THE WASHINGTON TIMES

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Billions on Trident, terrorists walk

The United Kingdom has not ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), passed by the U.N. General Assembly in 2017. In fact, the U.K. even boycotted the negotiations leading to the creation of the treaty. However, the U.K. has ratified the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). The reason for this seeming ambiguity is that the TPNW is a more far-ranging agreement than the NPT. Among other things, the TPNW prohibits even the stockpiling of nuclear weapons. The NPT mostly focuses on preventing other states from acquiring nuclear weapons.

August 9, 2020

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: School or no, work goes on

The debate over re-opening schools and whether to go online or face-to-face has fallen along party lines. What is not discussed is the fact that a significant portion of the population still goes to work every day. They are medical personnel, police officers and firefighters, as well as owners and employees of large and small businesses. Kids are out playing in groups and then going home to all these parents who have been at work.

August 9, 2020

EDITORIAL: New York Times editor who unleashed Steele dossier is now arbiter of media behavior

The New York Times used to set the agenda for the rest of America's news. Its in-depth coverage of people and events was considered by the rest of the business to be the gold standard for good reportage and writing.

August 6, 2020

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Kids need in-person schooling

Cheryl Chumley is right to criticize teachers' unions for getting politicians to close the public schools ("Teachers' unions shamefully exploit COVID-19 to shutter schools," Web, July 30).

August 6, 2020

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Accept atom bomb, move on

Ancient history may be subject to conjecture, but record keeping for the past few hundred years has left us with far less doubt about major world events. So why the annual review of the validity of the use of atomic weapons to end World War II?

August 6, 2020

EDITORIAL: Coronavirus fears could halt the Biden railroad revolution

"Amtrak Joe" Biden, the presidential candidate famous for riding the rails regularly between his Delaware home and Washington, D.C., should take notice of the workplace about-face.

August 5, 2020

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Use of atom bomb was no-brainer

Today we mark the 75th anniversary of dropping atomic bombs to end Wordl War II. As the Greatest Generation that lived into and through that history dies, we listen increasingly to revisionist, asymmetrical analyses expounding the immorality of the atomic bomb decision.

August 5, 2020

EDITORIAL: Democrats mistake division for union

As Democrats prepare to convene their 2020 political convention later this month, their draft platform exhibits a few loose planks. Meant to help Americans gather around a common cause, sadly, it reads like a blueprint for driving them apart.

August 4, 2020

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Trump, not Obama, helped Blacks

Is it dumb for Black Lives Matter not to show 100% support for the reelection of President Trump? Mr. Trump, not Barack Obama, did the following: He brought opportunity zones to minority neighborhoods; restored funding for historically black colleges and universities; achieved prison reform largely benefiting Black inmates; supported school choice; and used deregulation to shrink Black unemployment to record lows. Is it simple-minded not to recognize progress and want more of it?

August 4, 2020

EDITORIAL: UFOs are with us whether we like it or not

The editorial board of The Washington Times is not given over to histrionics over little green men and their Cadillacs. But we do care seriously about threats to American national security.

August 3, 2020

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: ‘Virtual’ doesn’t always cut it

Democrats and liberals are pushing for virtual health care and virtual education, and with the help of U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, preventing members of religious groups from praying together. These are three areas in which face-to-face contact is essential. Physicians must physically examine their patients; students are best educated and best get to know each other in-person; and people have the right to assemble and express their religious beliefs. These are too important to be set aside, even during the COVID-19 pandemic.

August 3, 2020

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Socialism removes incentives

Communist redistribution theory was extremely popular in American and European academic circles during much of the 20th century. Professors, (bomb-building) students and Hollywood wannabes all stumbled over one another in enthusiasm about it. Yet the Soviet model collapsed with food lines and empty store shelves, killing and starving over 100 million people in the process. Indeed, the history of godless Marxism is synonymous with death, war and misery.

August 3, 2020

EDITORIAL: Human progress won’t stand idle for long

Shafts of hope are beginning to pierce the dark shroud of COVID-19. As painful as the pandemic has been, it's valuable to remember that the world has been through far worse.

August 2, 2020

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: No right to others’ property

Since the Magna Carta put the God-given right to private property down on paper, it has been obvious that stealing and destroying the property of others is not only wrong but criminal. Rioters have always been lying in wait, but officials, whose job it is to restore order, have usually risen to the occasion. Today's rioters are using Black communities as pawns to destroy America, abetted by officials who do not know any better. Marxism for all, not racial justice, is the target.

August 2, 2020

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: High body-count boon for left

Sen. Kamala Harris thinks we need stronger leadership ("Trump on Kamala Harris: She'd be a 'fine choice' for Biden VP," Web, July 29).

August 2, 2020

EDITORIAL: Consumer Financial Protection Board is ‘Exhibit A’ for regulatory swampiness

Any reasonable list of reasons why Donald Trump was able to win the presidency in 2016 would have to include his pledge to "drain the swamp."

July 30, 2020

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Silence on Trammell murder

Just as I was about to start walking the downtown streets of Charlotte, North Carolina, wearing my red MAGA hat and holding a "Reelect Donald Trump" sign, I read about what happened to fellow American Bernell Trammell in Milwaukee, who was doing just what I'd planned to do.

July 30, 2020

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: ‘Redskins’ was meant to honor

Having grown up as a Washington Redskins fan from the 1970s through the 1990s, I'm appalled by the unfair vilification of the team's former identity. A recent Boston Globe article, for instance, called the Redskins the "NFL franchise with the racist logo on its helmet."

July 30, 2020

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Women, gender minorities at risk

As a 21-year-old woman, I'm concerned about the November election. I was a poll worker in the Wisconsin primaries in April, at a peak time of the pandemic. Older poll workers didn't want to show up, as they feared getting COVID-19. The chaos of poll sites changing voting rules and safety protocols made it clear that unless we fix this soon and let people vote safely — by mail or other ways — Americans will be forced to choose between their right to vote and their health (or lives).

July 30, 2020

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: ‘Leaders’ inept on COVID-19

At this point, numerous researchers have plotted COVID-19 death rates against an index of lockdown severity and found that there is no relationship. I saw one such plot where the correlation coefficient was .001. You could have used a random number generator and by chance arrived at a stronger correlation.

July 29, 2020