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EDITORIAL: A new tune for Bernie Sanders
Vermont's favorite Socialist has watched his early advantage over Hilary Clinton dissipate and now he thinks that maybe he isn't as tired of her "damn emails" as he thought he was. Maybe he should stick to talking about how to redistribute the nation's wealth and punish those who create jobs and economic growth. Published November 5, 2015
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Debates no longer serve voters
I cannot remember the last time I watched a political debate. This is because the presidential debates long ago got transformed into a bad reality-TV show. That is a political fact of life. What amazes me is why the Republican Party would subject itself to whatever the mainstream media wants to throw at it. Published November 5, 2015
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: How the GOP can succeed
Republican supporters are not interested in hearing 'I am a different kind of Republican,' 'I will make our country great again,' or 'I will balance the budget.' Published November 5, 2015
EDITORIAL: China, Taipei meeting has uncertain prospects
The unanticipated Singapore meeting Saturday of Xi Jinping, the chairman of the Communist Party and the leader of the People's Republic of China (Beijing) and Ma Ying-jeou, the chairman of the Kuomintang Party and leader of the Republic of China (Taipei) is at last an authentic bombshell in Asia. Published November 5, 2015
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Ease mineral restrictions now
William Perry Pendley's Nov. 1 op-ed highlights a little-known but major problem associated with the U.S. government's ownership of one-third of the nation's land base, located mostly in the western United States ("The threats to America's minerals," Web). Published November 4, 2015
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Letting veterans down
As Veterans Day approaches, many Americans are preparing to honor and show their appreciation for the veterans who have over the years fought for and assured our freedoms at great personal sacrifice and under much risk and hardship. Published November 4, 2015
EDITORIAL: Stingray restrictions needed to preserve Fourth Amendment
In the early days of the cellphone, "Can you hear me now?" was a popular catch phrase of television hucksters for cellphone companies. It was a reasonable question then, when the phones were a novelty that didn't always work as advertised, but now nobody has to be concerned about being heard. Published November 4, 2015
EDITORIAL: Liberals lose at the election booth
Tuesday's elections results sent a shiver up the spines of the "progressives" with a normal pulse. Goofy and Stupid took a hit across the land. In San Francisco, where anything strange is the norm, voters sacked the sheriff who wouldn't enforce immigration law in his "sanctuary city." Published November 4, 2015
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Media mum on Obama debt
I commend you for disclosing that President Obama will add almost $10 trillion to the debt by the time he leaves office — or almost twice what all presidents have added, put together ("$20 trillion man: National debt nearly doubles during Obama presidency," Web, Nov. 1). Published November 3, 2015
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Justice for Bonnie Black
The arrest of David Black is welcome news in the Arlington community ("Arlington man charged in estranged wife's stabbing death," Web, Oct. 30). Bonnie Black's death depicts the reality of domestic violence and the lethality associated with it. Published November 3, 2015
EDITORIAL: Bridging the gender pay gap
America has been the land of opportunity since the first settlers set foot on the continent. But now social engineers with no appreciation for that inheritance are determined to trade equal opportunity for equal outcome. Published November 3, 2015
EDITORIAL: Enforcing honesty, integrity at IRS matters
The impeachment of a government official is serious and solemn business, not to be undertaken lightly. The Internal Revenue Service commissioner, John Koskinen, who obstructed the congressional committee investigating how the IRS targeted conservative political organizations, deserves it. Published November 3, 2015
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Nuclear fears being realized
The recent piece by Dov Zakheim ("Meeting Russia's new nuclear challenge," Web, Oct. 29) is not just timely; it is way overdue. We were the authors of a commentary piece in The Washington Times ("MARS for defense," Dec. 30, 2008) that advocated the need for a new concept of security we called a "measured assured response strategy" (MARS). Published November 2, 2015
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Russia has no respect for sovereignty
What happened to respecting sovereignty? When Russian troops invaded and captured Crimea, President Obama stomped his foot and declared in his most menacing tone that this act of aggression would not be tolerated. He said that it violated international law and that Russia must recognize Ukrainian national sovereignty and territorial integrity. Vladimir Putin yawned. Published November 2, 2015
EDITORIAL: China faces consequences of one child policy
After decades of brutal enforcement, China has announced the end of its one-child per couple policy. Introduced in 1979, this attempt to control population has prevented the birth of up to 400 million persons in the world's most populous country. Published November 2, 2015
EDITORIAL: Reforming criminal ‘justice’
Nearly everyone thinks the American criminal justice system is broken, and needs fixing. Prisons are overflowing, often with men and women who were convicted of crimes that are crimes only in the imaginations of legislators who write the laws, and prosecutors who put as many people in prison as they can only to pad their resumes. Prosecutors are usually judged not for how they serve justice, but on how many men and women they put away. Published November 2, 2015
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Why was Renice Priebus surprised?
Last week's Republican presidential debate raised a few pertinent questions, to wit: Is Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus so naive he believes that left-wing moderators are interested in fair journalism over ideological bias? That kind of naivete borders on incompetence ("RNC chairman blasts CNBC for 'deeply unfortunate' debate questioning," Web, Oct. 28). Published November 1, 2015
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Still no Benghazi justice
On Oct. 22 at the Benghazi House Select Committee hearings Hillary Rodham Clinton was caught withholding information critical to a complete understanding of the nature of the attacks on U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens' compound. Published November 1, 2015
EDITORIAL: Protecting the sea lanes of Asia
The Permanent Court of Arbitration, an agency at the United Nations that listens to disputes about the UN's Law of the Sea, has agreed to hear the Philippines' case against China for building military bases on reefs in the South China Sea a thousand miles south of its Mainland. Published November 1, 2015
EDITORIAL: How to reform the presidential ‘debates’
It's not clear just who's running the Republican debates, but the outrage of Reince Priebus over last week's gong-show moderators is understandable, and about time. The chairman of the Republican National Committee suspended the party's "partnership" with NBC News for a debate next February, close to crucial Iowa caucuses. Published November 1, 2015
