THE WASHINGTON TIMES

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Only women can end this war

The time has come for good women to stand up and defend the good men of America. The very notion that men are somehow predisposed to violence is as flawed a concept as has ever been fabricated by the human mind. Today there are angry, bitter women who would have America believe that generally every single man — and more specifically, every white man — is a predator waiting for an opportunity to abuse a woman. Published October 2, 2018

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Don’t let the apple rot

For many years, there have been persistent attempts to hasten the "inevitable rot" of society: The presumption of guilt until proven innocent, promoting conflict by creating artificial antipathies between demographic groups, teaching children what to think (and especially, what not to think) rather than how to think, leveraging precepts of moral relativism to validate venality and the preference for form over function and emotion over reason. In short, we're seeing the justification of mob rule in the name of social justice. Published October 2, 2018

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Joke’s on the Democrats

A famous comedian of a bygone era once stood before an audience and told a joke. Nobody laughed. He repeated the joke. Again nobody laughed. Puzzled, he repeated the joke again, and still nobody laughed. Undeterred by the audience's obtuseness, he continued to repeat the joke until suddenly the audience grasped it and erupted in laughter. Published October 1, 2018

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Despicable delay tactics

We've now experienced multiple days of reporters and pundits who don't understand the level of stupidity or malice shown by Sens. Dick Durbin, Dianne Feinstein, Kamala Harris and other Democrats when these legislators have asked the same question of Judge Brett Kavanaugh: If you're not guilty, why aren't you asking for an FBI investigation to clear your name? Published October 1, 2018

EDITORIAL: The Kavanaugh-Blasey chorus sings a sad song for all of us

The Democratic charge against Brett Kavanaugh will trigger shudders far beyond the long arm of the U.S. law. The clashing narratives of Brett the choir boy versus Brett the serial molester will only widen the dark gulf of suspicion between men and women. Following the new FBI investigation of lurid sexual misconduct tales, the U.S. Senate will render a verdict on this chapter of he said-she said chronicles. The cultural struggles over sexual ethics will surely continue. Published October 1, 2018

EDITORIAL: The fragile Putin-Netanyahu friendship

Vladimir Putin and Benjamin Netanyahu have had a strong personal relationship for years. And why not? The Russian president and the Israeli prime minister share certain similarities, though the comparison can't be taken very far. Published September 30, 2018

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Seek candidates from larger pool

Clearly Judge Brett Kavanaugh has a remarkable command of the law, has written well-reasoned decisions and treats lawyers before him with courtesy (unlike the way Ruth Bader Gisnberg treated attorneys arguing before her when she was on the D.C. Circuit). If confirmed he will make great contributions at the U.S. Supreme Court. Published September 30, 2018

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Left doth protest too much

Setting aside the lack of evidence and corroboration, as well as the fundamental legal principle of "innocent until proven guilty," it remains very clear that the Christine Blasey Ford allegation against Judge Kavanaugh is false. Published September 30, 2018

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Democrats are scared lemmings

It used to be that like-minded free thinkers formed groups for support; that was referred to as a political party. Together they reached a consensus of direction. When considering the lack of decorum displayed by most of the Democrats during the Senate's Supreme Court hearing, it is evident they had their marching orders to execute their party's flavor of the day, which is to oppose and sabotage everything that has a Trump label on it. Published September 27, 2018

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Left’s Trump-bashing unproductive

I seem to find myself in the minority in today's national Democratic Party. I disagree with the tendency of most Democrats (including political candidates for Congress and those in the news media) to constantly bash President Trump over his obnoxious personality and his divisive comments. Published September 27, 2018

EDITORIAL: Brett Kavanaugh and his family suffer the costs of false witness

The circus continues, without the elephants but with an abundance of monkeys. The U.S. Senate, which long ago surrendered its reputation as "the world's greatest deliberative body," settles now for producing the greatest noise, flash and spectacle in town. Published September 27, 2018

EDITORIAL: Trump teaches the United Nations a needed lesson about patriotism

The prophet Daniel entered a den of lions — it wasn't his idea — and left them purring like kittens. President Trump is nobody's idea of a Bible hero, but he, too, stepped into a skeptical crowd of "world leaders" and transformed their derisive laughter into warm applause, thus demonstrating once more that there's more than one way to skin a cat, though sometimes the cat won't stay skinned. Published September 26, 2018

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: McConnell’s sound-bite gift to left

At a press conference Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said, of the Christine Blasey Ford hearing today, "We have hired a female assistant to go on staff and ask these questions in a respectful and professional way." In my world his statement is followed by the question, "Do you think that your white, all-male panel of Republican senators cannot ask your questions "in a respectful and professional way"?" This is not exactly a profile in courage. Published September 26, 2018

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Deserving of lauding, not laughter

For the second consecutive year, I loved President Trump's speech at the United Nations, in which he stood up for America's interests, most notably with his talk of ending unfair trade practices that have ballooned our trade deficit to $800 billion per year and cost millions of jobs ("Nikki Haley: U.N. laughed at Trump speech because 'they love how honest he is,'" Web, Sept. 26). Published September 26, 2018

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Kavanaugh should sue

We now see that due process and the rule of law for the accused is nowhere to be seen when leftist politicians are joined by a leftist media to broadcast unsubstantiated rumors and statements to the nation. They know full well that the court of public opinion they have set out to influence can be mightier than a real court of law. Published September 25, 2018

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Congress has been derelict

After observing an 'impotent' Congress for many years, I now ask if a citizen can sue Congress. My reasons are many, mostly because of the way our current laws are being ignored/abused/misconstrued by those who created them. Consider, for example, how our existing immigration laws are ignored, how there is no consideration of "innocent until proven guilty" for Judge Brett Kavanaugh, or the absence of discussion of the sexual-assault charges against Democrats Rep. Keith Ellison and Sen. Sherrod Brown. Consider, too, the "resist at all costs" approach employed by the Democratic Party. Published September 25, 2018

EDITORIAL: The Kavanaugh hearings descend into Alice’s wonderland

We're in new territory now. The old rules no longer apply. All the things we learned in a more innocent time have been declared "inoperative," to invoke the genius term from the Watergate era. These changes in the rules are not likely to turn out well for anyone. Published September 25, 2018

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Say #NoThanks to #MeToo

A critical question for today's voters is this: Can any man be nominated or recommended for any high position, public or private, without a flurry of false accusations of sexual misconduct from feminists/progressive office-holders or -seekers? Such accusers are bent on eliminating men from all valued positions in society and replacing them with women ("Brett Kavanaugh denies new sexual assault accusation from Deborah Ramirez," Web, Sept. 23). Published September 24, 2018

EDITORIAL: Even men are innocent until proven guilty

There's more at stake in Washington this week than the philosophical composition of the U.S. Supreme Court. Judge Brett Kavanaugh is fighting for his name and reputation against the inquisition engineered by the Democrats on the Judiciary Committee of the U.S. Senate, and what is struggling to survive is nothing less than hundreds of years of law, precedent and guarantees of justice inherited from Anglo-Saxon legal tradition. If destroying a reputation without evidence wins the day, the cornerstone of the American judicial system — the presumption of "innocent until proved guilty" — will crumble. Published September 24, 2018

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Due process only for left

Remember when due process was a thing? Remember when "innocent until proven guilty" was a thing? Democrats obviously don't. Recently our do-nothing Sen. Mazie Hirono said, regarding the allegations against Judge Brett Kavanaugh: "Guess who's perpetuating all of these kinds of actions? It's the men in this country. And I just want to say to the men in this country, just shut up, and step up!" Published September 24, 2018