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U.S. President Barack Obama (C) is directed as he arrives at the senate carriage entrance for swearing-in ceremonies at the U.S Capitol in Washington, January 21, 2013. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

EDITORIAL: Inaugurating Leviathan

As Washington sweeps away the parade confetti left behind from President Obama's second inaugural, those who still honor the Founders' vision of America must hold fast to their conviction that our republic will someday stand once again as a "shining city on a hill."

January 22, 2013
Illustration: State balance by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

GHEI: Growth without taxes

Washington has given up on fundamental tax reform. That leaves it up to the states to experiment with better ways of funding government operations.

January 21, 2013
Museum: Mars Day Mars, the planet, is not the selling point it once was. Edgar Rice Burroughs' turn-of-the-twentieth tales about John Carter and the red planet Barsoom" satiated the appetites of young Americans hungry for stories about space. Today, movies about space--like "John Carter," "Prometheus," "Mars Needs Moms," "Apollo 18"--are commercial flops. Perhaps it's the economy; space travel feels downright irresponsible at a time of record deficits. Or maybe the lack of interest in our planetary cousins is due to the fact that no fantasized-about alien technology can compete with what's currently available at the Apple store. Regardless of the root of our disinterest, the Smithsonian is not giving up its quest for our attention. At Mars Day!, visitors young and old can talk to people whose job it is to plot future human missions to the red planet and monitor the travel of Curiosity, the rover being sent to replace Spirit and Opportunity (may they rest in pieces).Friday July 13 at the National Air and Space Museum, 600 Independence Ave. SW. Phone: 202/633-1000. Web: http://airandspace.si.edu/

EDITORIAL: Spaced out at the Smithsonian

Accustomed to free access to Smithsonian museums, visitors to the National Air and Space Museum's center in Chantilly can be taken aback by the hefty $15 parking fee.

January 18, 2013
Illustration: U.S. regulations by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

EDITORIAL: The hidden burden of regulation

Americans cashing their first paychecks of the year are starting to feel the pain. Higher taxes in the "fiscal cliff" deal are just the beginning of the extra cash Uncle Sam will be collecting in 2013.

January 18, 2013
This artwork by Nancy Ohanian relates to Al Gore and global warming.

EDITORIAL: Global warming takes a vacation

Those who dare assert the Earth's temperature isn't on a perilous rise are derided as "deniers." For liberals, the climate debate has ended, and it is an unquestionable article of faith that mankind's carbon-dioxide emanations have set the stage for rising oceans, devastating hurricanes and disasters on a scale never before seen.

January 17, 2013
An Eastern diamond back rattlesnake coils itself to strike during the Opp Rattlesnake Rodeo. Reptile researchers say populations of the snake species are declining to dangerously low levels. (Associated Press)

EDITORIAL: Snakes in the grass

Not every snake lives in the grass. Washington is proof of that. But many do. So many Burmese pythons have taken over the Florida Everglades that the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has opened a month-long open season to kill the beasts before there won't be any wildlife to conserve.

January 17, 2013
** FILE ** President Obama smiles in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House. (Associated Press)

EDITORIAL: The Obama double standard

Throughout his presidency, George W. Bush was castigated by congressional Democrats for his willingness to enlarge the executive power. Then-Sen. Russell D. Feingold of Wisconsin, for example, called him "King George Bush."

January 16, 2013
Illustration by Jennifer Kohnke

EDITORIAL: Tax envy

Not long ago, Warren Buffett promised raising taxes on the rich would boost the morale of the middle class. Thanks to the New Year's "fiscal cliff" deal, the rich's taxes have gone up, but consumer sentiment isn't showing any signs of improvement.

January 16, 2013
Illustration: The Internet

EDITORIAL: Exposing Uncle Sam’s Internet snooping

Uncle Sam is looking for ways to sharpen his watchful gaze. In the name of fighting terrorism, federal agencies can have a hard time distinguishing the line between legitimate surveillance and unlawful spying.

January 15, 2013
A bus traveling from Newtown, Conn., to neighboring Monroe stops in front of 26 “angels” along the roadside on the first day of classes in Monroe on Thursday for Sandy Hook Elementary School students. A vacant Chalk Hill School in Monroe was overhauled especially for the students after the Sandy Hook School shootings that killed 26 on Dec. 14. (Associated Press)

EDITORIAL: A conspiracy culture

For some, an unwillingness to accept the concept of individual responsibility can lead down a bizarre path. Rather than accept the possibility that a single, evil man could perform the unthinkably evil act of killing 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., last month, some would place the blame on the tools he used to commit this crime.

January 15, 2013
Illustration Oil Money by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times

EDITORIAL: Carbon tax mischief

Good news: American oil production has reached its highest point in two decades. The bad news, though, is when liberals see all that fossil fuel flowing, their first instinct is to tax it.

January 14, 2013
Illustration: Big Brother's online snooping by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times

EDITORIAL: Spying on school kids

School districts in Texas are using tracking chips to spy on students. That's just fine with a federal judge who ruled Tuesday against Andrea Hernandez, a 15-year-old high school sophomore in San Antonio.

January 14, 2013
** FILE ** Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell gestures as he addresses a joint meeting of the House Appropriations and Senate Finance committees at the Capitol on Monday, Dec. 17, 2012, in Richmond. Mr. McDonnell delivered his 2013 budget proposals to the committees. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

EDITORIAL: Governor Tax Hike

November's election results shook Republican resolve. Seeing Barack Obama retain his grip on the White House inspired a number of GOP statehouse leaders to wave the white flag on taxes during the "fiscal cliff" debate. On Wednesday, Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell went a step further by proposing to raise taxes by $3.1 billion as part of his transportation agenda.

January 14, 2013
Illustration Freedom by John Camejo for The Washington Times

GHEI: A land less free

The United States is no longer a beacon of freedom to the world. Countries once looked to America for inspiration on how to escape poverty and embrace prosperity, but now they can find better examples to follow.

January 14, 2013
Illustration by Donna Grethen

EDITORIAL: $1 trillion in gimmicks

Politicians love nothing more than telling people what to do. Hearts warm in the Capitol any time a new bill is dropped in the hopper prohibiting something or expending taxpayer funds in service of the latest trendy cause.

January 10, 2013
Illustration: Obamacarter by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

EDITORIAL: Beyond waste and fraud

Democrats are united in their fiscal message. Throughout the "cliff" negotiations and again with the pending debt-ceiling debate, their argument has rested on a single, flimsy premise: Cutting government spending would push the economy into recession.

January 8, 2013
** FILE ** Then-Sen. Chuck Hagel, Nebraska Republican, speaks during an appearance at Bellevue University in Bellevue, Neb., in 2007. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

EDITORIAL: The Hagel nomination

The only way the nomination of Chuck Hagel to be the secretary of defense makes sense, political or otherwise, is that Barack Obama is looking for a further opportunity to show the Republicans who's the boss of bosses in Washington.

January 7, 2013
Illustration: Hugo Chavez

EDITORIAL: Turning the page on Chavez

The future of Venezuela's anti-American revolution is as opaque as the medical condition of President Hugo Chavez, who lies gravely ill in a Cuban hospital.

January 7, 2013