THE WASHINGTON TIMES

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Taiwan should decide own future

Last week during his keynote speech to the Communist Party National Congress, Chinese President Xi Jinping said any attempt to separate Taiwan from China would be thwarted, and he called for the return of Taiwan to Chinese control ("Xi urges stronger Chinese stand against 'grim' challenges," Web, Oct. 18). But China needs to understand that Taiwan is a sovereign state and the island's 23 million people absolutely have the right to decide their own future. Published October 23, 2017

EDITORIAL: Iran hasn’t earned trust yet

Barack Obama might call it the audacity of hope. Others more skeptical might call it "the mendacity of hope." Two years ago when Barack Obama struck his nuclear deal with the mullahs in Iran he set out to achieve something more lasting than merely limiting Iran's ability to wage nuclear war. Published October 23, 2017

EDITORIAL: Peace Cross too big for Constitution, says court

The campaign to erase the nation's history continues, outrage following outrage, the goofy replacing the merely ridiculous. A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which sits in Richmond, in its wisdom has ruled that a 40-foot Peace Cross erected 92 years ago to honor the military dead of World War I is "unconstitutional." Published October 23, 2017

EDITORIAL: California plaintiffs want to establish ‘right’ to prostitution

The state has tried to eliminate, regulate and exploit the oldest profession for centuries, and no one has come up with a lasting formula. But now the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco has cleared the way for "prostitution activists" to proceed with a lawsuit in a lower court to overturn the California law banning the trade, and the suit may have constitutional consequences. Published October 22, 2017

EDITORIAL: Halloween now in the cross hairs of the politically correct

Having given the back of the hand to Christopher Columbus, the snowflakes have gone to work on another suspect holiday, this one the preserve of ghosts and goblins. Just when everyone thought it was safe to be dead, pious ire of the politically correct is turned toward the Eve of All Hallows. Published October 22, 2017

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Kudos to Suzanne Fields

I urge anyone who might have missed it in our nano-second news cycle to read Suzanne Fields' most timely column ("Young men's lives matter, too," Web, Oct. 18). In wonderful prose, Mrs. Fields masterfully integrates California Gov. Jerry Brown's recent veto of a bill that would have codified into California law the notorious "dear colleague" false campus rape hysteria of the Obama administration, the progressive feminist media's desire to keep Harvey Weinstein on the front page in order to convince all and sundry that every man really is a Harvey in sheep's clothing, and heaps praise on Education Secretary Betsy DeVos for her clear-sighted fairness and transparency. Published October 22, 2017

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Taxes don’t curb consumption

Walk into an inner-city kindergarten and at least half of the kids you see are going to be fat, pre-Type-2 diabetics ("Thirst prevails again in Chicago." Web, Oct. 18). In fact, a number of these kids got set up for diabetes in the womb because their mothers were following the federal food guidelines. That's right, kids can develop insulin resistance before they are born. Inner cities are full of fat people, and even some of the skinny ones have fatty livers, fatty pancreases and eventually loss of blood-sugar control, then hyperinsulinemia. Published October 22, 2017

Sarah Huckabee Sanders: Press ‘hostility’ to Trump administration unprecedented

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders says the Trump administration has faced an unprecedented level of "hostility" from the press. Published October 22, 2017

EDITORIAL: Ralph Northam airbrushes black running mate out of picture

The public-opinion polls in the Virginia gubernatorial race are tightening. Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam, the Democrat who had opened a comfortable lead over Ed Gillespie, the Republican, over the summer, has only a tiny lead in most polls now, and a new Monmouth survey puts Mr. Gillespie up by a point. Published October 19, 2017

EDITORIAL: Growing partisan divide threatens the future

"United we stand, divided we fall" was a warning of the consequences of political fissures in the age of Lincoln, and it's no less on point now. The United States is splitting in two along political lines, and the ominous trend could spell disaster one day soon enough. Unless Americans can set aside their differences and make common cause about something, the nation could fall into the widening gulf. America is the exceptional nation, but not a nation immune to all risks. Published October 19, 2017

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: NFL players should make statements on their own time

I have no problem with the way in which individual players on professional football teams choose to make a statement, political or otherwise. I have a problem with their timing. They are at work from the moment they walk into the stadium until the game is over, or they leave the stadium. If I ever tried to make a big political statement at work I would be counseled or fired immediately. Not televising the national anthem at the beginning of the game takes away the platform the team members exploit to demonstrate their cause. Published October 19, 2017

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: John McCain not worthy of votes

Recently Peter Doocy of Fox News asked Sen. John McCain, Arizona Republican, about his failure to support the president's agenda — the agenda the voters sent both President Trump and Mr. McCain to Washington to fulfill. Mr. McCain called the question stupid, seemingly implying that Mr. Doocy was stupid. Actually, neither the question nor Mr. Doocy is stupid. A lot of Americans would have liked to hear an honest answer from the senator rather than a nasty retort. Published October 19, 2017

35th Anniversary: President Bill Clinton

The Washington Times distinguished itself in its coverage of Bill Clinton, even before he declared his presidential candidacy, by first reporting widespread accusations of marital infidelities by the then-governor in his home state of Arkansas. Published October 19, 2017

35th Anniversary: Hillary always in a league of her own

Hillary Clinton has few rivals when it comes to dominating headlines in The Washington Times for the past 35 years, as the paper's reporters investigated and chronicled her many ups and downs. Published October 19, 2017

35th Anniversary: Barack Obama makes history

The Washington Times stood out with its coverage of Barack Obama, reporting extensively on his meteoric rise from community organizer and state senator in Illinois to the 44th president of the United States. Published October 19, 2017

35th Anniversary: At the top of their games

Winning awards is not why reporters and editors do what they do. Getting the story (and getting it first) is the payoff. But it's nice to be recognized by colleagues for jobs well done. Published October 19, 2017

35th Anniversary: ‘41’ and ‘43’ at the helm for two turning points in history

Among the most consequential presidencies covered by The Washington Times were the administrations of the Republican father-and-son team of George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush, who sometimes jokingly called each other "41" and "43" for their presidential places in history. Published October 19, 2017

35th Anniversary: A voice of reason on the border

The Washington Times devoted its pages to immigration coverage long before it was the raging national debate, giving policymakers in Washington and readers across the country an in-depth view of the conflict that has arisen between being a nation of immigrants and also a nation of laws. Published October 19, 2017

35th Anniversary: An undecided vote

For its Nov. 8, 2000, publication, The Washington Times tore up its front page four times to report that the presidential election was too close to call, that George W. Bush had won, that Al Gore had won (in an unpublished edition) and that, finally, the presidential election was too close to call. Published October 19, 2017

35th Anniversary: Sober witness to a time for war

On Sept. 14, 2001, George W. Bush was standing with New York City firefighters in the rubble of the World Trade Center, trying to address a crowd, when someone shouted that he couldn't hear what the president was saying. Published October 19, 2017