect on our July 3, 1988, shooting down of an Iranian airliner.

July 18, 2014