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EDITORIAL: Unvetted Syrian refugees could present danger
President Obama is angry because his constituents are angry about his scheme to resettle thousands of largely "unvetted" refugees in places across the 50 states. He thinks the anger is not legitimate, but manufactured by Republican partisanship, bigotry against Muslims and an overreaction to that business in Paris. Published November 19, 2015
EDITORIAL: Paris attacks price of Obama’s indifference to ISIS
Barack Obama's heart is just not in the fight against the enemies of the West. Why fight when you can make a speech, deliver a few remarks of empty rhetoric at photo-ops, and hope everything turns out all right. Fighting is so fatiguing. Bashing Republicans, George W. Bush and the Confederate flag is more fun. Published November 19, 2015
EDITORIAL: Civilian arms necessary in war on terror
Gun-free zones are zones where you're more likely to be gunned down by demented murderers who can dispatch a large number of victims in a short time, and the killers know it. A "gun-free nation," like France, is even more inviting. The radical Islamic terrorists kept up their grim attack in Paris for more than three hours, and then all but one of them took his own life without help from the police. Published November 18, 2015
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: U.S. turned blind eye too long
With allies like Saudi Arabia and Turkey, who needs enemies ("Islamic State 'not contained' as Paris attacks show," Web, Nov. 14)? We ignored Riyadh's promotion of Wahhabism and tolerated its playing of the destructive sectarian card against the 'apostate' Shiites. The merciless attacks on Shiite worshippers by Sunni Wahhabis occur with sickening regularity in Iraq and Pakistan, and lately in Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Kuwait. Published November 18, 2015
EDITORIAL: ISIS plotting attack on America
The warning by the FBI that the radical Islamic terrorists are plotting a holiday surprise for the nation's capital has to be taken as a grim and serious alarm. The Islamic State, or ISIS, is working to reprise Paris in the United States, and no occasion would suit the terrorists better than the season of thanksgiving and the festive celebration of the Prince of Peace. Published November 18, 2015
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Create volunteer U.S.-Muslim army
In searching for a strategy against the Islamic State, President Obama should call for and arm a volunteer brigade of U.S. Muslims to fight the terrorist group. Politically incorrect? No way. Just as men in my German-American family went into uniform to fight the Germans in World Wars I and II, American Muslims should be asked to show their loyalty to the United States through their action now. Published November 18, 2015
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Where is federal government’s loyalty?
The president, almost all Democrats and most of the media seem unfazed when officials of sanctuary cities absolutely ignore federal immigration laws. But when state governors want to protect their residents from potential terrorists, those same people say the governors do not have the right to turn away refugees that the federal government intends to force upon them. Published November 18, 2015
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Stop terrorism — one way or another
Candle lighting and congregation in places of worship to honor the deceased following terrorist acts of barbarism demonstrate how much we value life. This is not a 'language' understood by the terrorists. It is time that Muslim religious leadership from all over the world now proactively take on the task of protecting the tenets of their religion, and either through dialogue or other means restrict the perpetrators of these crimes from use of force against human life. Published November 17, 2015
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Dangerous refugee relocation
I have just been informed that several thousand refugees may soon be relocated here to the White Mountains of Arizona, somewhere in the White Mountain Apache Reservation, if my information is correct. If this happens, will Muslim 'refugee' men rape local women? Published November 17, 2015
EDITORIAL: Obama prioritizes climate change over terrorists
France mourns its dead, and President Obama is getting ready to lead the heads of 196 nations into the city of light in pursuit of his climate change agenda. Every man to his own idea of what's important. Despite the manufactured hysteria over the weather, the production of energy is not the most dangerous work of humankind. The most dangerous barbarians are those who are busy beating their plowshares into swords. Published November 17, 2015
EDITORIAL: Obama stands down against Islamic terrorists
Surprise is a crucial element in successful warfare, as Stonewall Jackson demonstrated in the early months of the Civil War, as the Japanese demonstrated at Pearl Harbor and as the Islamic terrorists of the Islamic State, or ISIS, demonstrated in the streets of Paris. Barack Obama, a legend of leadership only in his own mind, announces with fanfare that under no circumstances will he commit significant ground forces to "degrade and destroy" the radical Islamic terrorists. Published November 17, 2015
Washington Times sets new Web traffic record, credits social media partnership for growth
The Washington Times set a new single-day record for Web traffic this week as executives discussed the impact of a social media partnership that has substantially increased both audience and digital revenues in 2015. Published November 17, 2015
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: U.S. less safe under Obama
In response to the bombing of Syria, the Islamic State has downed a Russian airliner, created a night of horror in Paris and suffered a failed attempt in Germany. Can the United States be far behind? Published November 16, 2015
EDITORIAL: Democrats ignore Islamic State threat to America
Neither bombs nor bullets can awaken Barack Obama and the Democrats from their Utopian reverie. Hillary Clinton's inability to figure out who that enemy is at the gate betrays her as an unserious candidate for president. Neither of them seem to understand that the first responsibility of any president is to know the nation's enemies. Published November 16, 2015
EDITORIAL: Confusion in Hollywood
Here comes another defense of the Hollywood conscience. The Hollywood conscience is different from the conscience of others. Where but in Hollywood would it be fashionable to justify the betrayal of friend and country as conscience abused. Published November 16, 2015
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: No justice for Tayshawn Lee?
In the streets of Chicago a murder here and there does not mean a thing; killings and shootings are a way of life in the Windy City. So far this year there have been 390 murders and more than 2,500 shootings. Since no one keeps track of the later deaths that result from the shootings, the number of deaths is actually higher. Published November 15, 2015
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Who’s left holding the bill?
The American Revolution was something of a mockery of fact and truth. In their dispute with King George III, the revolutionaries imagined a host of grievances that were not of much substance. After all, who doesn't have some complaints regarding whomever is governing them? Published November 15, 2015
EDITORIAL: A little history of ‘politically correct’
Everything "politically correct" threatens to strangle the public conversation that nurtures democracy, and the growing numbers of skeptics eager to show their righteous contempt for it might be interested to know the origins of the term, which has been revived from its original use. It's a wicked attitude intended to stifle the conscience and suppress belief and conviction. Published November 15, 2015
EDITORIAL: Hillary Clinton will shut down free speech rights
Hillary Clinton and her sidekick ought to be in pictures. They should be in the dictionary as the iconic illustration of crony capitalism. They didn't invent crony capitalism but they perfected it. Barack Obama shamelessly uses government power and largesse to promote his friends and pet projects, but he has been put in the shade of Bonny and Clod. Published November 15, 2015
EDITORIAL: Islamic State ‘not contained’ as Paris attacks show
Even as Islamic State terrorists carrying Syrian and Egyptian passports were moving into position last Friday morning to launch the most terrifying attack on Paris since World War II, President Obama went before the cameras on ABC's "Good Morning America" to assure George Stephanopoulos and his audience that we've "contained" ISIS. Published November 14, 2015
