THE WASHINGTON TIMES

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Hypocritical protesters

I watched the presidential inauguration on TV and the marches and riots before and after that event. I am amazed at how many ignorant, evil and deceived people there are in this world. Published January 23, 2017

Belligerent congressional Democrats will be on the outside, looking in at Trump

Moral preening comes naturally in some precincts. It's cheap, it feels good and has very little to do with authentic high moral tone. But it doesn't accomplish much. When at least 66 Democratic members of Congress boycotted the inauguration of Donald Trump, saying that he was not a legitimate president and would never be their president, they got a headline or two but accomplished little more than children who threaten to hold their breath unless they get the piece of candy they want. Published January 23, 2017

Alex Swoyer returns to The Washington Times as a legal reporter

Having showcased her ability for insightful coverage of politics, policy and the law, Alexandria Swoyer is taking her talents -- back -- to The Washington Times. Published January 23, 2017

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Cheers to candid Donald Trump

The failure of the mainstream liberal media and political establishment to predict the Trump tsunami that swept across the country on Nov. 8, 2016, reinforces just how out-of-touch and/or corrupt they really are. The voting public is no long willing to swallow their lies/half-truths/distortions whole and without question. The Washington elites' reliance on conditioned 'Pavlov's voters' to do as they're told without question is coming to an abrupt end. Published January 22, 2017

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Climate change hurts poor

I was encouraged to read in "Protesters, Democrats open fire on EPA nominee Pruitt at Senate hearings" (Web, Jan. 18) that Scott Pruitt, Donald Trump's nomination to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, acknowledged climate change isn't a hoax. However, as a Catholic, I am concerned that Mr. Pruitt still does not accept the scientific consensus that the climate change we're experiencing is caused by a wasteful overconsumption of the Earth's resources, as Pope Francis and hundreds of other faith, military and business leaders affirm. Published January 22, 2017

Donald Trump begins returning the power of the government to the people

Donald Trump's presidency won't be written in poetry. He's neither a poet himself nor does he inspire flights of fancy and heroic language. He reprised his aims -- "dark" and harsh in the description of his more delicate critics -- in his inaugural address in the language of his campaign, plain and sometimes rough at the edges, planks with the bark still on. His plain speech recalls neither John F. Kennedy nor Ronald Reagan, but Harry S Truman. Published January 22, 2017

Democrats face grim prospects in 2018 midterm elections

Now that the presidential election campaign is in the history books, with the results certified and the new president at work on making America great again, Washington's attention turns to the 2018 midterm congressional elections and the set-up to another presidential campaign. The city snoozes, but the politics never sleeps. Published January 22, 2017

David Rice Atchison, a president for a day (maybe)

David Rice Atchison was a president (if that's what he was) that the sorehead Democrats, stewing in the sour juices of contempt and frustration, could love. Atchison might, or might not, have been president for a day but he's a footnote to history that almost nobody remembers. Published January 19, 2017

Congress should eliminate Congressional Budget Office

Donald Trump promises change on a scale seldom seen in Washington. Whether his campaign to "Make America great again" succeeds depends a great deal on whether he can bend the bureaucratic institutions that make up the federal government to his will. Published January 19, 2017

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Wasting time, resource availability

As a geologist who spent years exploring for hard minerals, I believe we must ask ourselves what would happen if our sources of non-fuel mineral commodities -- the necessary ingredients of most manufactured products -- were cut off. Published January 19, 2017

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Policy end good for Cubans

Mr. Antonio Bened bemoans the repeal of the "wet feet, dry feet" immigration policy by President Obama ("Obama's betrayal of the Cuban people," Web, Jan. 17). Said policy puts Cubans who reach U.S. soil on a fast track to permanent residency. He and I disagree on this issue. Published January 19, 2017

A tantrum for the Inaugural

No one likes to lose, but the sweet taste of victory makes the risk worth it. In the race to become the 45th president of the United States, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump put everything on the line, and Hillary lost. She seems to be taking it as a grown-up must, but the sting of defeat has been too much for many of the Democrats, and legions of them promise to disrupt Friday's Inauguration Day festivities. Published January 18, 2017

Undeserved mercy for Chelsea Manning

The difference between real life, where most Americans live, and life inside the bubble, as President Obama described the place where many Democrats fled to, has never been illustrated more vividly than in the commutation of the sentence of Chelsea (nee Bradley) Manning, who was serving 35 years in prison for betraying her country. Published January 18, 2017

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Paul Ryan’s immigration betrayal

House Speaker Paul Ryan has seen fit to fire a shot across the president-elect's bow regarding illegal immigrants ("Paul Ryan rules out Donald Trump's 'deportation force,'" Web, Jan. 12). He's a traitor to his party and to all the Democrats and Republicans who voted for Donald Trump. Published January 18, 2017

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: New college course needed

The strong support of Sen. Bernie Sanders among college students in the recent presidential campaign shows a dreadful lack of economic understanding. Therefore I strongly suggest a new college course be created: "The Economics of Venezuela." Published January 18, 2017

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Ruin often precedes change

After World War II, the two countries whose governments were totally destroyed by the war — Germany and Japan — were the two countries which, upon rebuilding to new order, succeeded best economically. Published January 17, 2017

Making sense of what’s happening in journalism

Inauguration Day begins a new chapter in the story of America every four years, and the story of the republic thus never grows stale. This time, however, the fresh page is marred with fake and bizarre news before a single accurate word is written. Russian hacking reports, secret dossiers and news of what happens when a president tries to lead from behind overwhelm the senses and challenge the ability to make heads or tails of it all. Published January 17, 2017

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Deal with it: Donald Trump won

When are the anti-Trump folks going to get it? They should pay attention and heed the words of outgoing Vice President Joe Biden: It's over. Stop all the talk about how the Russians influenced the election. Published January 17, 2017

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Obama woefully unprepared

Throughout the eight years of the Obama presidency my wife and I have disagreed on the president's abilities. I believed the president was reasonably intelligent but because of his upbringing as an anti-colonialist he did not have the pride in America that drives most successful citizens of this great country. Published January 17, 2017

Obama’s favorites

Barack Obama was a deprived child, and it shows. Born on an island in the middle of an ocean and raised in Indonesia, little Barack never had the opportunity to absorb the juice and electricity of America. He grooved on the evening call to Muslim prayer, which he called "the prettiest sound on earth," but never learned the rousing words and music of "Take Me Out to the Ball Game." Published January 17, 2017