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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Compassion only for some
Young children brought to the United States, legally or illegally, have little to say in the matter. So "Dreamers" didn't just pack up their knapsacks and wade across the Rio Grande; their parents brought them here. Many Dreamer supporters like to remind us incessantly that we cannot blame these children for their parents' actions (knowingly violating the law and placing their children in legal jeopardy). Liberals' mantra on this matter seems to be "As a country, we can't blame these children for what their parents did." Published February 1, 2018
EDITORIAL: Bipartisan legislation would prohibit certain painful experiments on dogs
Nobody likes torturing dogs, or even cats, and the Veterans Administration is under pressure to stop certain experiments. The opposition to the program is even bipartisan, which makes the legislation a rare animal in Washington, where even celebrating the decline in black unemployment is a celebration too far for rabidly partisan Democrats lest President Trump get credit for good fortune. Published January 31, 2018
EDITORIAL: Democrats try to ruin a positive State of the Union
"Resistance" is highly popular in the salons of the Democratic left, but it's a dish best served hot inside the Democratic bubble. The dish does not travel well, and there appears scant appetite for it where happy people live. Published January 31, 2018
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Incest victims’ plight among worst
As someone who was sexually harassed, I know first-hand about the inner pain that victims experience. But as someone who spent five years as a therapist working in the fields of alcoholism, drug addiction and mental health, I want to share my observations and research findings about various forms of "abuse." Published January 31, 2018
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Follow Obama-library lead
"Obama's presidential library ripped as 'ugly waste of taxpayer resources' by Chicagoans" (Web, Jan. 29) notes the fiscal and aesthetic concerns facing the local taxpayers in the design for former President Obama's new Chicago-based center. However, you left out a key feature in the plan, distinct from other ex-presidential library sites, which could benefit federal taxpayers. Published January 31, 2018
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Why allowances for Dreamers?
Let's get one thing straight right off the bat: America doesn't 'owe' "Dreamers" anything. It's time that those who have benefited from the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program admit they are in the illegal jackpot because their interloper parents put them there. While non-citizens in America are lawfully granted certain protections under our laws, that does not give them the right to make demands of any kind on our country or our legislators (no matter how weak or corrupt those legislators may be). Published January 30, 2018
EDITORIAL: Deliverance is at hand, but the Dreamers are too valuable as pawns
If the waves of illegal immigrants wading the Rio Grande to get into the United States were likely to be Republican voters, as a wide-awake wise man observes, Chuck Schumer would be on the border now, laying bricks, and scolding Nancy Pelosi, his apprentice hod-carrier, to keep the mortar coming for President Trump's "big, beautiful" wall. Published January 30, 2018
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: No more mushroom treatment
Many lines of inquiry suggest that time may be ripe for a cleanup on the FBI aisle ("Salvaging the legacy of the FBI," Web, Jan. 25). While the field agents of our most celebrated law-enforcement agency are above reproach, the politicized executive suite is soiled. Published January 30, 2018
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Who are ‘Dreamers,’ really?
Most presidents depart office with some measure of disarray outstanding. President Obama departed with mounting debt, a moribund economy, a bogus Iran settlement and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) mayhem. Published January 29, 2018
EDITORIAL: An encouraging State of the Union
Anyone, even a Democrat reluctant to say so, can see that the economic state of the Union is pretty good. Unemployment is down in key sectors, including among blacks, where the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics says the number is as low as it has been since the racial number was broken out in 1972. Businesses have committed to expansion, paying bonuses and raising wages because of — and they are specific about this — the Trump tax cuts. Published January 29, 2018
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Border first, amnesty second
In 1986 President Reagan gave amnesty to many illegals in exchange for securing the border. Today, in 2018, how can anyone talk of amnesty without first talking about securing the border — the way it should have been secured 30 years ago? Published January 29, 2018
Stephen Moore named new associate opinion editor
Stephen Moore, a champion of free markets and a leading conservative voice on the economy and taxes for more than two decades, has been named The Washington Times' associate opinion editor. Published January 29, 2018
EDITORIAL: Partisans settling a grudge should leave Nancy Reagan Park alone
Settling a grudge requires stamina, because it can take so long to resolve. Ronald Reagan established his reputation for being amiable but tough when necessary early in his administration, when he fired the entire air-traffic controllers' union in 1981 for trying to hold the nation's safety and security hostage in a dispute over a contract. Some Democrats have never forgiven him. Published January 28, 2018
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Trump remains true to his word
At President Trump's speech at the World Economic Summit, he re-emphasized that America will look out for it's own interests first, that other countries need to bear the burden of our shared security and that he will implement a free and fair trade policy that he stressed will be "reciprocal." Published January 28, 2018
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Why Democrats must be wary
Democrats should be highly wary of any deal that President Donald Trump offers them, as he has all of the attributes of a used car salesman. Published January 28, 2018
EDITORIAL: America is awash in opioid painkillers, and it’s a national crisis
"China," Donald Trump said many times during the 2016 presidential election campaign, "is killing us." He meant it metaphorically. He was speaking of China's aggressive trade and industrial policies, which he blamed — not unreasonably — for wreaking damage on the American economy. Published January 25, 2018
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Veterans understand how to honor the flag
The National Football League (NFL) rejected a Super Bowl advertisement from American Veterans, a veteran's organization, which urged people to stand for the national anthem, claiming such an ad would constitute a "political statement" and violate the spirit of the game. Is the NFL implying that during those years in public school, when my generation stood and sang "The Star-Spangled Banner" during weekly formal assemblies, we were making a political statement, not simply celebrating patriotism? Published January 25, 2018
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: A good year for Republicans
The lines are clearly marked. The Democrats call the Trump tax cut a disaster that will benefit only the wealthy and big corporations and increase the national debt. The Republicans call the tax cut a great economic stimulus that will bring back jobs and wealth by encouraging industry to return to America, create new businesses, and give the average middle class workers a $2,000 tax cut. Published January 25, 2018
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Allowing illegals to vote assures fraud
If you need any further proof that the entire Democrat-created phony crisis of illegals over citizens in shutting down the government was about giving illegals citizenship to vote in the 2020 general election, then look no further then to the new proposed California law that will register everyone, citizens and illegal aliens alike when getting licenses to vote in elections. Published January 24, 2018
EDITORIAL: ‘What’s going on with the FBI?’
Turning over rocks to see what crawls out is a lot of fun. You could ask any little boy. But when little boys become big boys and go off to Washington, the temptation to turn over rocks is greater than ever. "Fun" quickly becomes something heart-stopping and jaw-dropping. Seriously ugly creatures thrive under the rocks in Washington. Published January 24, 2018
