THE WASHINGTON TIMES

EDITORIAL: More TSA lies

Frequent flyers are no fans of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). The blue-gloved bureaucrats are experts in making trips to the airport as unpleasant as possible. As a joint congressional panel revealed Wednesday, the agency's biggest failing is its inability to grope the truth.

May 11, 2012

EDITORIAL: Bad days for Barack

It is 178 days until the presidential election. Every day presents an opportunity for the candidates. It will either be an up day, or a down day. At the end of this tight race, the person with the best run of good days will be the winner.

May 10, 2012

EDITORIAL: Obama’s hocus-pocus ‘to-do’ list

President Obama was giving the electorate the old razzle-dazzle in a speech in Albany, N.Y., on Tuesday. Though billed as remarks on the economy, it was quickly revealed to be the next page in Mr. Obama's script to get re-elected by blaming Congress for not acting.

May 10, 2012

EDITORIAL: Destroy the economy, save the planet

By strangling the U.S. economy, President Obama may have single-handedly saved the planet. That's the upshot of a paper recently published in the scientific journal Environmental Science & Policy by researchers from the University of Michigan and the University of Valladolid in Spain. Congratulations, Mr. President.

May 9, 2012

EDITORIAL: Uncle Sam the snooper

Tampa, Fla., wants to cancel the rights of concealed-carry permit holders in the vicinity of the upcoming Republican National Convention. Commuter-train passengers in Chicago will be subjected to frisking and airport-style X-ray scanning during next week's NATO summit.

May 8, 2012

EDITORIAL: Obama’s same-sex evolution

When it comes to same-sex "marriage," President Obama is a commitment-phobe. He keeps putting his political partners off by saying his position is "evolving." He should just come out and take the plunge.

May 8, 2012

EDITORIAL: The courtroom jihad

Five planners of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks were arraigned on Sunday before a military tribunal at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba. The 13-hour proceeding was a theatrical farce, which unfortunately gives a taste of things to come.

May 7, 2012

EDITORIAL: Panetta’s next war

America has a fresh national-security threat, an enemy is every bit as elusive as al Qaeda: global warming. That's according to Pentagon chief Leon Panetta, who has declared war on climate change. This is a fight America can't afford.

May 7, 2012

EDITORIAL: More phony job numbers

The White House crowed on Friday about the unemployment rate dropping a 10th of a percent. At the same time, the number of people out of the labor force reached a record high. The Obama administration can report all the funny numbers it wants, but the American people know in their guts that things are getting much worse.

May 4, 2012

EDITORIAL: Obama’s military madrassas

America's top-line military schools are supposed to be cutting-edge centers of strategic education. But say a bad word about Islam there, and it could end your career.

May 3, 2012

EDITORIAL: The evils of ‘Little Brother’

It's not always true that the form of government closest to the people is best. In some cases, it can be the worst. Unchecked by sufficient legal restraints, private homeowners associations (HOAs) have a reputation for going too far when it comes to upholding unnecessary and intrusive community rules.

May 3, 2012

EDITORIAL: Obama’s midnight madness

Americans witnessed a bizarre made-for-TV event Tuesday night. President Obama travelled 14,000 miles to Afghanistan to engage in a midnight marathon of election-year photo-ops. Never has U.S. national security been so twisted to fit a personal political agenda.

May 2, 2012

EDITORIAL: Spain teeters

Instead of running from the bulls in Pamplona, bureaucrats in Spain may soon be running from their creditors. As if the angry demonstrations in Madrid and Barcelona during the May Day socialist holiday weren't enough, the economic news continues to worsen.

May 2, 2012

EDITORIAL: Have free car, will travel

Americans love their cars, and federal employ- ees are no different. Bureaucrats espe- cially love when those wheels are paid for and maintained at taxpayer expense. With gas prices sky-high, ordinary citizens have had to cut back. Uncle Sam ought to follow suit.

April 30, 2012

EDITORIAL: Obama’s no-brainer

The one-year anniversary of Osama bin Laden's death has brought out the worst in President Obama's supporters. The football spiking and victory dancing has spun out of control. However, the more liberals hype Mr. Obama's supposed role in the process, the less relevant he seems to be.

April 30, 2012

EDITORIAL: A tale of two taxing cities

Capitol Hill isn't alone in its preference for fuzzy budgetary math. Lawmakers in Annapolis have come up with a "doomsday budget" for the state that mirrors much of the drama taking place 30 miles away in Washington. Politicians in both towns pretend to share the fiscal pain by making draconian budget cuts.

April 27, 2012

EDITORIAL: Obama’s weakly job numbers

The credibility gap is widening between what the Obama administration says about the jobs picture and what Americans sense is the grim reality. Despite the official line that things are getting better, the employment situation is growing progressively worse.

April 27, 2012

EDITORIAL: Obama embraces Islam

The Obama administration is doing its utmost to promote the fortunes of the Islamist parties in Egypt. A State Department official declared that with the rise of these radical groups after the Arab Spring, "people who once might have gone into al Qaeda see an opportunity for a legitimate Islamism." They see this as a victory. The problem is, so do the terrorists.

April 25, 2012

EDITORIAL: Obama crucifies business

Let there be no mistake about how the Obama administration views its regulatory role. America's oil and gas producers are under siege from agencies such as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and it's hitting consumers in their pocketbooks.