THE WASHINGTON TIMES

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Reporters should behave

Jennifer Harper's recent piece, "Time for journalists to jettison bad behavior" (Web, Jan. 12), is right on. In addition to political deadlock in Washington, we have rampant journalistic piling on. Published January 13, 2020

EDITORIAL: Tom Steyer outruns Cory Booker

Pity poor Cory Booker. The Democratic senator from New Jersey and also-ran presidential candidate has palpably craved the presidency for some two decades. And he did all the right things: First, he attended Stanford University and won a Rhodes Scholarship to study at Oxford. Next came the obligatory law degree from Yale Law School. And then he embarked on a frankly thankless job, serving as mayor of hardscrabble Newark, New Jersey for two terms. Published January 12, 2020

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Iran, at war with U.S. since ‘79

Victor Davis Hanson and Andrew P. Napolitano provide almost conflicting views in recent Commentary pieces dealing with the ramifications of the targeted killing of Iranian terrorist Qassem Soleimani ("Iran's options in all-out war with America are all bad" and "Can President Trump legally kill a person not engaged in an act of violence?" Web, Jan. 8). To the Iranians, Soleimani was a respected, even loved general, despite having been sanctioned as a terrorist and killer by the European Union, the United Nations and numerous governments. Published January 12, 2020

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Soleimani posed grave threat

Never before has an admonition of impending disaster by a Founding Father been more evident than when one reads Andrew Napolitano's op-ed, "Can President Trump legally kill a person not engaged in an act of violence?" (Web, Jan. 8). Thomas Jefferson warned that a democracy would be placed in jeopardy if its electorate became misinformed. This is exactly what Mr. Napolitano tries to do in his piece by attempting to convince readers that his judiciary expertise enables him to adjudicate Mr. Trump's action in killing the world's worst terrorist. Published January 12, 2020

EDITORIAL: Senate filibuster foes show true colors

On her presidential-campaign website, Sen. Elizabeth Warren says her plan for "gun-violence prevention" includes breaking what she calls the National Rifle Association's "stranglehold of Congress" by — among other things — "eliminating the filibuster." Published January 9, 2020

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Equality shouldn’t be ‘dead’

I think it's a shame that the Justice Department considers the Equal Rights Amendment dead ("Justice Department says Equal Rights Amendment is dead; Virginia ratification can't revive it," Web, Jan. 8). We need a new Equal Rights Amendment. We need a national law or constitutional amendment that states that all adult citizens will have the same legal, political and civil rights. It isn't fair for some adult citizens to have certain rights that other adult citizens don't have. Democracy and capitalism would work better if all citizens have equal rights. Published January 9, 2020

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Soleimani death a boon

"Can President Trump legally kill a person not engaged in an act of violence?" (Web, Jan. 8) is clearly the biased ranting of a Never Trumper. Namely, it mentions neither the intelligence behind the decision to kill the head of Iran's military nor the initial spontaneous celebrations in Iran when it was learned that the world's leading terrorist had been eliminated. Where was Andrew Napolitano's holier-than-thou attitude when Osama bin Laden was terminated? The United States was originally invited into Iraq to help fight terrorists (the Islamic State); getting rid of a leading terrorist mastermind certainly fits into that role. Mr. Napolitano's commentary is better suited for The Washington Post than The Washington Times. Published January 9, 2020

EDITORIAL: The Trump approach is more promising than ‘leading from behind’

Leading political luminaries contend each captain of the U.S. ship of state must have a doctrine guiding the nation's foreign policy. President Trump doesn't have one, they argue, and that's why he's gotten crossways with Iran. To the contrary, the president's strategy for dealing with the Islamic state's malevolent mullahs is as clear as it is simple: Maximum pressure. Judging from the most recent exchange of hostilities, it appears to be working. Published January 8, 2020

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Press, left praise killers

The accolades heaped on the memories of Iranian Gen. Soleimani and Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis by our press is reminiscent of Cher eulogizing the late Sonny Bono, whom she divorced ("Democrats, media face backlash for slamming Trump instead of Soleimani," Web, Jan. 6). But then, our press eulogized the murderous Fidel Casto of Cuba and Hugo Chavez of Venezuela, too. Don't forget how Osama bin Laden was the saint of our press at one time. And then there were the Hollywood "friends in high places" who adored Harvey Weinstein, and the Clintons, who bonded with Jeffrey Epstein. Published January 8, 2020

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Hypocrite Pelosi

How interesting that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is so "concerned" about President Trump's decision to take out an Iranian general (a man responsible for the murder of Americans, by the way) — but she supported President Bill Clinton's illegal bombing of Serbia (which never attacked America) in 1999 for 78 days ("Nancy Pelosi: House to trigger War Powers Resolution to limit Trump's retaliation against Iran," Web, Jan. 5). Published January 8, 2020

EDITORIAL: There are good reasons for Nancy Pelosi’s impeachment pause

It happens: A prized Christmas gift, buried under a mountain of torn wrapping paper, gets thrown away by mistake. Impeachment is like that. It's both the most momentous story of the just-concluded year and, owing to the bustle of the holidays, the most forgotten. As Americans take down the ornaments and look up the headlines they disregarded during the Yuletide season, the conscientious need to turn a wary eye toward the efforts to expel a U.S. president without the use of the ballot box. Published January 7, 2020

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Well done, President Trump

After 20 years of our brave servicemen being killing and maimed, our great president has killed the killer. Qassem Soleimani was the second in command in Iran's government and a brutal madman. Thank you, President Trump, for having the courage to protect America. Published January 7, 2020

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: A resolution to keep

Beginning in December and running thru January, newspapers, TV talking heads, the fitness industry and magazine periodicals busy themselves with questionnaires, tips and long-form articles offering advice and cautions about how one can successfully change a behavior. After a few weeks, virtually everyone polled admits that they have fallen off the proverbial resolution wagon. But there is hope for those who are serious, even desperate, to improve their daily lives and self-esteem. Published January 7, 2020

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Thank Obama for Iran, Iraq

Thanks to former President Barack Obama and former Vice President Joe Biden, Iraq is already a fiefdom of Iran ("Neutralizing Soleimani," Web, Jan. 5). Obama/Biden's foreign policy in Iraq was irresponsible and allowed Iran to take political control of the country during U.S. occupation. Published January 6, 2020

EDITORIAL: The U.S. check on Iran’s aggression is the right move

Fortune has its price. The United States is blessed among the nations, but with prosperity has come responsibility, and the Middle East has a way of exacting that obligation. Until such time that the world no longer needs the region's oil riches as the lifeblood of progress, the red, white and blue must remain visible from every angle. Always-angry Iran may gnash its teeth and live-and-let-live Americans may cringe, but there really is no alternative. Published January 6, 2020

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Iran’s nuclear potential

"'Major retaliation': U.S. vows to target Iran's top leaders if Iran retaliates" (Web, Jan. 5) points at the cascading results of the recent drone killing of Iran's lionized Gen. Qassem Soleimani. The consequences of the killing may well range widely: Escalating rounds of bloody tit-for-tat strikes circling the Middle East, the orchestration of proxy clashes drawing in U.S. and Iranian allies, terrorism against soft and hard targets in Iran's crosshairs, cyber warfare targeting infrastructure and even full-out kinetic war involving Iran proper. Published January 6, 2020

EDITORIAL: Qassem Soleimani was planning more bloodshed at the time of his death

President Donald Trump once waxed poetic about keeping "bad hombres" out of the United States. Qassem Soleimani was one such bad hombre. Published January 5, 2020

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Get rid of Pelosi now

Back in the old days, when a politician abused their office and disrespected the people of the country there was a cry from the masses that they should be run out of town on a rail. Published January 5, 2020

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Anti-American Democrats

I'm confused — were the anti-American congressional Democrats actually hoping that the U.S. embassy attack in Iraq had succeeded and lost American lives? If you read their tweets, it sure seems like it. These vermin who inhabit the hallowed halls of Congress make my blood boil daily. I'd love for the president to appoint some of them as ambassadors to our most dangerous embassies so they can see for themselves what it's like. What subhuman disgraces these leftists are. Published January 5, 2020

EDITORIAL: What next?

The beginning of a new year is a time to take stock in ourselves, to revise our goals and plans for the future, and to hope against hope the coming year will be better than the last. Published January 2, 2020