THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Hillary Clinton uses language to mislead

The Clintons are quite a clever pair. They know how to sound like they're telling the truth when they're peddling a lie. They parse their words carefully, so that anyone trying to figure out what they're saying has to analyze every sentence and clause. One Arkansas student of the Clintons calls this "the necessary search of the clintonclause." Published August 2, 2016

Hillary Clinton exploits a Khan family tragedy

Donald Trump is a remarkable gift to television news. He says something outrageous for every news cycle, which keeps the 24/7 cable-TV newscasts current. But for the Donald, the "anchors" and their correspondents might still be talking about the disappearing Malaysian airliner, Hurricane Katrina or the missing Chandra Levy. Published August 1, 2016

Donald Trump wants secure border, Hillary Clinton wants open border

It didn't take long for border security to claim the top spot among issues emerging from the presidential conventions. Every day news flashes describe the latest atrocity somewhere in the world. An immigrant, usually a demented Muslim, murders his native hosts. Published August 1, 2016

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Answer questions in Chandra Levy case

In the dismissal of murder charges against Chandra Levy's suspected killer, prosecutors have cited the tape-recorded conversation of the government's key witness, Armando Morales, recanting his trial testimony ("ICE still plans to deport illegal immigrant cleared of Chandra Levy murder," Web, July 29). Published August 1, 2016

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Hillary Clinton would be another Obama

Republicans must recognize that winning control of the House and Senate and electing a Democratic president in 2016 will only guarantee another four to eight years of President Obama's failed policies, including those that cost the lives of many of our military service members. Published August 1, 2016

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: The Hillary Clinton fantasy will end

Many Democrats have called Donald Trump nothing more than a TV reality star, but if you watched the proceedings in Philadelphia last week you have been presented with fantasy TV. Speakers such as the Obamas, Vice President Joe Biden and former President Bill Clinton all described a candidate with whom Americans are unfamiliar. Published July 31, 2016

Has American innovation gone too far?

Sometimes nothing works. In fact, "sometimes" often seems "all the time." The digital revolution has bequeathed a welter of new "systems" to cover nearly all of human activity. Something, alas, always goes wrong -- the Internet salesperson doesn't know that his company doesn't ship to a post office box, or the delivery courier, even with his Global Position System reader insists an address, where the addressee has lived for 40 years, doesn't exist. Published July 31, 2016

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Hillary Clinton nomination no great milestone for women

While many women see Hillary Clinton's nomination as the Democratic presidential candidate as a major advance for women, many others wish that the first woman to achieve that milestone had been someone with integrity. Published July 31, 2016

Hillary Clinton a hard sell because public knows her too well

Hillary Clinton knows she's trying to sell a used car with no brakes, a busted transmission and bald tires. "I get it that some people don't know what to make of me," she said in accepting the Democratic nomination for president of the United States. She went on for almost an hour trying to tell everyone what to make of her. The television cameras caught Bill dozing off several times, once while standing up. Published July 31, 2016

Obama’s speech reveals biggest ego in town

President Obama is not the incarnation of Demosthenes, or even William Jennings Bryan, as he seems to think, but he's not bad on a good day with the right subject matter. His favorite subject matter, which is not necessarily the people's choice, is about him. Published July 28, 2016

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump equally bad for U.S.

During this election cycle, Donald Trump made an issue of Sen. Ted Cruz's "natural-born" status, but few even considered the reason our Founders put those words into the Constitution. Our Founding Fathers feared that an agent of a foreign government could be elected president and not have the interests of the United States as their first and only priority. Published July 28, 2016

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Vote Libertarian in 2016

In the last two weeks of July, non-stop cable TV gave us insight into the presidential nominees selected by the Republican and Democratic parties. Afterward we wondered, "Is this the best they have to offer?" Both parties presented candidates who are demonstratively dishonest and temperamentally unfit for the office of president. Published July 28, 2016

Justice in Baltimore

Marilyn Mosby, no Blackstone she, has made such a mess in Baltimore that the city won't live it down for decades. The Baltimore state's attorney announced this week that she was dropping all charges against the remaining Baltimore police officers she charged with murder in the 2005 death of Freddie Gray. Published July 28, 2016

Challenges to voter ID laws threaten ballot box confidence

Party conventions, first of the Republicans in Cleveland and this week of the Democrats in Philadelphia, first and foremost are about whose name goes on the top of the ballot. Before any votes are cast on Nov. 8, though, questions must be settled about identification rules determining who gets to cast a ballot. Voter identification laws, popularly called ID laws, have proliferated. Published July 27, 2016

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: No more Clinton laundry in White House

After watching former President Bill Clinton give his speech at the Democratic National Convention, one would have to come away thinking that old "Slick Willie" had once again hit it out of the proverbial ballpark. That is, until you look at what he said and didn't say. Published July 27, 2016

The impossible Democratic platform

The Democrats had better pack a good lunch on their way to the post-convention campaign. It's going to be an all-day job. They must persuade voters to avoid looking at Barack Obama's disaster of "hope and change" while Hillary Clinton pushes the party's platform of more of the same. The platform, as adopted in Philadelphia this week, is an exercise in the old shell game. Published July 27, 2016

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: DNC superficial convention

The Democratic National Convention has done a lot to live up to the stupidity of the likes of the Clintons, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and others too numerous to mention. Published July 27, 2016

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Value-free DNC

The Democratic National Committee has offered its "deep and sincere apology" to Sen. Bernie Sanders ("DNC -- but not Wasserman Schultz -- offers 'sincere apology' to Sanders over leaked emails." Web, July 25). Like every other habitual criminal, the committee's feelings of remorse come right after being caught. Published July 26, 2016

The price of trusting Iran

Barack Obama may be the last man in America who actually trusts the holy men in Iran, and a secret codicil, or amendment, he made to his infamous nuclear agreement with them reveals just what happens when a president has no understanding of "the art of the deal," or the people he makes deals with. Published July 26, 2016

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: DNC emails show rigged process

As a mostly life-long independent and Democratic voter, I proudly cast my Massachusetts primary vote for anti-establishment change by choosing Bernie Sanders. Little Published July 26, 2016