THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Your child’s life starts at conception

Today there is some support for a policy of legal abortion before viability. Viability means the capability of an embryo or fetus to develop outside the uterus. Published December 8, 2021

Abortion shouldn’t be an easy out for men

It is a sad fact that the heartless killing of the preborn will continue. Overturning Roe v. Wade will only return the decision about whether to criminalize or legalize abortion to the states. Some of them, anticipating the demise of Roe v. Wade, already have laws for one or the other outcome. Published December 8, 2021

Cutting carbon dioxide a bad idea

The Times is to be commended for highlighting the recent scientific proof that global coastlines are generally expanding despite dire warnings of sea-level rise caused by "climate change" ("Drowning in false alarmism," Web. Dec. 6). Published December 8, 2021

Deterrence requires power behind it

In his Commentary piece, "Biden's 'no first use' strategy would dismantle nuclear deterrence" (Web, Nov. 29) Jed Babbin expresses concern that the nuclear posture review being prepared by the current administration might include a "no first use" policy. Mr. Babbin is correct that the change to such a policy would undermine our deterrence posture and completely undercut the extended deterrence on which our allies have depended for decades. Published December 7, 2021

Gerrymandering should not be tolerated

"Justice Department sues Texas, claiming redistricting maps are discriminatory" (Web, Dec. 6) reports the facts but not the truth regarding gerrymandering as it has existed in Virginia and likely also in Texas. Published December 7, 2021

Violent, dirty sports no model for kids

Michael McKenna is spot-on in "The business of college football and academic moral rot" (Web, Dec. 4). Mr. McKenna criticizes college football coaches who leave their positions in the middle of a season for higher-paying coaching positions at other schools. He calls college football big business and writes: "University administrators and alumni routinely raise fantastic sums for athletic programs and pay coaches millions of dollars while raising tuition and other costs. That indicates a certain level of intellectual and moral rot." Published December 7, 2021

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Repeal won’t end abortion

Polling has consistently shown that the American people are conflicted on the politically charged and emotional issue of abortion, but that only a small minority believes that the procedure should be banned in all cases, including cases in which a pregnancy results from rape or incest ,or in which the life of the mother is endangered. Published December 6, 2021

‘Anchor babies’ add to inflation, deficits

While "Failure to raise the debt ceiling needn't cause a government collapse" (Web, Nov. 23) correctly notes the causation between enhanced pandemic benefits and increased inflation, worker shortages and reduced adult workforce participation, those same enhanced entitlements also act as an inducement for the arrival of anchor babies to add to the 7.5% of U.S. births to illegal immigrants. Published December 6, 2021

Shootings of police officers way up

According to records from the National Fraternal Order of Police, 314 police officers have been shot in the line of duty since the beginning of the year. Of these, 60 were killed by gunfire. This is almost a 28% increase in fatal shootings of officers compared to all of 2020, when 47 officers were shot and killed. One hundred and nineteen of these shootings occurred in the midst of 95 separate, ambush-style attacks. While the news media focuses on police shootings of civilians, these numbers give the other side of the story. Published December 6, 2021

Cuomo on hook for nursing home deaths

While it is bad enough that former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo used his office to intimidate and sexually harass women, his downplaying of nursing home deaths and the lying about it (so he could profit from his then newly released book is a far worse crime ("Janice Dean, whose advocacy helped oust N.Y. Gov. Cuomo, struggles with forgiveness," Web, Dec. 2). Published December 5, 2021

Combat no place for political correctness

Obama's Department of Defense announcement on Dec. 3, 2015, meant that regimental combat teams and special forces units became bureaucratic toys for those who wanted to imagine equal opportunity and affirmative action could coexist with warriors enduring the brutality imperative for victory. Published December 5, 2021

What if Waukesha killer were white?

President Biden recently flew to Minnesota to push his social welfare spending plan, but Air Force One should have landed in Milwaukee so his entourage would have been obliged to travel to Waukesha, just 20 miles west of the airport. Published December 5, 2021

The right to life trumps women’s well-being

The U.S. Supreme Court held oral arguments on Dec. 1 on a landmark case, Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, which challenges the infamous 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion nationwide. Published December 1, 2021

The U.S. must prioritize competition with China

Clifford May is right to suggest that the competition between the United States and China will be determined by will. But it will also be determined by the ability of the U.S. to focus and prioritize, including with respect to its defense posture ("Beijing's strategy for Cold War," Web, Dec. 1) Published December 1, 2021

The Democrats’ destructive road

The liberal left is out of control and is destroying America. The Democrats realize their time in power is short. America today is in total chaos. From our open southern border to the unplanned Afghanistan debacle, the party has taken us down a destructive road. Published December 1, 2021

Hydrogen not so green after all

Before we enthusiastically invest in hydrogen as part of the "decarbonization" strategy suggested by Rich Powell,several mitigating factors should be considered ("Hydrogen investments may be key to global energy competitiveness for U.S.," Web, Nov. 23). Published November 30, 2021

Maxwell treatment shameful

Human rights lawyers Francois Zimeray and Jessica Finelle have filed a complaint with the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention alleging "serious violations of Ghislaine Maxwell's defence rights and presumption of innocence." The decision to incarcerate Ms. Maxwell for over 500 days in isolation certainly strikes me as of doubtful legality and it seems highly unlikely Ms. Maxwell will receive evenhanded treatment. Published November 30, 2021

When prosecutors get it wrong

Recently we have seen three high-profile cases in which prosecutor decisions have been proven badly wrong. In Wisconsin, Kyle Rittenhouse, seriously overcharged in the opinion of many legal experts, was found not guilty of every single charge. In Georgia, prosecutors initially decided not to bring a single charge in the Ahmaud Arbery killing, but a jury found the defendants guilty of felony murder. Again in Wisconsin, trivial bail for a multiple violent offender led to the deaths of six people and the injury of 61 in the parade rampage. Should prosecutors have so much discretion that they can get it so wrong? Published November 30, 2021

Take back the midterms

The Marxists are going back to the virus well once more, this time to make sure the 2022 midterms can be manipulated in their favor ("New virus variant raises old fears, spurs travel bans," Page 1, Nov. 29). Anthony Fauci will tell us that voting in-person is out of the question and only mail-in ballots will be acceptable. That will pave the way for the political far left to print all the ballots needed to ensure that they keep the House. I suspect that storage units and back alleys all over this awesome country are already being filled with completed ballots, ready to be miraculously "discovered" when needed. Published November 29, 2021

Ignore left’s anti-Semitism at your peril

The centers of anti-Semitism in America are our college and university campuses ("Jewish leaders alarmed by rise in antisemitism," Page 1, Nov. 29). After decades of left-wing academia, with Saudi Arabia and Qatar spending billions funding 'chairs of learning,' is it any wonder our university graduates, who are today's policy makers and influencers, are as self-abasing and anti-Semitic as they are? Published November 29, 2021