THE WASHINGTON TIMES

VIDEO: Emily Miller on CNN about Guns & Ammo firings over gun-control editorial

CNN's Krya Phillips interviewed Emily Miller about Guns & Ammo magazine forcing editor Jim Baquette to resign and firing writer Dick Metcalf over an editorial calling for more training to get a concealed carry permit. The debate looked at the role of social media in the uproar, advertisers and the First Amendment vs Second Amendment.

November 8, 2013

EDITORIAL: Wilting across Texas

Politics is a contact sport, and Texas Democrats have no bench. Republicans hold all 27 statewide elective offices, including judgeships. Democrats haven't seen the inside of the governor's mansion since a fatal campaign gaffe by the Republican candidate nearly a quarter-century ago sent Ann Richards to take up residence for a single term.

November 7, 2013

EDITORIAL: Labeling scary food

Science often comes to conclusions that are unclear and contradictory. One study says cellphones, eggs and salt will kill us; the next day another study says no, they won't. It's foolish to enact laws based on headlines and sensational studies.

November 7, 2013

EDITORIAL: Nullification by jury

Federal prosecutors are furious at a Montana-based group that posted signs at the Judiciary Square Metro stop reminding District of Columbia residents of their rights under the law. The offending message, sponsored by the Fully Informed Jury Association, says simply, "Good jurors nullify bad laws." Nothing angers lawyers and judges like the empowerment of those who aren't a member of their club.

November 7, 2013

VIDEO: Emily Miller on CNN HLN on Toronto Mayor Ford smoking crack and Marion Barry

CNN HLN's Dr. Drew Pinsky interviewed Emily Miller about Toronto Mayor Rob Ford admitting to smoking crack but refusing to leave office. The panel debated the comparison to former D.C. Mayor Marion Barry getting caught smoking crack. The second segment is a debate over NFL policies after Miami Dolphin Jonathan Martin left the team because of how teammate Richie Incognito treated him.

November 7, 2013

EDITORIAL: The nonessential spy

The phrase "nonessential personnel" re-entered the lexicon during last month's government shutdown as 800,000 of these lucky people were rewarded with an unexpected paid vacation. Two free weeks off is nice, but this "government service" pales in comparison to the laid-back lifestyle at the Environmental Protection Agency, where an employee can miss 2 years of work without anyone noticing.

November 6, 2013

EDITORIAL: A lame result in Virginia

The days following an election are spent reflecting on the lessons drawn from what went wrong and what went right. For Virginia Republicans, not much went right. For Democrats, just enough went right to win.

November 6, 2013

EDITORIAL: Spies with hurt feelings

No society can be free unless its citizens are comfortable enough to mock their government. Despots are humorless lugs who prefer to toss court jesters into dungeons until their japes are forgotten. It says a lot that the National Security Agency can't take a good-natured ribbing. (Who deserves it more?)

November 6, 2013

VIDEO: Emily Miller on CNN about Obama breaking his promise on keeping your health insurance plan

CNN's Brooke Baldwin interviewed Emily Miller about President Obama not keeping his promise that Americans can keep their own health insurance plans under Obamacare. Mr. Obama has now added an "if" to the end of that promise to account for the millions of people who are getting dropped or priced out of their current plans. The videos, courtesy of Right Sightings, of the October 31 "Dr. Drew on Call" shows are below.

November 6, 2013

EDITORIAL: A stand on principle

Cue the outrage. A senator obstructs the administration of the government by placing a hold on a presidential nominee to an executive position. Usually this provokes shouts of "hostage taking," with reminders to look to the results of the previous presidential election as justification for a president to get his way. But the halls of Congress resound to no such piety this week. The senator threatening a filibuster is a Democrat.

November 5, 2013

EDITORIAL: The harsh mistress

Mark Twain is supposed to have said that "everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it." That was actually his friend Charles Dudley Warner (an editorial writer) who said it. President Obama, who has no taste for idle talk, now proposes to actually do something about the rowdy wind and the errant rain. He has appointed a task force. If that doesn't work, another executive order may follow, to tell the sun to shape up.

November 5, 2013

EDITORIAL: The gay divorcees

Homosexuals have redefined marriage in 14 states and the District of Columbia, and now they're about to get their just desserts. Some of them are becoming gay divorcees.

November 5, 2013

Correction

In a Sept. 20 Commentary article, "The devastating collateral damage of an insidious drug-war weapon," author Rand Paul should have credited "Rethinking mandatory sentencing" by Dan Stewart, which appeared in The Week on Sept. 14.

November 5, 2013

EDITORIAL: The Obamanomics rollout

Nearly five years into the rollout of President Obama's economy, America's economic portal still isn't functional. Factory orders have gone down. The housing market is glitchy. The employment numbers resemble either a spinning beach ball or an hourglass.

November 4, 2013

EDITORIAL: Bypassing the Constitution

The Constitution represents an occasional inconvenience for those who fear firearms, like to indulge snooping and want the watch the federal government give the states a hard time. Though big-government advocates do many of these things already, they dream of more. Treaties are the latest gimmick to bypass the limits on federal power, and the U.S. Supreme Court will listen to arguments Tuesday about whether the practice can continue.

November 4, 2013

EDITORIAL: The single-payer nightmare

When President Obama arrived in Virginia on Sunday to campaign for Terry McAuliffe, the Democratic gubernatorial nominee, his 21-minute speech was notable for what the president couldn't say. There was no mention at all of Obamacare, his supposed "signature" achievement, and he made only passing mention of his campaign to expand Medicaid in Virginia. He couldn't bring attention to the millions who face losing their health coverage, or why come to Virginia in the first place? He certainly didn't want to bring attention to what Kathleen Murphy had said about health care two nights earlier.

November 4, 2013

EDITORIAL: Feinstein’s deception

Congress enacted an affordable health care bill that's making a lot of people sick, requiring them to pay more for their insurance. It enacted a stimulus bill that put a wet blanket on the economy, and now it's considering a bill to "reform" the snoopery of the National Security Agency by increasing the agency's surveillance power.

November 3, 2013

EDITORIAL: The $3 billion lemon

The health care debacle forces nearly everyone to face the reality that President Obama's schemes usually crash and burn and leave only a cloud of smoke and dirt to pollute the economic environment. The Brookings Institution now confirms what many realized early on, that the administration's $2.9 billion "Cash for Clunkers" stimulus program in the summer of 2009 was the ultimate clunker.

November 3, 2013

EDITORIAL: Did McAuliffe make millions cheating the dying?

The ghosts and goblins of Halloween have retired to their ghoulish places for another year, but there's still Terry McAuliffe and his friends. Mr. McAuliffe, the Democratic nominee for governor of Virginia, is a piece of work. The latest McAuliffe fright to emerge from the shadows is how he came to join an investment group to profit from the helpless and the hopeless waiting to die of AIDS, cancer and other fearsome diseases. The design of the clever scheme was the work of one Joseph Caramadre, a Rhode Island estate planner and generous contributor to the McAuliffe campaign.

November 3, 2013

VIDEO: Emily Miller on CNN HLN on women getting guns to defend against violent stalkers

CNN HLN's Dr. Drew Pinsky interviewed Emily Miller about whether a restraining order is more or less effective than getting a gun for women to defend against violent stalkers. The second segment is about the release of the "pillowcase rapist" and the need to keeping violent sexual predators off the streets.

November 1, 2013