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EDITORIAL: NPR, Pompeo interview scandal raises the question of why NPR is state-funded
National Public Radio host Mary Louise Kelly recently violated one of the most important rules of journalism: Don't make yourself the story. Ms. Kelly was granted an interview with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and used it to ask some questions about this whole Ukraine business. That was well within her rights. So too was Mr. Pompeo's response: He didn't like the questions and made her quite aware of it. Published January 29, 2020
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Never Trumpers won’t fare well
The Democrat-led impeachment circus should end. It is time for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to call for a vote to dismiss the case against President Trump. Talks of more witnesses are a waste of time if the Senate can't hear from Joe Biden, Hunter Biden, the so-called whistleblower or Rep. Adam Schiff. Published January 29, 2020
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Charge Trump’s accusers
When I was in law enforcement many years ago, if someone came in and filed a false report against another person and we later learned it was false, they would be arrested. After watching Reps. Adam Schiff and Jerry Nadler at President Trump's impeachment hearing fabricating evidence and lying by omission, I strongly believe that they should be charged by the FBI with criminal acts and brought before the Office of Congressional Ethics for violating their oaths of office. Published January 29, 2020
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Just more trickery
Out here in real America -- you know, that place politicians fear to tread because they may be asked what a gallon of milk costs -- we have some questions regarding the impeachment of President Trump ("DOJ: Barr denies Bolton's book claim of being worried about Trump 'favors' to other countries," Web, Jan. 28). Published January 28, 2020
EDITORIAL: Greta Thunberg, other young climate doomsayers should not get to dictate policy
At the annual World Economic Forum conference in Davos, Switzerland, last week, U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin put self-appointed teenage climate-doom prophet Greta Thunberg in her place. After the Swedish 17-year-old's hectoring Jan. 21 speech in Davos demanding that world leaders wreck their countries' economies, putatively to save the planet, Mr. Mnuchin might well have been channeling a 1967 hit song whose lyrics included the line "Come back when you grow up, girl. You're still living in a paper-doll world." Published January 28, 2020
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: The left, not Trump, the discredit
The comments by activist and lawyer Robert Kennedy Jr. about President Trump having "discredited the American experiment with self-governance" deserve genealogical scrutiny. Published January 28, 2020
EDITORIAL: Washington Post journalist unfairly placed on leave for tweeting about Bryant charges
Felicia Sonmez, a journalist at Washington's other newspaper, was one of the few who weighed in after Bryant's death with a discordant note. As news of the helicopter crash broke, she tweeted a link to a Daily Beast article recounting the details of a 2003 sex assault charge that was brought against the then-Laker. (The case was eventually dropped and Bryant paid an undisclosed settlement.) Published January 27, 2020
EDITORIAL: Kobe Bryant dies in tragic helicopter crash, nation mourns
It's a stark reminder that athletes burn bright and flame out fast that Kobe Bryant was only 41 years old when he died in a helicopter crash on Sunday morning. It seems almost unbelievable that somebody so accomplished could have been so young. Published January 27, 2020
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Senate should acquit Trump
Republicans should resist the temptation to summarily dismiss the House's deficient impeachment charges against President Trump. Otherwise, Democrats will continue scavenging for more "evidence" to revive the charges by addendum, ad nauseum. Published January 27, 2020
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Bryant will be missed
I am an unapologetic Boston Celtics basketball fan. I cheer them on with determined TV-watching-fan loyalty. I have my short list of opposing players I loved to root against; these super stars are so despicably great at what they do, at getting their way too often at my Celtics' expense, that I can't help but to respect and admire them. Published January 27, 2020
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: What evidence?
It isn't practical to respond to each issue presented in Andrew P. Napolitano's recent op-ed, "Trump's trial is not a charade but deadly serious business based on constitutional norms" (Web, Jan. 22). But I can briefly respond to the following sentence: "In Mr. Trump's case, though the House chose delicately not to accuse the president of specific crimes, there is enough evidence here to do so." Published January 26, 2020
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Give GOP witnesses, too
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her goslings had at least 19 "witnesses" appear before the committees during Mrs. Pelosi's official impeachment proceedings, which began on Sept. 24, 2019. Democrats were the only ones to call witnesses, as Mrs. Pelosi wouldn't allow the president or any Republicans to call witnesses. That makes the score 19 for the Democrats, 0 for the president. Published January 26, 2020
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Rest in peace, Mr. Lehrer
I liked and admired PBS news anchor Jim Lehrer ("Jim Lehrer of the 'MacNeil-Lehrer Report' dies at 85," Web, Jan. 23). He believed news is a public good, not a commodity. He was always completely on the level in reporting, interviewing and moderating debates. His life was a gift that strengthened our democracy. We will remember him always and forever. Jim Lehrer, rest in peace. Published January 26, 2020
EDITORIAL: Adam Schiff shoots for a telegenic case against Trump
Fittingly for a man leading a televised spectacle, Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff represents Hollywood. His Southern California district is the ne plus ultra in comprising entertainment royalty. Published January 26, 2020
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: ‘Trump bashing’ not always fair
I realize you are trying to be "fair and balanced" by printing former Judge Andrew P. Napolitano's opinion pieces, but I have to wonder why you would run some of what Mr. Napolitano writes ("Trump's trial is not a charade but deadly serious business based on constitutional norms," Web, Jan. 22). When you see one of his pieces, you know that you are going to get a Trump bashing. Published January 23, 2020
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Magical words vs. critical thought
We really shouldn't denigrate the left or reject their ideas out of hand. After all, they are effectively schooling modern capitalists to substitute the phrase "socially responsible growth" with "profit." Published January 23, 2020
EDITORIAL: Trading goods, not fire
If every cloud has a silver lining, no one told the United Nations. Published January 23, 2020
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Hoping Gabbard doesn’t win
Having previously donated to Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, Hawaii Democrat, I receive a lot of email from her campaign. Published January 22, 2020
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Left’s attempts have faltered
Americans are tuning out the latest attempt by Democrats to turn supporters of the president away from his assured re-election. The team of Adam Schiff, Nancy Pelosi, Jerry Nadler and Chuck Schumer reinforce what Americans already know: The Democratic Party is now entirely off the rails with very little chance for redemption or recovery. Published January 22, 2020
EDITORIAL: Despite Virginia’s vote, ERA still dead
Backers of the federal Equal Rights Amendment in Virginia got their decades-long wish last week when the new Democrat-controlled General Assembly reflexively resurrected and ratified the moldering constitutional amendment. Published January 22, 2020
