THE WASHINGTON TIMES

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Diabetes easily prevented, treated

You would think that the medical profession, after having clearly taken a wrong turn a century ago, would repent and reform ("Physicians warn coronavirus can cause diabetes," Web, June 23). You would be wrong. Diabetes is defined by an inability to metabolize carbohydrate. It is not an inability to metabolize fat or protein, and never has been. Up until insulin was discovered in the 1920s the standard of care was just carbohydrate restriction. If you do not eat it, you do not have a problem.

June 23, 2020

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: BLM radical socialist group

The looting, burning, destruction of property, and disrespect for law and order in our communities are not only tragic but frightening. The organized insurrection by Black Lives Matter is described by the media as peaceful and 'just an expression of frustration.' The media doesn't report that Black Lives Matter is a radical leftist outfit that seeks to replace capitalism with socialism and abolish the police, and looks to socialist Venezuela as a model. Historically, the group's antecedents reach back to the Black Panthers of the 1960s. In recent years it has drawn inspiration from the Occupy Wall Street movement.

June 22, 2020

EDITORIAL: Trump revives his drive to make America great again

Success in entertainment stakes its fortune on the notion that the show must go on. So does politics. Donald Trump, with a knack for occupying the sweet spot between the two, would no longer be restrained from taking the stage. With a jolt, he has relaunched his dormant 2020 presidential election campaign for a dash through a minefield of radical strife fueled by national sickness of body and soul.

June 22, 2020

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Left’s false assumptions

Watching the "The View" on rare occasion always reminds me of how wrong liberals are because they make assumptions based on false scenarios. On a recent episode show host Sunny Hostin remarked that people were taught their own race's superiority based on other minority groups' inferiority. This is a crazy assumption. I was born white and am as happy as the next person to be who I am. I was never taught I was superior to anyone, only that I had to work and be kind to all and love God.

June 22, 2020

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Blatant double standard

The only good thing about the coronavirus is that it continues to expose the media as the savage hyenas and jackals they are. The knee-jerk talking points in response to everything President Trump says or does stands in stark contrast to the pass given to Joe Biden and Barack Obama when it comes to corruption of the FBI, CIA, State Department and Justice Department. The media is pathetic at best, treasonous at worse.

June 22, 2020

EDITORIAL: United States and China suffer alone together

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's meeting with top Chinese counterparts in Hawaii on Wednesday was held in secret. The list of topics for painstaking dialogue may have been long, but one underlying sentiment likely linked them all: Misery loves company.

June 21, 2020

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: DACA is being abused

DACA is a piggyback on "anchor babies," and both programs need serious legislative reform ("Trump says he'll try again on DACA revocation," Web, June 19).

June 21, 2020

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Trump the best available option

Regardless of his bullish demeanor and his bumptious arrogance, President Trump is a far better choice to run this country than anybody on the left, especially Joe Biden.

June 21, 2020

EDITORIAL: Why America’s intelligence agencies need reformation

If one judged only by Hollywood's depiction of the American intelligence community, one could be forgiven for believing we are possessed of an awesome, best-in-class assembly of hackers, spies, gatekeepers and various assortment of keyboard warriors, all at the ready to break-in, shutdown and generally disrupt the digital machinations of our enemies.

June 18, 2020

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Jefferson, too?

Will Stone Mountain, Georgia, now be re-carved to removed all the Democrats depicted thereon ("Thomas Jefferson statue toppled by protesters at Portland high school," Web, June 15)? Thomas Jefferson is now being attacked for owning slaves, but in reality I believe it was Jefferson's opposition to Muslim marauders who attacked American ships in the early days of our nation.

June 18, 2020

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Racism instilled in childhood

Racism is usually linked to the beholder's rearing in a racist environment. Fortunately, at an impressionably young age I was emphatically told by my mother about the exceptionally kind and caring nature of our black family doctor. My mother never had anything disdainful to say about people of color. She only saw (and still sees) what is in one's heart.

June 18, 2020

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Statue removal understandable

A student body composed largely of African-Americans should not, in 2020, have to attend a school named after an individual who commanded Confederate forces committed to preserving slavery. Cheryl Chumley's June 11 column, "And like that, America's history is scrubbed," fails to empathize with this very reasonable sentiment.

June 17, 2020

EDITORIAL: Mixed marriage takes the hatred out of race

It has happened again: A black man dies at the hands of white police officers, this time in Atlanta. Like clockwork, crowds gather, angry voices fill the air, mingling with the smoke of arson-lit fires. It's another made-for-media performance of the nation's race ritual, one that hardens hearts and betrays the dream of a colorblind society that the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. held so dear. An altogether different rite is playing out across America, though. And over time, it cannot but extinguish the hatred: interracial and interethnic marriage.

June 17, 2020

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Trump not always to blame

I am as troubled by President Trump's wayward tongue, tweets and tirades as most of the mainstream media ("In a world of designer fake news, Trump can do nothing right," Web, June 16). But I also look for the other side of the story and find most critics wanting when, in bashing Mr. Trump's response to the pandemic, they fail to indicate that the response around the globe was no more skillful or effective.

June 17, 2020

EDITORIAL: Removal of statues means historically rudderless America

Two days ago, the mayor of Detroit ordered a bust of Christopher Columbus removed from its pedestal. It was a peaceful removal for the Italian-born discoverer of the new world. After all, last week in Boston he was beheaded and in Richmond he was pushed into a lake. One supposes he is used to the harsh treatment. In many cities and states, his namesake holiday has long been replaced with Indigenous Peoples Day. In a few decades, it is not inconceivable he will be relegated to a proverbial footnote of history.

June 16, 2020

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Generals out of line

America prides itself on its divide between civilian leadership and the military, but the line has been crossed by over a dozen four-star generals who have spoken out and acted against the president of United States ("Mold-breaking: Generals' attacks on Trump drag military into partisan fight," Web, June 4). Their conduct is unjustified and unprofessional. They have entered a cultural war and support Socialist-Democrat propaganda and causes, such as Black Lives Matter and "defund the police."

June 16, 2020

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Protest safely, peacefully

Peaceful protests about police brutality are just and proper. People want to see constructive reform within our police departments, and protests are a way to voice grievances. However, we must remain cognizant of the COVID-19 pandemic.

June 16, 2020

EDITORIAL: Trump vs. Biden on criminal justice

The long, hot summer of discontent we can expect as the numerous protests of police violence are accompanied by sackings, and lootings are bound to have an impact on the upcoming presidential race. Whether it will benefit President Donald J. Trump or former Vice President Joe Biden is, at this point, anybody's guess.

June 15, 2020

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Symbol removal a slipperly slope

Some Democratic politicians are calling for the removal of what they deem offensive symbols. If they are right that we must remove all everything that hurts anyone's feelings, then we must get rid of any mention or name on any federal building of the late Sen. Robert Byrd, Ku Klux Klan member. Let us remove, too, the name of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who unlawfully arrested and ordered the imprisonment of American citizens during World War II because of their heritage.

June 15, 2020

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: ‘Taking a knee’ taking a backseat

A few big-name football players recently announced that they will kneel during the national anthem this footbal season ("Despite far more support, kneeling might not be widespread," Web, June 11). Evidently they believe their actions will restore love off the field and bring racial harmony to the fruited plains.

June 15, 2020