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EDITORIAL: A promise not kept
During the late, lamented campaign of 2016, when brave talk was in season, Donald Trump promised faithfully that once he was president he would take the United States out of the infamous Paris climate accord, an international agreement signed and promoted by Barack Obama that locks the United States into all kinds of anti-competitive things "to combat global climate change." Published May 18, 2017
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Selling out Israel will backfire
When an unidentified high-ranking State Department official said that the Western Wall was not part of Israel — despite the wall's having been indisputably in Israel proper for the past 50 years — there were immediate protests from not only Jews, but evangelical Christians as well. Now, to the dismay of those concerned about the security of Israel and its biblical and historical background, President Trump's national security adviser, H.R. McMaster, is refusing to contradict this official's ludicrous statement ("Top Trump aide won't say if Western Wall is part of Israel," Web, May 16). Published May 18, 2017
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Political ‘twilight zone’
Welcome to the real-life twilight zone. During the first scene you'll notice the Islamic immigration policies of Western nations. The general populace in these in these countries does not desire these policies, yet the governments force them on their people -- despite the fact that they bring an increase in crime and political demonstrations. Notice that the news media promotes these policies and keeps silent on immigrant crimes, such as rape of native women. Published May 17, 2017
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Impeachment would backfire
The "deep state" has done everything imaginable to destroy a man, our president, any way it can. The entrenched dishonorable people within the government who have provided classified information to the mainstream media in this effort are symbolic of a broken government operating by the Obama/Clinton rules of extra-constitutional governance. Published May 17, 2017
EDITORIAL: The anonymous ‘heroes’ of the Resistance
Anonymous sources may not always be reliable, but they're always convenient. More than that, anonymous accounts are usually made of putty, soft and easily shaped. Not only that, an anonymous source never claims he was misquoted. He never demands a correction or a retraction. The Washington Post, which deals in anonymous sources for many of its blockbuster disclosures, is particularly skilled at working with anonymous sources, and gets more out of them than almost any other newspaper. Published May 17, 2017
EDITORIAL: The deadly peril in Venezuela
If Venezuela burns, the United States will feel the heat. Like a nearby brush fire, the Venezuelan civil war threatens to erupt in a conflagration that will disrupt life throughout the hemisphere. Americans are accustomed to watching tinderboxes from half a world away, but this one is too close for comfort. Published May 17, 2017
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: What collusion?
After months of investigations by the House, Senate and intelligence agencies, not a scintilla of evidence has surfaced that President Trump or his campaign staff colluded with Russia to win the presidential election. Still a daily cacophony of Democratic charges of collusion drowns the media. But even more remarkable is that no one has noticed the Brontosaurus in the room: Hillary Clinton said that if she were elected president she would proclaim a "no-fly zone" in Syria. That means the United States would shoot down Russian planes flying over Syria, a casus belli. Published May 16, 2017
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: JAG not above law
I am puzzled about how retired Rear Adm. Patrick J. Lorge was coerced in 2015 by the-judge advocate general (JAG) of the Navy and her deputy (now the JAG). Rear Adm. Lorge claims they persuaded him "not to exonerate the sailor because it would be bad public relations for the Navy and hurt" his career ("Pentagon brass improperly interfered in Navy SEAL's sexual-assault case, retired admiral claims," Web, May 12). He was already scheduled to retire in 2015, so I do not see an effect on his Navy career unless they were talking about his post-retirement career or were threatening to have him retired as an O-7 instead of O-8. Published May 16, 2017
EDITORIAL: Sexual confusion in the colors
Patriotism is the old-fashioned path to celebrity. These days just acting out can punch the ticket to fame, if not fortune. Just ask Bradley Manning, aka Chelsea Manning, the American soldier who sold out his country, then his manhood -- not necessarily in that order — to WikiLeaks. He/she emerges from prison Wednesday through the intercession of Barack Obama, but the United States will pay the price for the treachery he/she flaunted if the military risks a repeat. Published May 16, 2017
EDITORIAL: Settling the voter-fraud debate
President Trump made good last week on a promise to create a Presidential Commission on Election Integrity, and surely this was a promise kept that everyone could applaud. Who but cheats and frauds doesn't like clean elections? Who doesn't want his vote to count, and his vote not be canceled by someone ineligible to cast a ballot? This was something that would surely warm hearts at the Brennan Center for Justice and at the League of Women Voters. Published May 16, 2017
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Putin had more to gain with Hillary
Why would have Russian President Vladimir Putin have wanted to interfere in the 2016 U.S. presidential election? I contend that if Hillary Clinton had won, Mr. Obama's failed policies would have been continued just as though Mr. Obama had had a third term. Published May 15, 2017
EDITORIAL: A not-so-neutral decision
"Net neutrality" is often misunderstood, but it's an issue that arouses passion on both sides of an important issue. One of President Trump's first appointments was Ajit Pai as the new chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, which imposed "net neutrality" in the Obama era, and Mr. Pai and conservatives generally want to reverse that decision. Published May 15, 2017
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Trump’s Truman moment
In 1948, when President Truman recognized the newly independent state of Israel, he did so in the face of fierce opposition from his advisers. Secretary of State George C. Marshall -- whom the president regarded as "the greatest living American" -- adamantly opposed the decision. Published May 15, 2017
EDITORIAL: Goodbye to Comey, and all that
The dogs bark, but the caravan moves on. James Comey has moved on, too, and even the loudest dogs are moving on to the canine duty of barking after President Trump as he selects the Comey successor as director of the FBI. Published May 15, 2017
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: FBI can handle own matters
Regarding the departure of James Comey from the FBI, it is important that people remember the FBI is made up of more than 13,000 agents and over 21,000 support staff. Published May 14, 2017
EDITORIAL: Segregated commencement at Harvard
The commencement season is at hand, soon school will be suspended for the summer, and the silly season is at hand. Students are competing with the college dean and the university president to be the Sophomore of the Year. Published May 14, 2017
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Be wary of Confucius institutes
The Communist People's Republic of China sponsors over 100 Confucius institutes at universities across America. The institutes offer only official Communist government-censored information. Published May 14, 2017
EDITORIAL: Bad news for refugees
Haiti continues to break the hearts of everyone who deals with its continuing crises of hunger, earthquakes, floods and hurricanes. Published May 14, 2017
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Comey overstepped bounds
Conspiracy theorists, partisan Democrats, political junkies and other masochists are cranking out a firestorm of stories, claims and counterclaims about why, how and when President Trump fired FBI director James Comey. Published May 14, 2017
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: ‘Slick Willie’ won’t go away
If Hillary Clinton's excuse tour is wearing thin, it's because she learned from the best. Another losing Democratic presidential campaign means self-serving leaks from Bill Clinton, this time at his own wife's expense. The former president always manages an I-told-you-so moment to unsuccessful Democratic candidates. Published May 11, 2017
