THE WASHINGTON TIMES

EDITORIAL: Remembering the nation’s debt to fallen heroes on Memorial Day 2014

Between the cookouts and the ballgames, it's important to remember what Memorial Day is actually about, to honor the example of the men and women who gave their lives for their country in the nation's wars.

May 23, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Obama could right VA wrongs now

President Obama just doesn't seem to understand the urgency in helping veterans, many of whom are experiencing long wait times to see doctors.

May 23, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: It’s Kochs vs. Steyer on Keystone pipeline

Billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch support policies and projects, such as the Keystone XL pipeline, that create and expand jobs.

May 23, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Senate takeover not worth supporting abortion

Ben S. Carson's column ("Charting a course between principle and pragmatism," Web, May 20) shows a lack of regard for human beings in the unborn stage.

May 23, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: No compromise on killing

Suppose, all other things being equal, the only difference between two candidates for a particular public office is that one believed all people of a particular religion should be killed.

May 23, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Poor not ‘entitled’ to others’ wealth

Politically correct speech has corrupted our language to the point that sometimes we no longer know what we are talking about.

May 23, 2014

EDITORIAL: Return of Democratic race-baiting

The Democrats just can't give up race-baiting. It worked for Democratic scoundrels in the South of yesteryear, and certain Democrats seem to aspire to scoundrelhood now.

May 22, 2014

EDITORIAL: Nunn of the above: Red-state Democrats mask liberalism

When Michelle Nunn, who won the Democratic primary in Georgia for the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, was asked whether she would have voted for Obamacare had she been a senator four years ago, she went to tedious pains to say she dared not say.

May 22, 2014

EDITORIAL: India’s Modi wins voter mandate for economic growth

Voters in India are frustrated by the mediocre performance of the economy, and the results of the recent national elections are a demand to shift to a growth agenda.

May 22, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: U.S. now a symbol of weakness

The breaking off of talks between Israel and the Palestinians highlights President Obama's failures in foreign policy and national security matters on every front.

May 22, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Antarctic ice-cap changes are natural, cyclical

Alarmists see a man-made calamity in every change in the Antarctic ice cap. However, there is nothing unusual about ice caps melting, ice sheets splitting, icebergs calving or glaciers advancing or retreating.

May 22, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: If GM is penalized, why not Obama?

Our government has announced a $35 million fine against General Motors for the car company's delay in announcing a faulty-ignition-switch recall.

May 22, 2014

EDITORIAL: New Orleans’ war on excess

Almost everything goes on Bourbon Street, the famous New Orleans tribute to hedonistic excess.

May 21, 2014

EDITORIAL: Partisan divide on spending separates Republicans, Democrats

It's tempting sometimes to think, in George Wallace's famous put-down, that "there's not a dime's worth of difference between the Republicans and the Democrats."

May 21, 2014

EDITORIAL: The not-so-Great Society turns a rickety 50

President Lyndon B. Johnson announced his Great Society 50 years ago Thursday, and it was another date to live in infamy. The nation is much the worse for it.

May 21, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Veterans treated disgracefully

Our national disgrace and shame throughout history has been the shabby manner in which we have treated our combat veterans upon their return home.

May 21, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: For Lyme sufferers, board is a death panel

Virginia physicians instrumental in restoring the health of people afflicted by diseases that are difficult to diagnose and treat will lose their medical licenses or have their licenses severely limited if Virginia's medical review board has its way.

May 21, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Affirmative action is discrimination, too

Eradicating racial discrimination should be a goal of all for all in a society that bills itself as being committed to equality.

May 21, 2014

EDITORIAL: For Obama, the buck stops elsewhere

Plausible deniability is the order of the day at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Everything the administration does is coldly calculated to foster the impression that President Obama is author of all that is good and entirely blameless when things go wrong (as they often do).

May 20, 2014

EDITORIAL: The government’s ‘mood ring’ smartphone app

The federal government now has its own smartphone app. With this one, called "Priori," the government can eavesdrop on private conversations to detect when a caller is piqued.

May 20, 2014