THE WASHINGTON TIMES

EDITORIAL: How to strangle a government

The Trump administration is coming together slowly, with many important positions still without bodies after almost six months gone by since the inauguration, and the pace is not likely to quicken soon. The Democrats have no interest in helping, since the bureaucracy is mostly staffed with Democrats. Without strong Republican leadership in place at the top the mice can play and wreak partisan mischief. Published May 25, 2017

EDITORIAL: Give Maddi Runkles her due

This is the season of pride, hope and ambition. Thousands of young men and women will walk across a stage in stadiums, arenas and auditoriums to get a coveted reward for 12 years of pain, strain and hard work. The graduates, with their parents and teachers, can rightly take a bow for genuine accomplishment. Published May 25, 2017

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Red-tape ridiculousness

If all an administration did was regulatory reform, it would positively affect economic growth. Very often it is not just the federal government, but state and local governments, too, that drastically increase the cost of living and lower the quality of life for their residents. Published May 24, 2017

EDITORIAL: The shame of empty outrage

Once more, we're running out of adjectives in the war against terrorism. The "leaders" in the West, from aldermen to senators to heads of state across the globe, line up as usual to denounce the savage who demonstrated his faith and his manhood by murdering little girls in the name of Allah. (Surely Allah deserves better.) Published May 24, 2017

EDITORIAL: Thinking twice about ‘reform’ in Iran

The arc of history may bend toward justice, as Barack Obama often argued, but sometimes it bends in another direction. Iran has just re-elected President Hassan Rouhani, and this, the West is told, is good news because it's bad news for radical Islamic terrorism. Skepticism advances the cause of moderation. Published May 24, 2017

EDITORIAL: A pro-work, pro-jobs, pro-growth budget

Mick Mulvaney is new to the job but he's on a pace to be the best presidential budget director in modern times. The budget and tax blueprint he stitched together makes all the right moves. It stresses the need for economic growth and advocates the tax and regulatory policies that would get us there. Published May 24, 2017

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Pentagon under no ‘green’ illusions

Rebecca Hagelin's "Peace through diversity?" op-ed (Web, May 21) article requires a response. I'm just a visitor here in Maryland and happened to read Ms. Hagelin's piece. Though not an expert, I had to wonder about the wisdom of her conclusions. She lumps diversity and global warming together as absurd world views that result in "ridiculous and dangerous military strategy." Published May 23, 2017

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Trump is not Nixon

The anti-Trump crowd is claiming that President Trump has, like Richard Nixon, committed an impeachable offense. Thus pressure is being applied to force his resignation. Published May 23, 2017

EDITORIAL: The mayor who couldn’t shoot straight

Bob Buckhorn is the Democratic mayor of Tampa, Fla., who probably ought not to attempt a new career as a stand-up comic. Published May 23, 2017

EDITORIAL: A budget to encourage growth

Donald Trump is a different kind of president and his spending plan for the nation is a different kind of budget. With U.S. debt at $20 trillion (that's with a T, not a mere B), it's a budget that offers a way off the path to insolvency. With Democrats determined to thwart his presidency, to tear every proposal to shreds, he will get a test of his leadership to win over spendthrift Republicans. Published May 23, 2017

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Anti-Jewish sentiment unwelcome

I was stunned to read an apparent ad (not so identified) by A.H. Krieg, titled "Another French Fiasco," in your national weekly edition on May 15. I will not lend credence to this outrageous rant by quoting its incessant and unsupported insults to Jews. I read "Mein Kampf" when I studied German history at Yale many years ago, and this ad was a similar excuse for reasoned, intelligent writing that should never have gotten by any of your editors. Published May 22, 2017

EDITORIAL: No sauce for the gander

"Do As I Say (Not As I Do)" carries the strength of religious doctrine in Washington, where the U.S. government and all its minions are dedicated to instructing everyone in flyover country in how to live their lives — or else. Someone could write a book. In fact, Peter Schweizer has. His book became a bestseller and even a movie. Published May 22, 2017

EDITORIAL: Trump’s no-apology tour

Donald Trump is the un-Obama. His predecessor set the tone for his presidency by making stops in the Middle East with head bowed in contrition for any and all offenses the United States had made, might have made, or could have made. The enemies of America were invited to fill in the blank. Barack Obama, mistaking humiliation for humility, promised to "lead from behind." Published May 22, 2017

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Who’s the real criminal?

I would be remiss in doing my civic duty if I kept my mouth shut when I saw a terrible injustice. The Democrats have defamed, assaulted and slandered President Trump unmercifully since he took office. Published May 22, 2017

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Information-leaking hypocrisy

On the one hand, Democrats are outraged over President Trump's "treasonable" interactions with the Russians. On the other, their sympathetic minions in the CIA selectively leak classified material in an attempt to malign and scuttle Mr. Trump's presidency. The hypocrisy is astounding. Too busy castigating Mr. Trump and colluding to pave a path to his impeachment, the Democrats insist that the people's business wait while they conduct their witch hunts. Published May 21, 2017

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Hayden enhances Library

When Carla Hayden, the first woman and first African-American to become the Librarian of Congress, visited my hometown to give the commencement address to the undergraduate students at Rutgers University, Camden campus, last week, I was elated. Ms. Hayden is a first in so many ways. Published May 21, 2017

EDITORIAL: Clockwork justice

Racial and religious discrimination is easy to allege and difficult to prove, but taking offense has become the nation's fastest growing industry. Tort lawyers tend the industry with great care and concern. Published May 21, 2017

EDITORIAL: Tax lessons from our richest state

Soaking the rich is fun, but the rich aren't always as rich as the masses think they are. John D. Rockefeller might have used hundred-dollar bills to light his cigars, as in the popular imagination of his day, but Connecticut is learning that the supply of millionaires and hundred-dollar bills is finite. Published May 21, 2017

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Tyranny’s tyranny, no matter flavor

After ratification of the Constitution, Benjamin Franklin was said to have walked out of Independence Hall and been asked by a passer-by, "What have you created?" Franklin replied, "A democracy, if you can keep it." Franklin contemporary Thomas Jefferson is credited with having said, "I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing " Franklin, Jefferson and many of the Founders were powerful thinkers on social, religious, scientific, moral and secular matters. Yet they knew they needed each other if they had any hope of their new nation surviving. Published May 18, 2017

EDITORIAL: Good First Amendment news

Sometimes there's a nugget of something good in the daily ration of bad news. A T-shirt printer in Lexington, Ky., one Blaine Adamson, won a state court ruling early this month that he was within his First Amendment rights to refuse to print an offensive message on T-shirts ordered by the Gay and Lesbian Services Organization for a "gay pride" parade. Published May 18, 2017