THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Ted Cruz wins Idaho primary

Ted Cruz has won the Idaho Republican primary, NBC News and Fox News both reported. Published March 8, 2016

EDITORIAL: 61 million illegal immigrants in U.S.

As numbers go, "61" languishes in obscurity. But as applied to illegal immigration, 61 is "yuge," as Donald Trump might say. It's the number, in millions, of both legal and illegal immigrants who live in the United States. It's the number, as a percentage of the U.S. population, of Americans concerned about the impact of mass migration on America as we have known it for going on three centuries. The number is further a measure of how Mr. Trump has crossed over from business to politics, to ride the issue to the front of the 2016 Republican presidential campaign. Published March 8, 2016

EDITORIAL: Hillary Clinton is cozy with Export-Import Bank

Hillary Clinton is many things, many of them about greed and some of them corrupt, but one thing she is not is a socialist. She's a crony capitalist, as she demonstrated once more in her Sunday night debate with Bernie Sanders, and proud of it. She has used her various government positions to build the Clinton family business, which is peddling influence, and her customers know they can count on her to deliver. Published March 8, 2016

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Donald Trump attracting new voters

Make no mistake: The Clinton-controlled, liberal media is keenly behind Donald Trump's massive polling, headlines and sandbagged media bombshells, as Republican challenger Ted Cruz recently pointed out. Why else would every Hollywood- or Netflix-produced political-animal, Washington-scandal and bisexual-couple-in-the-White-House program have become so well-funded and produced? Bill Clinton has known all along that his de-facto third and fourth terms as co-president depend upon his wife defeating the Bush-Koch-Adelson trifecta early in the primary, and hopefully making the general election. Published March 8, 2016

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Donald Trump backlash is backfiring

It is obvious that Donald Trump has rattled the Republican political establishment ("Donald Trump endorsers derided as 'sellouts,' 'traitors' and worse -- by fellow Republicans," Web, March 3). He has demonstrated that the new presidential era will not be one of business as usual. His public appeal has not only been overwhelming but has obviously shocked many politicians to the point that they are now traumatized to think that he could potentially become the Republican nominee. They are quaking in their boots. Published March 8, 2016

EDITORIAL: China ambitions make Barack Obama knuckle under

America's retreat from the world carries enormous risks, which is understood by everyone but Barack Obama. Worse, certain rivals, like China, regard such weakness as opportunity. China is growing ever more aggressive and relations between Washington and Beijing are growing ever more complicated. Published March 7, 2016

EDITORIAL: Donald Trump victory may make celebrities leave America

These are scary times for the folks frightened by the noise and high-decibel blarney of an American presidential campaign. Some of them, many in Hollywood where whims are regarded as mandates, are joining the quadrennial chorus of celebrities threatening to leave America if Donald Trump is elected president of the United States. Published March 7, 2016

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Trans-Pacific Partnership must support Taiwan

Kudos on a thoughtful and reasoned editorial that emphasized foreign trade's great benefits to the American economy ("Foreign trade and domestic prosperity," Web, March 1). Published March 7, 2016

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Donald Trump is correct on import tariffs

I enjoy Richard Berman's periodic columns in The Washington Times Commentary section. Well-written and to-the-point, they shine as the words of a GOP-establishment, public-affairs guru ("Trumping today's culture," Web, Feb. 29). However, like President Obama's Press Secretary Josh Earnest, Mr. Berman is high on the fluff and light on the stuff -- especially when he ventures into the world of trade and economics. Published March 7, 2016

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: California to make or break Donald Trump

Upon conclusion of the Super Tuesday presidential primaries, Donald Trump had amassed 319 delegates toward winning the Republican nomination. However, the GOP requires 1,237 delegates to gain the final Republican nomination. In the next 80-plus days, 36 additional states and territories will cast ballots — and Mr. Trump leads the pack in at least 18 of those contests. Published March 6, 2016

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Donald Trump’s rise GOP’s doing

The very thing I feared would come to pass is now happening: Grassroots Republicans voted on Super Tuesday — and the Republican establishment doesn't like or accept the candidate most of them chose. Two of the losing Republican political candidates are incessantly trashing the preferred candidate and conspiring to destroy and supplant him. Published March 6, 2016

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Republican divisions a gift to left

The conservative political pundits have succeeded in doing what the Democrats have been trying to do for years: fracture the Republican party. I'm not sure who is responsible for starting the "establishment wing of the party" thing, but whoever it is has created infighting to the extreme in the Republican Party. Published March 3, 2016

EDITORIAL: The doctored science of global warming

Pure science undertaken for science's own sake is as rare as a rainbow. It's certainly scarce in Washington, where the quest for knowledge is vulnerable to the bias of politics. Skeptics of President Obama's climate change agenda say they see new evidence of fraud. If administration officials are colluding with scientists to cook the evidence, such as it might be, to demonstrate that the planet is warming, the skeptics deserve everyone's thanks. Published March 3, 2016

EDITORIAL: Obama’s unrequited Cuban romance

Nothing is more embarrassing to watch than a suitor pursuing unrequited love. There's no thrill in such romance. Every bouquet of long-stemmed roses and every box of candy Barack Obama sends to Havana is returned with a demand for roses with longer stems and a bigger box of candy. Published March 3, 2016

Susana Martinez endorses Marco Rubio

Gov. Susana Martinez of New Mexico became the latest Republican official to endorse the presidential bid of Marco Rubio, Fox News reported Thursday. Published March 3, 2016

Powerball numbers for Wednesday, March 3 revealed

Powerball tried again to find a winner Wednesday night as the jackpot neared $300 million in the twice-weekly game that has not seen a winner in seven weeks since it gripped the nation with a world record $1.6 billion jackpot. Published March 2, 2016

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump: Same views, different hair

The coming Trump-Hillary clash will likely bring the bitterness and animosity one would expect from the two principals in this fight. But Republican voters should seek the rapidly diminishing opportunity to get it right. The battle between the two will be ugly because their differences are so small. Published March 2, 2016

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Renewables fraud

The latest con from the clean-power extremists is a demand for 50 percent energy from renewables by 2030 ("No traction for climate change," Web. Feb. 28). America may violate hundreds of square miles of land and spend trillions of dollars on the con, but it's still a con. Americans can tell it's a con by looking out the nearest window. Published March 2, 2016

EDITORIAL: Japan confronts future with aging population

The great mystery of the Japanese culture is how it remains unique while borrowing from other cultures. No society has undergone greater changes than Japan since the mid-19th century, when it was forced out of isolation. . Published March 2, 2016

EDITORIAL: Donald Trump triumphant, and now what?

The Republication elites who imagined that the race for the nomination would be over with the collapse of Donald Trump on Super Tuesday were disappointed again. Donald Trump took seven states, but the elites' assault on his character and reputation continues. Published March 2, 2016