THE WASHINGTON TIMES

EDITORIAL: Americans are sleeping less because of stress, the artificial lighting of their iPhones

America needs a nap. Everybody's biology is different -- both Donald Trump and Bill Clinton, for instance, barely sleep, as the president's late night and early morning tweets indicate -- but as a rule of thumb, most people should get about eight hours of shut-eye a night. But fewer and fewer people in our harried, busy country are hitting the target, or really even coming close. Published January 21, 2020

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Trump right on Iran

Taking out Qassem Soleimani was brilliant and long-overdue action by President Trump. The president is right not to brief Congress on top-secret sources and methods in order to protect the ability to take such an action again. Soleimani was a commander in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and was planning new attacks. He had the blood of many Americans and Muslims on his hands while serving from 1996 until his death in 2020 and was the commander of the Quds Force. Published January 21, 2020

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: GAO finding no surprise

Recently, the Government Accountability Office, a component of Congress, found President Trump guilty of withholding funds from the Ukrainians ("Trump says GAO is part of 'the Swamp' after watchdog finds he broke law on Ukraine aid," Web, Jan. 17). Let's be clear: The GAO is a deep-state creature composed of bureaucrats who are left-wing sympathizers and anti-Trumpers. Published January 21, 2020

EDITORIAL: A partisan impeachment

Destroying is much easier than building. As his relentless adversaries file into the U.S. Senate Tuesday to judge articles of impeachment brought against President Trump, they open the door for irreparable damage to a system of justice founded on both the U.S. Constitution and American common sense. There can be no justice without fairness. Published January 20, 2020

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Senate must dismiss articles

Most fair-minded Americans, whether Republican, Democrat or independent, were aware of and disturbed by the unfair, partisan impeachment process that denied the Republicans and President Donald Trump witnesses or documents. The thing most harmed, however, was our Constitution's fundamentals of fair process, equal justice for all, and innocent until proven guilty. The House has attempted to have the legislative branch override the authority the president has under our Constitution. Published January 20, 2020

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Sympathy can’t pay down debt

When liberals talk about President Trump or anyone else in authority (generally Republicans), they say, "No one is above the law." However, when it comes to illegal immigrants, the left is all for open borders for those who wish to come and amnesty for those already here. Published January 20, 2020

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Impeached but unbeatable

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi seems to take great delight in stating that President Trump is now impeached and nothing will ever change that ("Nancy Pelosi's revenge: Trump is 'impeached for life,'" Web, Jan. 13). Published January 20, 2020

EDITORIAL: Illinois joins the rush to promote and tax marijuana

Recreation, meet taxation. States across the nation are rushing into the business of selling recreational marijuana alongside the already-legalized medical variety. For new customers, the draw of a doobie is access to a fresh form of self-entertainment. For government officials, it's a virgin market to tax. Sadly, the economic benefits of joining the pot parade might not outweigh the resulting human costs. Published January 19, 2020

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Trump within rights on Soleimani

Times columnist Andrew P. Napolitano continues to argue that President Trump acted unlawfully in taking out a terrorist mastermind ("Shifting justification for the killing of Soleimani persists," Web, Jan. 15). Since Congress has not declared war, he argues, the president had no authority to act. Published January 19, 2020

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Pelosi’s pen stunt poor choice

Signing the articles of impeachment is an important historical and rhetorical moment, one that should be marked appropriately to create a record for future generations. But in my opinion as someone who has spent over 40 years studying political communication, it was a rhetorical mistake to stage a formal signing ceremony followed by the distribution of pens ("White House rips Pelosi over impeachment 'souvenir pens,'" Web, Jan. 15). Published January 19, 2020

EDITORIAL: Virginia Democrats’ legislative overreach

"Elections have consequences," President Obama reminded House Republican Whip Eric Cantor of Virginia in January 2009, just three days into his presidency, adding: "And at the end of the day, I won." Published January 16, 2020

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Democrats owe us millions

Considering that I've heard many Democrats say they wanted more witnesses to see whether President Trump was hiding anything, I'm surprised that they haven't asked for a presidential colonoscopy, too. Nevertheless, I think the taxpayers of this country should be reimbursed by the Democratic Party for the full cost of the phony impeachment hearings that were based on nothing but hearsay, innuendo and unfounded accusations. Published January 16, 2020

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: What of personal responsibility?

In "Cornel West warns against Bernie Sanders rivals' attempt to sow division" (Web, Jan. 16) writers Seth McLaughlin and David Sherfinski quote Adilka Pimentel, a Bernie Sanders supporter and Make the Road Action member, as follows: "We have been organizing to survive and organizing to live, but now we want to organize to transform society and transform our lives." Published January 16, 2020

EDITORIAL: Democrats’ debate contrasts sharply with exuberant Trump rally

Milwaukee is about 375 miles northeast of Des Moines, Iowa (less as the crow flies), but they couldn't have been further apart in terms of the state of the economy and America's role in the world as articulated Tuesday night by President Trump in the former and the six Democrats who want his job in the latter. Published January 15, 2020

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Sanders’ swill won’t sway

Sen. Bernie Sanders, the Vermont ranter, cannot win even after applying a rasp to Marxist malarkey and filing it down into a gentler version of strident governance called democratic socialism ("Bernie Sanders, the patriot: 'Our job is to build the United Nations,'" Web, Jan. 14). He cannot win even after striking a responsive chord among those who believe that most of us work in a feather factory to ensure that the wealthy nest more comfortably, a belief rejected by those Americans who work the levers of free enterprise with energy and optimism. Published January 15, 2020

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Appeasement, open borders harm

Is it my imagination or are the Democrats constantly protesting something instead of using their time to advance the interests of the country? In many cases, the organized protesters of the left consist of the impoverished and less literate members of society, sprinkled with deadbeats playing the government for free stuff. These are all people easily manipulated by lying politicians. Published January 15, 2020

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Taiwan a model of democracy

Taiwan completed its presidential and legislative elections smoothly through a peaceful, fair and open process on Jan. 11, once again proving itself to the world to be a democratic success story ("China's crackdown in Hong Kong upends Taiwan election," Web, Jan. 9). Published January 14, 2020

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Left has ensured Trump win

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi needs to vacate her chair and leave the House of Representatives forever. She is bereft of salient thought processes, takes far too much real pleasure in crushing those who disagree with her opinions or ideas, and is mentally unstable enough to follow through on her threats against President Trump. Published January 14, 2020

EDITORIAL: The final impeachment play gets underway

It's the last play of a tied game, and an unstoppable force is about to meet an immovable object on the one-yard line. The puzzled play-caller is flagged for delay of game, then the pigskin is finally snapped as time expires. On a quarterback keeper, it's hard to tell if the nose of the ball crossed the goal line plane before it's snatched away and carried the length of the field into the opposite end zone. Someone just won, but who? Published January 13, 2020

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Using illegals to bolster polls?

Democrat-controlled states including New York, California, New Jersey and Virginia are allowing illegal immigrants to obtain driver's licenses — and in those states all you need in order to vote is a driver's license. Democrats complain until the cows come home whenever Republicans want to mandate voter ID cards and birth certificates to prove place of birth; they have cried disenfranchisement and gotten their way. Just watch this coming presidential election and see the mess that ensues in those states when illegals vote by the droves. Published January 13, 2020