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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Postal workers’ benefits aren’t free

The American Postal Workers Union, 200,000 strong, is rightfully fearful that Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe is looking for ways to stop the bleeding ("Unions angered by Postal Service's Staples outlets," Web, Jan. 20). Our current postal system loses on the order of $3.2 billion a quarter, or roughly $12 billion a year.

January 23, 2014
"This was an extraordinarily close election," Virginia Attorney General-elect Mark R. Herring (above) said as his Republican rival, Mark D. Obenshain (below), seen with his wife, Suzanne, conceded the race to the Democrat in Richmond on Wednesday. Mr. Obenshain had called for a statewide recount in November after an initial count found a 165-vote margin. (associated press photographs)

EDITORIAL: Lawlessness in Virginia

Republicans in the Virginia General Assembly are considering whether to take a page from the Boy Scout Handbook: Be prepared. Virginia's new governor and attorney general, highly skilled partisan Democrats, signal they aren't likely to play nice.

January 22, 2014
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (Associated Press)

EDITORIAL: Harry Reid’s casino luck

In a just world, no politician would leave office wealthier than on the day he takes the oath of office. We don't live in a just world, alas, and the rags-to-riches life stories of more than a few U.S. senators strain credulity.

January 22, 2014
A person walks a dog through snowy Central Park in the Manhattan borough of New York, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014. The National Weather Service said the storm could bring 10 to 14 inches of snow to Philadelphia and southern New England and up to a foot in New York City, to be followed by bitter cold. An arctic air mass will plunge the eastern half of the United States into a deep freeze, with wind chills as low as 40 degrees below zero, the weather service said. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

EDITORIAL: Snow shovels for the rich

Manhattan woke up after Tuesday's blizzard to find the city snowed in, with some of the citizens more snowed in than others. The snow on the streets was deeper on the Upper East Side, the fashionable, expensive neighborhoods of the rich and the elite, and the very liberal.

January 22, 2014
FILE - In this Jan. 17, 2014 file photo, President Barack Obama waves to the audience after he spoke about National Security Agency (NSA) surveillance, at the Justice Department in Washington. Several of the key surveillance reforms unveiled by President Barack Obama face complications that could muddy the proposals’ authority, slow their momentum in Congress and saddle the government with heavy costs and bureaucracy, legal experts warn. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

EDITORIAL: Obama’s promises about NSA not to be believed

What could be easier than promising reform to a top-secret program nobody is supposed to know about? President Obama says he'll rein in the National Security Agency (NSA) and its domestic spying program now that nearly everybody is outraged. He can promise everything, and nobody will ever know whether he changes anything. Even the rulings of the court with oversight are part of the game.

January 20, 2014
Attorneys for former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich filed a 158-motion for a retrial on his behalf, citing alleged errors and biases. A jury last month convicted the former governor on 17 of 20 charges. (Associated Press)

EDITORIAL: Compulsory union fees violate First Amendment rights

The Supreme Court has under consideration a labor case that could change a lot of things. The question posed seems simple enough: Can Americans be required to join organizations without offending the First Amendment's guarantee of freedom of association? The answer, like the question, seems simple enough, too.

January 20, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Declaring Iran victory at any cost

Unfortunately for our allies in the Middle East who are fearful of a nuclear-armed Iran, President Obama is not interested in making a fair deal. He is only interested in a deal that will serve as a political advantage ("Obama tells Senate Democrats: Don't slap new sanctions on Iran," Web, Jan. 16).

January 20, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Arafat had planned second intifada

"Man of conflict: Sharon is admired for his unwavering defense of Israel" (Web, Jan. 11) observes that detractors blame former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon for the failure of peace efforts under then-Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak because of Mr. Sharon's "provocative visit to Jerusalem's Temple Mount in September 2000" and the violence that "reignited in the wake of the visit." That narrative has been discredited.

January 20, 2014
FILE - In this Oct. 27, 1993 file photo, then First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton applauds after President Clinton spoke in Statuary Hall on Capitol Hill, Washington. A court battle over the role of Hillary Rodham Clinton in a health care task force affirmed the status of First Lady as official in the United States, when a federal appeals panel ruled in 1993 that the president’s spouse is “a de facto officer or employee” of the government. France’s unmarried president - and the reported love triangle involving the companion he installed into the Elysee palace and a French actress supposedly down the street - have led the country into a delicate debate over whether it needs a first lady at all. Many countries lack official status for the spouse or companion of a leader, turning up some complicated situations, even when the public is willing to turn a blind eye. (AP Photo/Dennis Cook, File)

EDITORIAL: Hillary’s not-so-little list

Politicians, like elephants, cultivate long memories. Like elephants, some politicians don't get mad, they get even. Nobody channels elephants like Bill and Hillary Clinton. Bubba moderates his reputation for mischief with good ol' boy bonhomie. Hillary, not so much.

January 17, 2014
President Barack Obama talks about National Security Agency (NSA)surveillance, Friday, Jan. 17, 2014, at the Justice Department in Washington.Seeking to calm a furor over U.S. surveillance, the president called for ending the government's control of phone data from -hundreds of millions of Americans and immediately ordered intelligence agencies to get a secretive court's permission before accessing the records. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

EDITORIAL: Obama hits a restraining wall

President Obama's assault on the Constitution hit a restraining wall the other day. A federal appeals court struck down the administration's attempt to impose new rules on the Internet, and the Supreme Court, based on questioning by the justices — not always a reliable guide to their intentions — appears likely to tell Mr. Obama that, as important as he is, he can't make an end run around the Constitution to appoint certain senior officials in the executive branch.

January 17, 2014
Ellen DeGeneres accepts the award for favorite daytime TV host at the 40th annual People's Choice Awards at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2014, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

EDITORIAL: The public life of Walter Mitty

A pirated DVD of the film "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" was leaked to the Internet the other day bearing a watermark with the name of Ellen DeGeneres. This doesn't necessarily mean that the hostess of the upcoming 2014 Academy Awards is the leaker, or even that "Mitty" is an Oscar contender.

January 17, 2014
President Barack Obama gestures as he speaks about the economy, jobs, and manufacturing, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014, at North Carolina State Universit in Raleigh, N.C. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

EDITORIAL: Hackers finding Obamacare website a tempting target

Security experts tell Congress a large number of hacking attempts have been made at the Obamacare website, and some think it has been compromised. "Hackers are definitely after it," the House Science, Space and Technology Committee was told. "The website is either hacked already or will be soon."

January 15, 2014
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on the deadly September attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, that killed Ambassador J. Chris Stevens and three other Americans. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

EDITORIAL: Benghazi murders were preventable, the White House coverup shameful

The incompetence and irresponsibility at Benghazi turns out to be even worse than everyone in Washington thought it was. A bipartisan Senate intelligence committee finds the murder of the American ambassador and three other Americans was preventable, and the explanations the White House first gave for the debacle were lies.

January 15, 2014
Ariel Sharon February 26, 1928 – January 11, 2014 Associated Press photo

EDITORIAL: Farewell to the fallen lion of Israel

War hero, statesman, strategist and pragmatist, Ariel Sharon died just when the perpetually stalled Middle East Peace "process" could use his brand of decisiveness. Boldness and decisiveness, alas, are out of fashion, replaced by retreat into "process."

January 15, 2014
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says Sunday that the nuclear deal with world powers already has boosted the country's economy. "They're ready to buy; they have the money now," said E.J. Miller, founder of the Iran America Chamber of Commerce. (Office of the president of Iran via Associated Press)

EDITORIAL: Stiffening Obama’s backbone

President Obama jolted Americans awake in November when he agreed to a suspicious deal with Iran to preserve its nuclear program. Now it's the president who's surprised — Congress wants him to actually hold the Islamic republic to its word. The idea of "peace through strength" has been banished from Washington's playbook, so it's encouraging to see Congress, including several prominent members of the president's own party, attempting to hold the president accountable as he sues for peace at an unknown price.

January 14, 2014