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EDITORIAL: Light on the opening to Cuba
Children, ex-wives and discarded mistresses can be the ruin, or at least the headaches, of dictators. Fidel Castro's son, a photographer, has confirmed the fears of the critics of Barack Obama's "opening to America" in an interview with a Chilean radio station. Alex Castro, the regime's official photographer, went to Chile to promote his photographic books at an international book fair. Published October 25, 2015
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Help military EMTs transition
When serving our country, military members receive some of the best medical training and experience available. Published October 22, 2015
EDITORIAL: Mars is calling
If you're not moving forward, you're falling behind. Like the hare that snoozed during his race with the tortoise, America is conceding leadership in human achievement in space. American astronauts conquered space decades ago, but now its astronauts must hitch rides aloft with the Russians. Published October 22, 2015
EDITORIAL: Congress’ failed Benghazi responsibility
The tragedy in Benghazi is a profound public issue. Four American lives were squandered. A sovereign but woefully unprotected American diplomatic station on foreign soil was attacked by terrorists. The American people were sold a false narrative (a lie, in plain English) for weeks about the true nature of the attack. Published October 22, 2015
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Let Taiwan into Interpol
Interpol's 84th general assembly is being hosted by Rwanda from Nov. 2, 2015 to Nov. 5, 2015. Police chiefs and other senior law-enforcement officials from around the world will gather at the event to discuss a range of policing and security issues, including foreign terrorist fighters and cybercrime. Published October 21, 2015
EDITORIAL: Benghazi committee must ask Hillary Clinton tough questions
Capitol Hill often resembles a three-ring circus, but there must be no clowning around at the face-off Thursday between Hillary Clinton and the House Select Committee on Benghazi. Hillary's future as the face of the Democrats could rise or fall on the credibility of her answers to questions about her role in the events leading up to the terrorist attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya. Published October 21, 2015
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: How to really create wealth
I have been extremely lucky the past couple of weeks. My net worth, along with the net worth of more than 320 million other Americans, has gotten billions closer to that of the Walton family, the founders of Walmart. Recently the Waltons' net worth dropped $10 billion in one day due to declining profits and stagnant sales. Published October 21, 2015
EDITORIAL: Paul Ryan, as speaker of the House
Paul Ryan looks like a lock for a job he says he never wanted. We believe him. The chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee says he values time with his family, his guns and the tax code. That sounds like the usual cliche of the pol departing Washington, but we believe him on this, too. Published October 21, 2015
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Donald Trump should avoid Obama pitfalls
If Donald Trump should win the Republican primary, I would vote for him because any of the Republican candidates is a better choice than Hillary Rodham Clinton or the other Democratic candidates. Published October 20, 2015
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: U.S.: Israel ally no more
Sadly, under the present U.S. administration, there is no possibility that Israel will receive American support against the reign of terror of the Palestinian Authority and its leaders. Published October 20, 2015
EDITORIAL: Republicans can stop Trump by offering something better
What looked like the cloud no bigger than a man's hand only weeks ago has become a dark and threatening cloudbank on the horizon. Nobody any longer says that Donald Trump can't win the Republican nomination. Some pundits are even saying maybe he could even be elected president. Published October 20, 2015
EDITORIAL: Sky safety in the age of drones
Sometimes it's not easy being a kid. If he unwraps a promising box on Christmas morning and finds a drone, he may invite attention from Uncle Sam. Published October 20, 2015
Maria O’Leary obituary, Alexandria businesswoman
Maria Teresa Eneim O'Leary, 85, an Alexandria businesswoman, mother of five children and widow of Jeremiah O'Leary, a White House correspondent for two Washington newspapers, died at her home in Alexandria on October 13. Published October 20, 2015
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: U.S., not Russian, policy failing
President Obama confidently assured us as recently as last Friday that the ongoing Russian military action in Syria will fail. In fact, his entire national security and foreign policy team tell us almost daily that Russia and its Iranian allies will not succeed in keeping Syrian President Bashar Assad in power. Published October 19, 2015
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Ethical, moral citizens on their own
The issues of worldwide atrocities and gun-ownership rights can logically be conflated in this time of crisis against humanity. On the one hand, we have a president and administration that turns a blind eye to the Christian holocaust taking place in the Middle East, while they fervently defend Muslim communities in the United States. Published October 19, 2015
EDITORIAL: Farewell to Ken Taylor
Americans were reminded this week of what a tried and true friend it has in its Canadian neighbor, a relationship all but unique in the world. That reminder, Ken Taylor, Canada's ambassador to Iran who hid six Americans in the ambassador's residence during the 1979 Iran hostage crisis, died last week at 81. Published October 19, 2015
EDITORIAL: Celebrating Hillary Clinton’s debate win misses the point
Electing a president can be confusing to those who skipped seventh-grade civics classes. Keeping straight the difference between delegates and electors, or primaries and elections, is difficult. The pundits and others paid to know better often confuse the differences between the parties and the public. Published October 19, 2015
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Lamar Odom gets star treatment for drug abuse
Unless you have been living under a rock or have had your head buried in the sand the past two decades, you are aware that illegal-drug use is pervasive to the point of being an epidemic in this country. A vital part of this problem is the use and promotion of the user lifestyle by celebrities. Published October 18, 2015
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Obama no friend of Israel despite American Jewish vote
I found the recent op-ed by Eliana Rudee interesting indeed ("American Jews in Israel witness Obama's prejudicial 'slap in the face,'" Web, Oct. 11). Ms. Rudee complains that the words and deeds of the Obama administration seem to indicate animosity toward Israel. She says she is witnessing first-hand the consequences of President Obama's prejudices. Published October 18, 2015
EDITORIAL: Obama must confront Islamic persecution of Christians
Christians don't count. President Clinton, who has a curious affection for Islam, and the dominant media, which has an aversion to religious faith generally and to Christianity in particular, share an indifference to the growing martyrdom of followers of the Christ, and particularly in the Middle East. Published October 18, 2015
