THE WASHINGTON TIMES

EDITORIAL: Drawing a pipeline in the sand

Sometimes "no" is not an acceptable answer. Last week, President Obama rejected the Keystone XL pipeline, apparently dooming the 20,000 meaningful private-sector jobs the energy project would have created. House Republicans are sifting through the fragments of their smashed hopes, searching for a way to morph no into yes. It may be a long shot, but this deal is far too important to the nation to give up without a fight.

January 24, 2012

EDITORIAL: Obama’s America: A tired old mare

In his State of the Union speech, President Obama tried to make the case that he has been one of the most successful chief executives in American history when it comes to foreign affairs. It takes more than being briefed on the Osama bin Laden takedown to make a great leader. The vast gulf between his promises and results argues against him.

January 24, 2012

EDITORIAL: A state of class warfare

Whenever President Obama is in the same room as his teleprompter, expect to hear the class warrior emerge. Mr. Obama's words Tuesday were no exception.

January 24, 2012

EDITORIAL: Obama the promise breaker

State of the Union speeches provide presidents an opportunity to lay out what they hope to accomplish in the year and years ahead. The last time around, President Obama's grand oration sketched his vision of how he wanted to reshape the country. Today, it's clear he has failed to deliver.

January 23, 2012

EDITORIAL: State of the Union 2012: Losing the future

In 2011, President Obama pledged to help the United States win the future. Now that the future has arrived, Mr. Obama will have a hard time explaining why we are losing it.

January 23, 2012

EDITORIAL: Copyright wars

The Supreme Court on Wednesday made it a crime to play without permission the music of a Russian composer who's been dead for 58 years. A 6-2 ruling pulled the works of Sergei Prokofiev out of the public domain, requiring orchestras who have been legally using his music for free to begin paying fat royalties to some estate.

January 20, 2012

EDITORIAL: It’s the economy, stupid

It's starting to feel a lot like 1992, and President Obama's re-election team should be worried. At this point in President George H.W. Bush's term, the president's approval rating stood at 46 percent. According to Gallup, Mr. Obama's is doing worse by 1 percent.

January 20, 2012

EDITORIAL: The IMF money grab

The World Bank is pessimistic about global economic prospects. Last week, the bank's forecasters projected lower growth in the year ahead for both developing and developed countries. The European economy, wracked by the continuing debt crisis, is expected to shrink 0.3 percent.

January 20, 2012

EDITORIAL: McDonnell’s big-government push

Top-down government is rarely a good idea. Federal and state capitals ought to limit themselves to matters that can't be handled at the local level, so Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell had the right idea when he appointed a task force to examine ways Richmond can reduce the red tape layered on city and county governments. Unfortunately, the recommendations the governor released Monday got the balance all wrong.

January 19, 2012

EDITORIAL: Obama’s appointment with tyranny

President Obama's lawless Jan. 4 installation of a new director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau goes to the heart of his loose interpretation of our Constitution. Mr. Obama's actions show he believes checks and balance apply only to the other branches of government, not to him.

January 19, 2012

EDITORIAL: D.C. cleans up its gun ban

The nation's capital is home to some of the most restrictive gun laws in the country. Washington city leaders intentionally crafted convoluted regulations to make it difficult for citizens to own firearms legally. Now that these obstructionist rules are in the spotlight, the D.C. Council realizes it needs to clean up its act.

January 18, 2012

EDITORIAL: Obama’s pipe-dream economy

The White House's pre-emptive strike on the Keystone XL oil pipeline is a disaster for American workers and consumers. President Obama continues to demonstrate that he has no idea how real jobs are created or how the economy works.

January 18, 2012

EDITORIAL: Obama’s dumb critics

Struggling left-leaning magazine Newsweek grabbed some rare attention this week with its cover story asking why President Obama's critics are "so dumb." In a lengthy essay. avowed Obama junkie Andrew Sullivan posits that Mr. Obama is not the pathetic loser many of his critics say he is. In fact, his "long game" will outsmart naysayers on the right, left and center - provided he gets re-elected.

January 17, 2012

EDITORIAL: Unplug the Volt

Wealthy liberals love nothing better than flaunting their enlightened attitudes. They see the selection of a trendy set of wheels as a great way to advertise their concern for the survival of polar bears. At the top of the must-have list for the self-enlightened is the Chevy Volt.

January 17, 2012

Inside Politics

Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul has been spending large amounts on airfare as a congressman, flying first class on dozens of taxpayer-funded flights to his home state. The practice conflicts with the image that Mr. Paul portrays as the only presidential candidate serious about cutting federal spending.

January 16, 2012

EDITORIAL: Obama’s shrinking Navy

President Obama declared earlier this month that national-security strategy should drive the defense budget and not vice versa. Talk is cheap. An emerging debate over the Navy's future reveals the price America will pay for slashing defense.

January 16, 2012

EDITORIAL: NIMBY nation

No one should argue that President Obama underreaches. When the commander in chief says, "not in my backyard," he doesn't mean the South Lawn behind the White House but from sea to shining sea.

January 16, 2012

EDITORIAL: A victory for veterans

Supporting our veterans doesn't have to mean yet another expensive government program and unwieldy, impersonal bureaucracy. In the best of cases it comes down to the public-spirited efforts of citizens who care enough to make a difference.

January 13, 2012

GHEI: The class warfare toxin

Wall Street might no longer be "occupied," but the toxin of class warfare that fueled the movement continues to spread. According to a new Pew Research Center survey, about two-thirds of Americans believe strong conflicts exist between the rich and the poor. The number of those most emphatic on this point has doubled in just the past 18 months.

January 13, 2012

EDITORIAL: Each cut counts

Federal spending continues to increase, despite Washington's talk of "trillion-dollar cuts." That's because politicians refuse to kick their expensive habit. Perhaps the best way to change the culture of spending is to dismantle one piece of our $3.6 trillion federal budget at a time.

January 13, 2012