THE WASHINGTON TIMES

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Hamas, PA’s violence incitement ongoing

Asma' Jawabreh's interesting report, "Palestinians admit to working with Israel to foil attacks" (Web, Feb. 15) unfortunately omits the matter of Palestinian Authority (PA) incitement and rejectionism and downplays anti-Jewish violence. Published February 21, 2016

EDITORIAL: Authentic criminal justice reform

Any workable criminal justice system requires justice as well as punishment, and the American system requires reform, and a lot of it. Justice has retreated, leaving only the crime. Nearly everyone, Democrat and Republican, understands that, and reform legislation is working now through both the House and the Senate. The system now costs too much and produces too little that's good. Published February 18, 2016

EDITORIAL: Our man in Havana

Americans hold their breath every time President Obama whistles up Air Force One for another trip abroad. He has a habit of getting cozy with people no American president should get cozy with, lest he come home with fleas. Published February 18, 2016

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Constitution Obama’s speed bump

It seems every time a question arises regarding our Constitution and the actions of our current president, Democrats and all their friends and allies in the liberal media remind us that President Obama is an expert in constitutional law. Mr. Obama often reminds us himself, saying he was a law professor. In fact, he was a lecturer on the Constitution. He is no more a law professor than I am. Published February 18, 2016

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: GOP, fight extremist replacement

With the death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, we have not only lost a great champion of the Constitution, but a great man. Published February 18, 2016

EDITORIAL: The stakes in South Carolina

Donald Trump is a lot like Barack Obama. Both have moved through the nation's politics under false colors. Mr. Obama promised hope and change, talking as if he understood and cherished the values, customs and culture of America. Once elected, he revealed that he appreciates none of it, and has governed as if he were an alien dispatched from another planet to transform America. Published February 17, 2016

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Communism still alive

Many who rightly condemn the version of slavery that was in effect prior to the ratification of the 13th Amendment wholeheartedly support slavery in its present-day version. Communism, for example, is a virulent form of slavery. Published February 17, 2016

EDITORIAL: Global-warming Ice Capades

He who lives by the crystal ball must expect occasional bits of ground glass in his pudding, and the false prophets of global warming and their cheerleaders in the media are learning that lesson the hard way. After years of predicting that man-made global warming would melt the planet's glaciers and drown coastal towns beneath rising oceans, the threat itself is melting like ice in April. That's cause for both celebration and a little humility in the face of the many mysteries of nature still to be unraveled. Published February 17, 2016

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Debate noise influences all

Crowd noise at presidential debates should be prohibited. Debates are an opportunity for the American people to learn about and compare the candidates. Cheering and booing from the crowd interferes with this purpose, and has adverse effects on the moderator, candidates and viewers. Published February 17, 2016

EDITORIAL: Safeguarding cybersecurity

Anyone who has locked the front door and hidden the key under a flowerpot has dealt with the dilemma of how to maintain both security and access. It's the quandary facing cybersecurity professionals who must guard the wall around personal online data while managing the demands of law enforcement agencies. Published February 16, 2016

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Slippery gun-law slope

Last week a coordinated raid on 79 individuals and locations in Santa Barbara, Calif., netted 83 illegal firearms, thousands of rounds of ammunition and 10 arrests. Using a California law prohibiting the "mentally ill" from owing guns, these type of law-enforcement "sweeps" could become a common occurrence. Published February 16, 2016

EDITORIAL: China against the wall

There's a tradition -- some call it a blind spot -- in the mainline media to give the Chinese Communists the benefit of all doubts, in the way of cutting the one-eyed man an unearned advantage in the kingdom of the blind. Published February 16, 2016

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Hillary Clinton clear security risk

There are several automatic disqualifiers from assuming the U.S. presidency. Citizenship and age are two of the most obvious; another is the inability to obtain a security clearance. Considering the egregious negligence with which former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has treated confidentiality, wouldn't it be fair to consider her a security risk? Published February 15, 2016

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Harry Reid’s ‘condolences’ just politics

The reaction of Sen. Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, to the news of Justice Antonin Scalia's untimely passing last weekend was an admonition that failure to fill the vacancy left by Scalia "would be a shameful abdication of one of the Senate's most essential Constitutional responsibilities" ("Reaction to Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's death," Web, Feb. 13). Published February 15, 2016

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Is Donald Trump a godsend?

Every day I read letters that attack Donald Trump. Many of these missives are written by misguided Republicans, likley Democratic trolls or sincere but misinformed low-information voters. But this derision is an unnecessary diversion. Published February 15, 2016

EDITORIAL: Antonin Scalia, a man in full

The death of Antonin Scalia shocked the nation and saddened all who knew him, and his life and what he did with that life will have political and legal consequences for decades. Nino, as his friends called him, was the longest serving current member of the court, and his influence on the law will be felt for as long as his fellow citizens enjoy the rights guaranteed in the Constitution he defended. Published February 15, 2016

EDITORIAL: Replacing an Antonin Scalia

The seat left vacant by the death of Antonin Scalia can be filled, but he cannot be replaced. The plain-spoken lawyer from Brooklyn was an authentic originalist, dedicated to preserving the Constitution left to the republic by the Founders. He had the curious belief that words actually mean what they say. Now that its conservative anchor has been lost, the Supreme Court is at risk of drifting into deep and dangerous water. T Published February 15, 2016

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Hillary Clinton’s slide down

Hillary Clinton is always quick to point out the amount of experience she brings to her campaign for president. To go along with that self-identified worldliness there's an expectation that all she has to do is have her name on primary ballots and it's a mere formality to get from there to her coronation. That experience, though, has left a legacy of trampled bodies and issues on the way to her crowning. Published February 14, 2016

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Election is GOP’s to lose

We ate the last of the chili beans and watched the latest Republican presidential debate. The chili beans were good. The debate was a train wreck. Published February 14, 2016

EDITORIAL: Obama’s timid rebuke of violent Christian oppression

"Genocide" is an ugly word, describing the systemic annihilation of an ethnic, cultural or national group. It shouldn't be used carelessly. Nonetheless, men and women of conscience, including Pope Francis, have applied it to the Islamic State's slaughter of Christians in the Middle East. Conspicuous by his absence is President Obama, whose ears are apparently not attuned to the cries of pity from the followers of the Cross. Published February 14, 2016