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Daniel Pipes’ retraction and apology to Yassin Abdullah Kadi

On June 17, 2014, The Washington Times published an article written by Daniel Pipes with the headline, "Turkey's support for ISIS Islamist terrorists. Aiding jihadists could put Ankara at odds with Iran." Saudi businessman Yassin Abdullah Kadi complained about this article, and Mr. Pipes has posted on his website www.danielpipes.org

July 5, 2014
President Obama arrives for a speech at the Export-Import Bank's annual conference in Washington on Thursday, March 11, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

EDITORIAL: Breaking the Export-Import Bank

The Export-Import Bank has been around for 80 years, but it has only recently landed at the top of Republican "to do" lists as they look for a government agency to shut down.

July 3, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: A media-made Pavlovian response

Over lunch recently in a local restaurant, I overheard a patron say, "The Tea Party is too far right." The man who made the comment is an older gentlemen in his early 90s, someone I've known through the restaurant for a long time.

July 3, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Rap encourages violence against women

"Sharp increase in homicides in D.C. blamed on domestic disputes" (Web, July 1) examined some of the likely causes of the recent spike in the District of Columbia of domestic violence and homicides of women, but the piece failed to mention one reason that should demand more public attention.

July 3, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Navy terminology explained

"Off the Beaten Path: National Museum of the U.S. Navy gives public a sense of living on warship" (Web, July 1) was interesting, and I hope it motivates many to tour the USS Barry (DD-933), the sister ship of the USS Blandy (DD-943), on which I served from 1963 to 1964.

July 3, 2014
Young boys sleep in a holding cell where hundreds of mostly Central American immigrant children are being processed and held at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Nogales Placement Center on Wednesday, June 18, 2014, in Nogales, Ariz. CPB provided media tours Wednesday of two locations in Brownsville, Texas, and Nogales, that have been central to processing the more than 47,000 unaccompanied children who have entered the country illegally since Oct. 1. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, Pool)

EDITORIAL: Madness on the border

The spirit of independence is alive in Murrieta, Calif., where townspeople heard that the federal government was about to send 170 illegal-alien children flooding across the border to their town in Riverside County. Three hundred residents stood in front of the buses, blocking the way.

July 3, 2014
Fireworks can be seen from the Top of the Town as they explode over the National Mall to celebrate Independence Day, Arlington, Va., Wednesday, July 4, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times) (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

EDITORIAL: Making July 4th unpatriotic

Independence Day should be the most American of our holidays, but for some people, that makes it a day to be denounced instead of celebrated.

July 3, 2014
Sarah Gossard with her beloved shar-pei, Nala. A Baltimore police officer was arrested and charged with aggravated animal cruelty after he slit Nala's throat, authorities said Wednesday. (WBAL-TV/Facebook)

EDITORIAL: It’s cops vs. dogs in the backyard

Hundreds of anguished pet owners gathered last week at the headquarters of the Salt Lake Police Department to demand justice for a dog. They were upset by the shooting of a 2-year-old Weimaraner named Geist.

July 2, 2014
President Barack Obama givers a thumbs up to audience members seated above as he nominates former Procter and Gamble executive Robert McDonald, center, as the next Veterans Affairs secretary at the Department of Veterans Affairs in Washington, Monday, June 30, 2014. Vice President Joe Biden is at left. If confirmed by the Senate, McDonald would succeed Eric Shinseki, the retired four-star general who resigned last month as the scope of the issues at veterans' hospitals became apparent. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

EDITORIAL: The VA nominee’s unenviable task

Washington is where everyone is trying to move up the ladder to a job with a grander title. Jobs in the president's Cabinet are among the most highly prized. Uh, all but one.

July 2, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Rohrabacher not final word on climate

Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, California Republican, while claiming to "set the record straight," engaged in typical cherry-picking of data in order to downplay the seriousness of our problems and exaggerate the costs of solving them.

July 2, 2014