THE WASHINGTON TIMES

EDITORIAL: How to survive in a post-COVID-19 world

As the most famous living poet in America once sang, "He not busy being born, is busy dying." These are words for the current moment. Take a look around. Everywhere, from our education and financial and technological systems, down to our familial dynamics and even the way we as individuals view ourselves and live, things are changing. And thanks to pressure of current events, they are changing -- irrevocably -- fast.

June 14, 2020

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Police have no easy job

One of the most important things I ever learned was to ask myself what my part I played in any disagreement or turmoil in which I found myself. I trained myself to take time before I jumped into a rant of blame and demanded correction I felt was owed me by the other party.

June 14, 2020

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Cut off ‘CHAZ’ now

What do you do when a group of anarchists takes over a section of your city and proclaims it is no longer part of the United States? Washington Gov. Jay Inslee claims he has no knowledge of the Seattle takeover and laughs at the situation. Are the Democrats just waiting to see what Mr. Trump will do?

June 14, 2020

EDITORIAL: Instead of subsidies, Congress should incentivize people to return to work

For almost a dozen weeks the American people were subjected to a barrage of information leading them to believe the novel coronavirus was the contemporary equivalent of the "black death" that killed millions in Europe during the so-called Dark Ages.

June 11, 2020

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Far left only destroys

As a man who has done everything except die for his nation, I'm appalled by the radical-leftist calls to anarchy. I'm even angrier at our inept leadership, which seems to let places such as Seattle turn into sections of Mogadishu.

June 11, 2020

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Police necessary for law, order

Recently police officers and other first responders around the nation were hailed as heroes for their selfless performance and sacrifice amidst the COVID-19 crisis. Fast forward to the horrific death of George Floyd and the resultant impact of four Minneapolis cops being charged in that case. Suddenly cops throughout the nation were disparaged, criticized and verbally and physically attacked. Riots and looting ensued. Protests nationwide evolved, focusing on a demand for major reform in law enforcement including, in some jurisdictions, a ludicrous call for dismantling police departments entirely. Police officers were quickly diminished in stature from heroes to villains.

June 11, 2020

EDITORIAL: In times of crisis, building is what Americans do best

If the unfolding economic pain caused by COVID-19 didn't cause businesses to board up, construction projects to halt and despair to settle upon the collective bones of our body politic, some of the protests-turned-riots, from Santa Monica to Manhattan, certainly did the trick. So, this week, as we sweep up broken glass and restock merchandise, and as various states shift from Phase 1 to Phase 2 of reopening plans, the moment enjoins us to ask, "well, what now?" Our answer: Build, baby, build.

June 10, 2020

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Police put lives on line

Everyone agrees that the police officer who kept pressure on the neck of the handcuffed George Floyd committed murder. Unfortunately, the new normal is to blame all police officers for the actions of one bad apple. That defies logic.

June 10, 2020

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Riots, looting aren’t protests

I can understand the family of George Floyd canonizing the man as pure as the driven snow, but I have a problem with the news media and people around the world protesting and rioting, making him out to have been a saint. It's pathetic, to say the least, to watch elected officials such as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi take a knee to honor a felon.

June 10, 2020

EDITORIAL: Current groupthink enforces systemic silence at The New York Times

There are places on the planet where the natural urge for free expression is not allowed. The United States has never been one of those forbidding spots -- until now. Like a smoldering match dropped too close to a gas pump, the inexcusable police killing of a black man has blown racial sensitivities sky high. The resulting concussion has stripped away the great American tradition of searching for a pathway to peace through reasoned discussion, replacing it with robotic recognition of "systemic racism." So much for unfettered speech in "the land of the free."

June 9, 2020

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Statue teaches important lesson

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam held a press conference June 4 in which he spoke about removing the statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee on Monument Avenue in Richmond. He called the monument "a symbol to shore up the cause of those who didn't want unity after the Civil War" by those who wanted to "keep the system in place." Does Mr. Northam not know that it was the militant wing of the Democratic Party at that time -- the Ku Klux Klan -- that wanted to "keep the system in place?"

June 9, 2020

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Worship most fulfilling in person

In the United States, the freedom to assemble for worship is a liberty we have richly enjoyed -- and often taken for granted. It is a vital part of our national success and one I have revered my entire life.

June 9, 2020

EDITORIAL: Disease and violence prove a buzzkill for urban life

Cities thrive because they are centers of human activity. Cities decay for the same reason -- because they are centers of human activity. The difference between urban growth and shrinkage is the nature of the human activity. The quality of life their major cities offer is no longer sufficient that Americans are proud to call them "home." Sadly, the outbreak of twin scourges of disease and anarchy is hastening the hollowing out of the nation's population centers. It's an ugly black eye for blue leadership, which is to say, the Democratic Party.

June 8, 2020

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Some ‘protests’ bad as original act

The murder of George Floyd was horrific. It's fortunate his killer(s) were charged in record time, considering it usually takes months to indict police. But even if charges had come an hour later, nothing stops that tsunami of outrage.

June 8, 2020

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Learn from U.K. cop cutbacks

The calls I see in the U.S. media to "defund the police" gravely concern me, so I would like to send some advice back across the pond to my American cousins. Here in the U.K. we have already defunded the police. Numbers of police officers have dropped 20,000 since the start of the 2008 financial crsis -- and the end result has not been freedom but a justice system that is falling apart and cannot cope. Violent crime has gone up by a third in the past decade.

June 8, 2020

EDITORIAL: Why modern faith in ‘expertise’ should be tempered

Among the most admired men and women in America today are our technical experts. They tend to reside in Silicon Valley or Boston, and even in The Washington Times' own backyard, Montgomery County, Maryland. They work in bits and bytes, and are given over to making astounding pronouncements on seemingly-miraculous health cures, colonizing the outer galaxies of the Milky Way, advanced weapons systems and uploading our consciousness onto computers to achieve immortality.

June 7, 2020

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Murder, destruction aids no cause

How does burning down and looting book, coffee, grocery, clothing and other stores aid any cause? How does stopping Amazon, FedEx, UPS and other delivery trucks, and stealing package contents aid any cause? How does breaking store windows and stealing big-screen TVs, jewelry, clothing and tennis shoes aid any cause? How does knifing, shooting and killing police officers aid any cause? How does setting on fire automobiles, rescue vehicles, and police and fire trucks aid any cause?

June 7, 2020

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: History happened, period

The concept of history in 2020 is based on mob rule. Don't like it? It never happened. In fact, go ahead and destroy and remove any record of history as proof that it never happened. The radical minority in the United States today intimidates the populace to stay home and watch while our elected officials pander to any apparent cause, no matter how inappropriate, for a headline and a vote. The courts do not enforce, interpret or see to it that justice is served in accordance with the law. Judges pander to their own social pursuits and to the political leanings of those who appointed them to the bench.

June 7, 2020

EDITORIAL: America comes together to condemn the killing of George Floyd

Whether we're experiencing the beginnings of a period of profound social change or witnessing the effects of the long lockdown hangover, it's time someone stood in the middle of the public square and shouted "Enough!" at the top of their lungs.

June 4, 2020

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: King wouldn’t condone violence

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had a dream in which people would be judged by the content of their character rather than by the color of their skin. That is a great goal. Those who demonstrate peacefully are allies of King's goal. Those who demonstrate violently are enemies of King's goal.

June 4, 2020