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Wreath at graveside of Col. William M. Bower, last of the Doolittle Raid pilots, Arlington National Cemetery, May 16, 2011.

EDITORIAL: The gutsiest call

On Monday, the nation honored Col. William M. Bower, the last surviving pilot of the April 18, 1942, Doolittle Raid, the risky surprise attack on the Japanese home islands that bolstered American morale in the early, tragic months of World War II. Col. Bower died Jan. 10 at age 93 and was laid to rest Monday at Arlington National Cemetery.

May 17, 2011
A Palestinian protester adds a tire to a burning barricade blocking the road during clashes with Israeli troops, not seen, following a demonstration to mark the 63rd anniversary of "Nakba", Arabic for "Catastrophe", the term used to mark the events leading to Israel's founding in 1948, in the Shuafa(...)

EDITORIAL: Iran encircles Israel

It was just a matter of time before the disruptions in the Middle East began to have an impact on Israel. Unfortunately, the border violence there over the weekend had more to do with preventing change than promoting it.

May 16, 2011
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich leaves an Hispanic prayer breakfast Wednesday on Capitol Hill. (Associated Press)

EDITORIAL: The GOP idea man

Now that Newt Gingrich has officially thrown his hat into the ring for the Republican presidential nomination, the knives are out. Many on the right are complaining that the former House speaker spends too much time off the reservation to be seriously considered for the job. They need a history lesson.

May 16, 2011
Former Godfather's Pizza Chief Executive Herman Cain is among those cultivating the GOP grass roots in Iowa this week. (Herman Cain Presidential Exploratory Committee)

EDITORIAL: The GOP’s new godfather

With the 2012 elections on the horizon, many conservatives are uneasy about the lack of an obvious front-runner for the job of denying President Obama a second term. While the GOP field lacks clarity, it does provide a platform for new talent to stand out and wow the party faithful. According to a Zogby poll released Tuesday, Herman Cain is getting that attention. Though a relative unknown, Mr. Cain jumped to second place among surveyed primary voters.

May 13, 2011
In this Friday Nov. 2, 2001 file picture, Taliban fighters, one carrying a rocket-propelled grenade launcher, foreground, and one carrying a heavy machine gun, walk through the ruins of a mud house near Kandahar, Afghanistan. (AP Photo, File)

EDITORIAL: Failed Taliban offensive

When it comes to the war in Afghanistan, it's easy for the insurgents to make headlines, even when their attacks meet with total failure. On May 8, the Taliban launched a major attack on Afghan government targets in the insurgent's spiritual capital of Kandahar. Press reports called it a "vengeance attack" for the killing of Osama bin Laden a week earlier. Time magazine forebodingly compared it to the 1968 Tet Offensive in the Vietnam War. The general tone of the coverage was thick with knowing dread.

May 13, 2011
DC Metropolitan Police Honor guard fold the flag draped over the casket of Stephen T. Johns following his funeral service. The funeral for 39-year-old Johns, the security guard who was shot and killed at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, was held at Ebenezer AME Church in Fort Washington, Md., on Friday beginning with a viewing at 9 a.m. and funeral service at 11 a.m. Friday, June 19, 2009 ( Mary F. Calvert / The Washington Times )

EDITORIAL: Obama missing: National Police Week

Sunday, May 15 is the 30th annual Peace Officers Memorial Service. Law enforcement from all over the country gathered in Washington for National Police Week to honor fallen comrades-in-arms. Too bad President Obama couldn't be there.

May 13, 2011
** FILE ** Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is shown in a video released by the Department of Defense on Saturday, May 7, 2011. (AP Photo/Department of Defense)

EDITORIAL: An appropriate burial for bin Laden?

A Zogby poll released Wednesday shows that one in five likely voters thinks Osama bin Laden is still alive. Despite this public-perception problem, the Obama administration continues to hide photos and video of bin Laden's demise, instead reiterating that his corpse and burial were "taken care of in the appropriate way." At a Pentagon briefing, a senior Defense official stated vaguely that bin Laden was handled "using the appropriate procedures and rituals."

May 12, 2011
PRAYERS: Members of the hard-line group Islam Defenders Front gather by portraits of Osama bin Laden and President Obama in Jakarta, Indonesia, during prayers Wednesday for the al Qaeda leader killed by U.S. forces in Pakistan. Mr. Obama is scheduled to meet Thursday with Sept. 11 families in New York. (Associated Press)

EDITORIAL: Obama: Freedom or Islam?

President Obama is trying to hit the reset button on his outreach efforts to the world's Muslims. He would do better to focus on aggressively promoting freedom rather than pandering to Islam.

May 12, 2011
House Republican leader John Boehner of Ohio celebrates Tuesday during an election night gathering hosted by the National Republican Congressional Committee at the Grand Hyatt hotel in Washington. The GOP's victory changes the balance of power in Congress and will likely elevate Boehner to speaker of the House. (Associated Press)

EDITORIAL: Use the Constitution to cut spending

Liberals around town are freaked out because House Speaker John Boehner, Ohio Republican, told Wall Street leaders Monday that a hike in the debt ceiling would have to be accompanied by government spending cuts that exceed the amount of extra debt. That's not the kind of thing the left, which wants every taxpayer dime to stay in Washington, wants to hear - but big spenders may have no choice but to listen.

May 11, 2011
This photo provided by the White House shows President Barack Obama discussing the START treaty, during a phone call with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, Friday, March 26, 2010, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pete Souza, White House )

EDITORIAL: Obama’s 300 million new Twitter followers

The government has your cell phone number, and it's going to send you text messages whether you like it or not. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski joined Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator W. Craig Fugate in New York City on Tuesday to announce a multimillion dollar federal program that, in theory, will notify mobile phone users in times of grave emergency. Like so many Washington-centric ideas, this one was obsolete long before it got off the drawing board.

May 11, 2011
Illustration: Guns and the 14th Amendment by A. HUNTER for The Washington Times.

EDITORIAL: Gun rights for D.C.

Too often, it seems city officials in Washington would like to forget they must operate under the Constitution. The District has gone out of its way to deny residents any meaningful ability to protect themselves at home with a firearm, prompting the Second Amendment Foundation to file a lawsuit on Tuesday to allow gun purchases in the nation's capital.

May 11, 2011
** FILE ** American hikers Shane Bauer (left), Sarah Shourd and Josh Fattal are pictured at the Esteghlal Hotel in Tehran in May 2010. (AP Photo/Press TV, File)

EDITORIAL: Hostage to an Iranian bomb

Until a last-minute postponement, the United States was to go on trial today in a Tehran courtroom. Two American hikers arrested on espionage charges provided the ostensible cause for the proceedings, but Iran's real target remains the longtime nemesis it calls "the Great Satan." This prosecution of innocents underscores the widening gulf between the radical Islamic regime and the civilized world.

May 10, 2011
**FILE** President Obama speaks May 10, 2011, about immigration reform at Chamizal National Memorial Park in El Paso, Texas, during his visit to the U.S.-Mexico border. (Associated Press)

EDITORIAL: Securing the border with semantics

President Obama made a run for the border yesterday to shore up his credentials on the immigration issue. Speaking from Chamizal National Memorial in El Paso, Mr. Obama defended his strategy as if it were working. "They'll never be satisfied," he said, lashing out at critics. "The truth is, the measures we've put in place are getting results."

May 10, 2011
Illustration: China 'net by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times

EDITORIAL: The Great Firewall of China

When it comes to the Internet, the People's Republic of China (PRC) would rather be safe than sorry. Beijing is taking new steps to make certain the social networking-fueled contagion of freedom that is sweeping the Arab world will not penetrate mainland China's great firewall.

May 10, 2011
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood (left), seen here in April with Sen. Christopher J. Dodd, Connecticut Democrat, get off an Amtrak train in Hartford, Conn. Mr. LaHood said Thursday he was reallocating $1.2 billion in federal rail-project funds turned down by two states. (Associated Press)

EDITORIAL: Fiscal responsibility derailed

President Obama either doesn't realize a debt crisis is looming, or he just doesn't care. Yesterday, he dispatched his transportation chief, Ray LaHood, to herald the expenditure of another $2 billion on "high-speed" rail. This reckless profligacy has the country on a one-way track to the poorhouse.

May 9, 2011
Illustration: Enabling Muslim Brotherhood by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

EDITORIAL: Obama’s Islamist partners in Egypt

The Obama administration has been talking up the Muslim Brotherhood as a necessary part of Egypt's future. The brothers, however, are denouncing the U.S. takedown of Osama bin Laden, so the White House might want to find some better friends.

May 9, 2011
In this photo taken Aug. 13, 2009, Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley looks at a handgun during a gun turn-in program in Chicago, as Chicago Police Superintendent Jody Weis looks on in the background. Daley, one of the nation's most vocal gun control advocates, said the city will not roll over if the Supreme Court rules against the city's gun ban. (AP Photo/Chicago Sun-Times, Rich Hein)

EDITORIAL: Gun-grabber misfire

After the Supreme Court smacked down Chicago's gun ban last year, the gun grabbers scrambled to evade their responsibilities under the Constitution. Outgoing Mayor Richard M. Daley revised the Windy City's gun laws to place so many obstacles on the path to gun ownership that few law-abiding citizens would succeed. Now we learn that Mr. Daley wants taxpayers to foot the bill for a team of armed bodyguards to protect him once he leaves office on May 17.

May 6, 2011
Illustration: NPR by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times

EDITORIAL: NPR’s taxpayer-funded lobbyists

National Public Radio (NPR) is using taxpayer dollars to pay for high-priced lobbyists to fight Republican efforts to prohibit federal funding for the broadcaster. Despite outrage over the openly liberal network receiving tens of millions of dollars in subsidies while government deficits are at record levels, NPR brass have engaged a new lobbying firm to keep the spigots flowing.

May 6, 2011
ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS In this image released by the White House and digitally altered to obscure the material in front of Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (right), she, President Obama and Vice President Joseph R. Biden (left), along with members of the national security team, receive an update on the mission against Osama bin Laden in the Situation Room of the White House on Sunday.

EDITORIAL: Obama’s muddled message

Had U.S. special-operations forces handled the Osama bin Laden takedown the way the White House conducted public relations, they would have landed in the wrong compound and proceeded to shoot themselves in their feet. The raid took months of meticulous preparation, but the communication strategy apparently was whipped up on the fly. The post-kill message is inconsistent and confused.

May 6, 2011
Illustration: Trade by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times

EDITORIAL: Obama trades away opportunity

When the Obama White House announced a goal of doubling U.S. exports over five years, a few naive souls might have thought the president intended to back these words with action. The only action we've seen so far is the sort that undermines this worthy goal.

May 5, 2011