THE WASHINGTON TIMES

EDITORIAL: Driving Miss Dianne Feinstein

Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, the top-ranking Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, was once chairman of the committee and might be again if the Republicans blow the midterms. Her driver would have been, not a fly on the wall, but a fly on the steering wheel. Published August 16, 2018

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Brennan not being muzzled

Our Democratic political leaders, including our own Sen. Mark Warner and former Secretary of State John Kerry, as well as many in the press, who rail against President Trump for "penalizing" and taking away the security clearance of former CIA Director John Brennan free speech are being disingenuous to the American public ("John Brennan on Trump: 'Claims of no collusion are, in a word, hogwash,'" Web, Aug. 16). Published August 16, 2018

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Brennan a traitor

As the maintream media questions President Trump's decision to pull former CIA Director John Brennan's security clearance, I question how a Communist and suspected Muslim convert was confirmed to the most secret job in the country ("Brennan first to fall as Trump kicks off review of Obama officials' access," Web, Aug. 15). Published August 16, 2018

EDITORIAL: The press is not the enemy of the people, but it embraces its own sins

The gathering of the pitchforks on behalf of the ladies and gentlemen of the press is really about sticking it to Donald Trump. Sometimes, often in fact, the press, like the president, deserves a poke with one of those pitchforks. The president of the United States calls us, with his usual excess of noisy exaggeration, "the enemy of the people." Published August 15, 2018

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Omarosa stories not news

As someone who studies rhetoric and the potential of messages to persuade, I am convinced that all the talk and media hype about Omarosa Manigault Newman and whether President Trump used the N-word won't change people's minds. Like so many other recent stories, this one is a distraction, deflecting attention from more important issues. Whether they will admit it or not, most Americans probably believe Mr. Trump has indeed used such derogatory and racist language. Moreover, those who are troubled by this already are strongly anti-Trump and those who aren't will not relinquish their support of the president. Published August 15, 2018

EDITORIAL: U.S. must call out generals for crimes in Myanmar

Only a year ago the military junta began a sustained assault on the people of Myanmar's Rohingya district. Over a period of three months, the generals engaged in a campaign of rape, murder and fire, slaying in cold blood thousands of innocents, and burning more than 300 villages, determined to drive out the Muslims who had lived there for centuries. Published August 14, 2018

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: No military weapons on streets

The controversy surrounding President Trump's military parade brings attention to the real and symbolic dangers of deploying military hardware, including combat weapons, military helicopters and heavy tracked vehicles, in American cities. However, these types of equipment are already being used by law enforcement agencies all over the country, often with little accountability or oversight. Published August 14, 2018

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Every life matters

A recent picture of this week's Lafayette Park rally appeared to be mostly young misled people accusing President Trump of being a fascist and bigot, while holding signs that read: "No place for Facism," "No hate, no KKK and no Nazis in the USA." I, despite being one of their so-called "deplorables," am certainly with them in terms of being against the above-mentioned hate groups. However, another sign on the far left of the photo caught my eye. It read: "Your grandkid will be multi-racial." So, what's wrong with that? Is it mixed religions the sign-holder has trouble with, or the fact that future children might not have blond hair and blue eyes? Published August 14, 2018

EDITORIAL: An environment to die for

Gold doesn't tarnish, but the Golden State lies blackened. It happens almost every year, but California's current bout of fast-burning wildfires, following last year's conflagrations, leads inevitably to a sobering thought: If communities built amid the picturesque West Coast wildlands can't be protected from rampaging flames when spring flowers and grasses turn tinder-dry in summer, maybe they shouldn't have been built there in the first place. Published August 13, 2018

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Power switch would be disaster

Not enough attention is being paid to the economic effects that a November Democratic takeover of the House and Senate would bring to bear. Published August 13, 2018

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Boot bad workers

Omarosa Manigault Newman is yet another example of someone who got caught abusing a government position and instead of admitting culpability and taking the consequences like a grown-up has decided to show the world she's a national security risk. Published August 13, 2018

EDITORIAL: Back to the moon, and beyond

Judging from the reaction to Vice President Mike Pence's announcement last week that the administration wants to establish a U.S. Space Force, the public doesn't seem to care much about the great beyond, and certainly not an American dominance of it. Published August 12, 2018

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Media aren’t doing their job

Is the press the enemy of the people? Well, we see hourly and daily that 90 percent of the mainstream press is the sworn enemy of President Trump, his administration and of their accomplishments. Published August 12, 2018

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Goodell unfit for job

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell hasn't got anything right on any subject, with any player, on any team ("Roger Goodell gets one right," Web, May 24). Everything he touches turns into an extended, drama-filled catastrophe. Published August 12, 2018

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Stop rewarding the mob

As a white man, I have grown weary of charges of toxic masculinity and worse. As a lifelong registered Democrat I am pained to write that the toxicity and harassment (with the possible exception of the commander-in-chief) appears to come from Democrats. ("UGA dean apologizes to Twitter mob congratulating GOP nominee Brian Kemp," Web, July 30). Published August 9, 2018

EDITORIAL: Hiccups en route to peace

The path to de-nuclearizing North Korea hasn't even begun, and the early optimism of President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has given way to a starkly different reality of stalled progress and back and forth barbs in the diplomatic backwash of reality. Published August 9, 2018

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Trump two-faced on tariffs

As a conservative independent I agree with some of President Trump's domestic policies, but he is two-faced concerning foreign trade. Published August 9, 2018

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: No citizenship for law breakers

The lie that the federal judiciary is legislating constitutionally from the bench was exposed last Friday, when U.S. District Court Judge John D. Bates ruled that the government must restart the DACA program ("Federal judge orders Trump admin to restart DACA program," Web, Aug. 3 Published August 8, 2018

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Freebies would cost us dearly

Democrats have become unhinged with this mindset of free college tuition and health care for all, as they embrace the nonsensical philosophy of this socialist from the Bronx, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ("Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on upper-middle class, 'soccer moms': 'That's not America anymore!'" Web, Aug. 8). Published August 8, 2018