THE WASHINGTON TIMES

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Let Massachusetts thrive

The facts and data have not justified Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker's tyrannical strangulation of the Massachusetts economy. And the attitude that said strangulation can be dragged out for months is recklessly callous.

May 26, 2020

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Don’t let Obama, Biden skate

Attorney General William Barr's announced decision not to initiate investigations of Joe Biden and Barack Obama for their parts in the Flynn matter is justice denied to the American people. Everyone who was at the now-infamous Oval Office meeting of Jan. 5, 2017, (President Obama, Vice President Biden, Susan Rice, James Comey, John Brennan and Sally Yates) could be incriminated for unmasking and leaking Flynn's name. Both Mr. Biden and Mr. Obama should be subject to investigation for possible illegal actions, most prominently Mr. Biden, who unmasked Flynn on President Trump's Inauguration Day.

May 26, 2020

EDITORIAL: SpaceX brings renewed expectations to crewed space exploration

Americans were not meant to sit on their hands with their feet up on the coffee table. Our forebears of more than 10 generations took leaps of faith -- some by ship, some by foot and some by airplane -- all to light upon a new land where they could chase their wildest dreams. A new chapter in the story of the nation's journey begins Wednesday when a fresh generation of spacecraft, labeled "Made in America," lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. New adventures and opportunities await, somewhere out there.

May 25, 2020

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Azerbaijan tramples human rights

I was born in Azerbaijan as member of the Armenian minority. Mr. Suleymanov does not write about Azerbaijan as we both know it, because he is a mouthpiece for a dictator ("Pandemic highlights the protracted Azerbaijan-Armenia conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh region," Web, May 19).

May 25, 2020

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Israel won’t be bullied

Israel will not be annexing the "occupied West Bank" ("Israel's daunting decision on drawing permanent borders," Web, May 19). The Israeli government will be formally delineating its borders in the disputed areas of Judea and Samaria.

May 25, 2020

EDITORIAL: The ‘1619 Project’ is bad history fueled by bad motives

So, let's call the 1619 Project and its use in our public schools what it is: An attempt to brainwash children into believing the historical narrative Mrs. Hannah-Jones and The New York Times want them to believe.

May 24, 2020

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Azerbaijan stands in way of peace

The Armenian side fully backs the Royce-Engel peace proposal, a bipartisan U.S. congressional initiative to deploy internationally monitored gunfire locators and add international observers along the line of contact. It is Azerbaijan -- and Azerbaijan alone -- that is blocking these common-sense measures to promote transparency, precisely because it fears facing accountability for its cease-fire violations. It's simple logic: Only the party initiating attacks would oppose the use of technology that identifies the ceasefire violator.

May 24, 2020

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Vaccine will make rich richer

Was the COVID-19 overreaction a prelude to a mandatory vaccine? Of course it was, as it will bring enormous profits to selected pharmaceutical companies (more than likely those companies in which Bill Gates has a significant shareholding interest). It doesn't make sense to destroy economic activity all over the world to impose lengthy lockdowns when we are not dealing with a Black-Death-type scenario.

May 24, 2020

EDITORIAL: A county exec reminds that too much government isn’t good for anyone

Laura Curran, the chief executive of Nassau County, New York, may have made a monkey out of herself while explaining how things would go in the post-COVID environment now that the county was reopening its tennis courts.

May 21, 2020

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Vote to restore freedoms

Obama administration leadership was responsible for the costly use of false information to investigate Donald Trump and his staff for supposed collusion with Russia, in a robust attempt to prevent Trump from being elected (and later, to remove him from office). The Democrat-led House used unprecedented tactics to impeach President Trump without factual evidence. Fortunately the Senate voted against the impeachment.

May 21, 2020

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: No impeachment 2.0

If the Democrats are planning another round of impeachment games, they'd better first consider moving to another country more suitable to their antics, perhaps Venezuela.

May 21, 2020

EDITORIAL: There is no vaccine against violence in Afghanistan

In Afghanistan, death is coming the way usual for its beleaguered citizens -- at the hands of Islamic extremists who measure their religiosity with the volume of human blood they spill.

May 20, 2020

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Cities, towns in desperate need

Kay C. James' recent piece on federal assistance for states misstates the cause of the dire financial situation facing cities, towns and villages across America ("Do not bailout states for years of fiscal mismanagement," Web, May 18). Contrary to the author's assertions, it is the unprecedented, bipartisan shutdown of our nation's economy that has crunched the budgets of cities of all shapes and sizes, both urban and rural, and of all political stripes.

May 20, 2020

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Clintons behind leftist moves

Sadly, the inevitable is about to unfold: Bill and Hillary's quest for a third White House term, most likely as Joe Biden's running mate or his replacement via a Clinton-brokered Democratic "convention."

May 20, 2020

EDITORIAL: Statistical analysis is no substitute for actual evidence in discrimination cases

Even as the COVID-19 crisis dominates the headlines, the business of government continues. President Trump and his administration are to be commended for the ways they've cut federal red tape to ease the burden on the private sector as it responds to the crisis, searches for a cure and develops a vaccine.

May 19, 2020

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Virus a common enemy

The current coronavirus pandemic has prompted me to wonder if anyone could explain to me what seems to me to be a dilemma.

May 19, 2020

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Obama pandemic ‘plan’ a joke

Someone needs to go on TV and expose the falsehoods in the recent on-air statements of Center for Global Development fellow Jeremy Konyndyk, who was interviewed on CNN. Mr Konyndyk was challenging the statement Sen. Mitch McConnell made about the lack of any pandemic plan provided by the Obama administration.

May 19, 2020

EDITORIAL: The coronavirus pandemic bill for China must not include animosity

As disease strains ties between the United States and the People's Republic, Americans can focus on seeking satisfaction for economic damages and still refrain from overwrought emotional animus toward its people.

May 18, 2020

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: First fix freedom quashing

Recent reports of the Department of Justice addressing Google's competitive posture in the online advertising market and the abuses of Obama administration officials in connection with the 2016 election, culminating in the unwarranted prosecution of Gen. Flynn, give me -- and hopefully all readers -- reason for concern. Yes, as a legal matter, these topics should be addressed. But now is not the time.

May 18, 2020

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: ‘Transformation’ at all costs

Why is there so much hatred for President Trump, hatred that started before he was even inaugurated? Was it because he beat Hillary Clinton or because of his many promises -- to build a border wall, bring back jobs from China, cancel the Iran nuclear pact, "drain the swamp" and stop American from becoming a socialist nation? Wasn't it President Obama who, five days before his own inauguration, said that we were five days from 'fundamentally transforming' America? How many knew what that meant? Was Mr. Trump perceived as a threat to this transformation?

May 18, 2020