THE WASHINGTON TIMES

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Expose social-media censorship

The use of social media has spread like kudzu, an invasive vine that smothers and silences native species right here in the land of the free and the home of the brave ("A big censorship test run," Web, Oct. 19). Some traditional sources of news and advertising have been rendered impotent by the ease and attraction of social media, the influence of which has occasioned interest from antitrust authorities.

October 22, 2020

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: U.S. needs space-based defense

Brandon J. Weichert has much right in his op-ed, "Only Star Wars can beat North Korea's nukes" (Web, Oct. 19). Despite the devastation unleased on the world by the Chinese COVID-19 virus, we must remain concerned about the risk of a nuclear strike by regimes with which it seems impossible to create a stable, diplomatic dynamic.

October 22, 2020

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: GOP doing better now than in 2016

Don't believe what you're seeing in the polls about Joe Biden beating President Trump by a landslide. There are 14 states that will decide the battle between President Trump and his challenger, Joe Biden: Florida, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina, Virginia, Arizona, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Colorado, Iowa, Nevada and New Hampshire.

October 22, 2020

EDITORIAL: Anti-Trump GOP operatives are OK with Democrats’ far-left agenda

If there were truth in political advertising, the Lincoln Project would be renamed the Radical Republicans Project, after those who fought Abraham Lincoln throughout his presidency.

October 21, 2020

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Biden dangerously dirty

The events of the last few days have left us with one cold, hard fact about Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden. Compelling proof emerges each day that Joe Biden can be bought. In fact, Mr. Biden is a man who has been bought and sold, time and again, to countries like Ukraine, China and Kazakhstan.

October 21, 2020

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Flyovers done by patriots

Before the Packers/Buccaneers game last Sunday, Troy Aikman and Joe Buck commented disparagingly about the taxpayer expense of a military flyover of a stadium seated to 25% capacity. Mr. Aikman said that under a Biden-Harris ticket, "that stuff ain't happening." What I find so bizarre is these two men are making a living commenting on the abilities of grown men to play a game we all played in adolescence. When I was on active duty and a jet flew over, buzzing our position so low that the deafening sound of their engines wouldn't be heard untll well after the aircraft were beyond us, we would all look at one another and someone would holler out, "The sweet sound of freedom!" followed by rousing rounds of "Oo-rah"s.

October 21, 2020

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: True Islam condemns murder

I am a Muslim-American belonging to the Ahmadiyya Muslim community and I unequivocally condemn the barbaric beheading of a French teacher by a Muslim teen who was enraged that his victim showcased to students inflammatory caricatures of the prophet Muhammad.

October 21, 2020

EDITORIAL: Mail-in balloting imperils ‘basic fairness’

It's no secret that life isn't always fair. Given a choice, though, common-sense citizens would prefer fairness over inequity 99 times out of 100. That's why it is disturbing that there is no guarantee elections are fair and square. With the stakes mounting higher with each succeeding national election, the temptation to tilt vote outcomes with erroneous and fraudulent ballots has never been stronger. The best course of action that concerned Americans can take is to vote in person.

October 20, 2020

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Which candidate will do most good?

Over the past three decades, California's philosophy has become politically dominant in the U.S. This would be equally beneficial throughout the country if we all shared Pacific seaports. The homelessness in San Francisco seems to indicate that Reaganomics is running its course there as well.

October 20, 2020

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Boot Feinstein et al

President John F. Kennedy, a Democrat and a Roman Catholic, would be appalled to see how today's Democratic members of Congress treat people like Judge Amy Coney Barrett. So, too, would the founders of our country, who drafted Article VI of the U.S. Constitution. It reads, in part: "The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States."

October 20, 2020

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Skin color doesn’t make anyone superior

It's true that white cars and pickup trucks are seen more than automobiles of any other color in Arizona; perhaps it is because white reflects the sun and tends to be cooler. Or maybe there is some other factor at play, like the manufacturer makes more of those models and marks their prices lower to get rid of them.

October 20, 2020

EDITORIAL: Facebook and Twitter ban New York Post story and no one blinks

In news almost everyone saw coming, Monday morning Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden announced he would hold no further press events until after the final presidential debate with Donald Trump on Thursday. What's remarkable is not the duck-and-cover routine Mr. Biden has been playing — we all know what that's about — but the fact that the media is simply willing to accept whatever political ploy from the campaign, no matter how anti-democratic.

October 19, 2020

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Trump a true ‘people’s‘ president

Whether you like the current U.S. president or not, you might want to view the record of TV broadcast coverage on the evening of the 2016 election. Records of talking heads and other assorted "experts" reveal the antipathy the upper crust has for middle-, working- and lower-class Americans.

October 19, 2020

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Death numbers need ratios

Remember how a sharp rise in global temperatures was compared to a "hockey stick" back in 2006? Turns out it was a gross exaggeration. Likewise, the global COVID-19 death rate has been greatly exaggerated, as revealed in a recent World Health Organization report. Crises often invite exaggerations. This report reveals a 0.023% mortality rate, lower than the initially estimated rate of 3.4%, which would be approximately 265 million deaths. A 0.23% death rate is about 18 million people.

October 19, 2020

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: ‘Experts’ are contradictory

The final verdict from the World Health Organization, the National Institutes for Health and BitChute experts regarding face masks has been announced. It turns out masks are either utterly essential or unnecessary; fool-proof or fool-hardy; and worth the discomfort of claustrophobia (despite self-contamination or reinfection). Almost everyone agrees that mandatory or voluntary masks and nasal and mouth plugs (or hazmat suits) will either stop or prolong the spread of COVID-19.

October 19, 2020

EDITORIAL: Biden energy plan could weaken the U.S. economy

The U.S. economy runs on energy, and it runs more powerfully when its fuel is affordable. Seldom has energy been more abundant than at present, and President Trump's policies have helped the juice to flow. In challenging Mr. Trump's presidency, Joe Biden is championing a fundamental transformation in energy policy. With the health of the economy the top issue of the upcoming 2020 presidential election, voters should examine whether his plan would dial the power down.

October 18, 2020

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Hunter Biden’s sweet deal

That darned swamp drains exceeding slowly, doesn't it? Even after gallons of "drain cleaner," it remains murky and still smells like old-fashioned political corruption ("'Use your influence': Hunter Biden report undercuts father, upends campaign," Web, Oct. 14).

October 18, 2020

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Barrett aced hearings

Judge Amy Coney Barrett is as cool as they come. She puts Paul Newman's character, Cool Hand Luke, to shame.

October 18, 2020

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Do your job, Congress

As I watched the confirmation hearings of Judge Amy Coney Barrett last week, I was struck by the fact that our Congress menbers come well prepared to act informed and intelligent on a wide range of topics which they feel need attention. Yet Congress is filled with similar topics these same politicians have been ignoring for decades: debt reduction, immigration, etc.

October 18, 2020

EDITORIAL: The probe of ‘Crossfire Hurricane’ drags on

Whoever said patience is a virtue should also have mentioned that patience is a close relative of procrastination. The United States fought and won World War II in three months shy of four years. It has been three months longer than four years since rogue Obama administration officials initiated an unwarranted attempt to derail Donald Trump's presidency, and still no justice has been meted out. Sadly, Americans are going to the polls in a new presidential election without a full accounting of mischief committed during the previous one. There is little virtue in that.

October 15, 2020