THE WASHINGTON TIMES

EDITORIAL: Gender confusion in the toilet

''Growing up" once meant learning to use your head, appreciating the common sense that seeing is believing. Now a boy can stand in front of a mirror and see a girl, and vice versa. But when the mind refuses to accept what the eyes see, the path ahead leads to self-delusion, which has become the national sport. Published April 25, 2016

EDITORIAL: Obama offends Britain by butting into British business

It's hardly "racist" to notice that Barack Obama's two least-favorite nations are Israel and Great Britain, although anyone who makes that observation risks being denounced as a bigot. From the day he occupied the Oval Office the president has made it abundantly clear that he has no particular affection for the "special relationship" that has tied the United States and Britain together in a bond through winning two world wars. Published April 25, 2016

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: School dumb-down

About 15 years ago I was sitting next to a priest at a wedding. He turned out to be the dean of students at my alma mater. I inquired whether he thought the "dumbing down" of our education system had forced the university to lower its standards. He said, 'Are you kidding? When did you enroll?' I told him 1963. He said, 'If our standards now were the same as they had been in 1963, 95 percent of our current students would not have been admitted.'" Published April 25, 2016

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Global warming hot air

As part of his global-warming agenda, President Obama has convinced the gullible that increased use of fossil fuels causes increased carbon dioxide in the air. Published April 24, 2016

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Time to clean house in Congress

Why would anyone ever again vote for a Democrat? We have hundreds of thousands of people looking for work and hundreds of thousands more who have given up looking. We have millions of people who are under-employed; the man who bags my groceries has a college degree. Published April 24, 2016

EDITORIAL: Obama’s opening to Havana has done no good

There's an old Russian proverb that if you spit in the face of a weakling he will give thanks for the rain. This should be a Cuban proverb, to describe Barack Obama's not such an excellent adventure to Havana. Raul Castro, the Cuban president, did everything short of expectoration to make the American president grovel for the regime's affections. Published April 24, 2016

EDITORIAL: No whitewash for Harriet Tubman

Sometimes the government does the right thing for the wrong reasons. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew's decision to put Harriet Tubman's face on the nation's currency was the right thing to do, even if it was done as a way to demote Andrew Jackson, the nation's seventh president, to the back of the bill. Published April 24, 2016

EDITORIAL: Maryland school board allows Donald Trump invite

Donald Trump's most important contribution to the presidential campaign is his brisk and bold challenge to the political correctness that is strangling the body politic, and he made the full-throated challenge when no other politician, Democrat or Republican, dared do it. A vibrant democracy depends on every citizen's respect for the right of everyone to express an opinion, particularly if the opinion is unpopular. Published April 21, 2016

EDITORIAL: Lessons of World War II go unlearned

The French, as usual, have a word for it, and sometimes more than one word: "The more things change, the more they are the same." After the cataclysmic destruction of World War II the optimists thought the patterns of political life were changed forever. Nothing of the old could remain. Published April 21, 2016

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Ted Cruz right on N.Y. values

I must defend Sen. Ted Cruz and his recent comment about "New York values" ("Ted Cruz: 'New York values' on display when NYPD officers turned backs on Bill de Blasio," Web, April 18). I am a born-and-bred New Yorker from Queens, and am well aware of the New York values to which Cruz referred. Published April 21, 2016

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Vote your conscience in November

President Obama has gone too far in accomplishing his promised fundamental transformation of America. He has managed to seriously diminish our national security, double our national debt, damage our economy and create deep divisions among our people with the obsessive promotion of his insidious legacy. Published April 21, 2016

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Time to act against Russia, Iran

The massive loss of life on and damage to the U.S.S. Cole in Yemen in October 2000 by Islamist suicide bombers seems to have escaped the attention of our president. President Obama had his bluff called in the Middle East over a "red line" in the sand. Published April 21, 2016

Powerball numbers for Wednesday, April 20 revealed

Powerball continued to venture through big-jackpot territory where lengthy runs on tickets start, as numbers were drawn again Wednesday night for a $227 million prize seven weeks after the last big winner. Published April 20, 2016

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Help stop Zika now

Senate Democrats are correct: The money to battle Zika needs to come now ("Senate Dems to Mitch McConnell: Take up $2B Zika request now," Web, April 18). Global health is a concern for all of us. Zika is spreading, and with the coming of warm weather and mosquitoes it is only a matter of time until it explodes in America. Published April 20, 2016

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders waste debates

The Democratic presidential debates have become events during which Hillary Rodham Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders spend their time pointing fingers at each other ("Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders trade blows in contentious Democratic debate," Web, April 14). Published April 20, 2016

EDITORIAL: Warming up to the Earth

There's more than one way to answer the call of nature, and it isn't necessary to await the arrival of Earth Day to demonstrate a reverence for the blue-hued orb we call home. Published April 20, 2016

EDITORIAL: Donald Trump critics should wake up to reality

The Republican establishment woke up Wednesday morning to the reality it has dreaded, that the party might soon have to practice thinking positive thoughts about Donald Trump. The losers on Tuesday could start by cooling the doomsday rhetoric, understanding that they might have to eat some of the harsh words they have been saying about him. Published April 20, 2016

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Don’t delist grizzly

Each year, hundreds of thousands of people visit the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem hoping to see one of our iconic grizzly bears. Despite claims that the grizzly population has recovered, it is still a rare and remarkable experience to see a grizzly bear. Published April 19, 2016

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: TTIP bad news for U.S., Europe

President Obama is visiting British Prime Minister David Cameron this week, and wil no doubt be discussing the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). The existence of TTIP is deeply worrying and immoral. Published April 19, 2016

EDITORIAL: When immigration law is ‘upside down’

Americans can disagree over whether President Obama has fulfilled his promise of fundamental "hope and change," but it's the showdown over immigration policy that may determine whether he leaves as his legacy a fundamentally transformed America. Published April 19, 2016