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EDITORIAL: Mitch McConnell adopts Harry Reid tactics to get highway bill
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, whose rage at Democrats for the way they ran the Senate when they were the majority, is using some of their tactics to push a six-year highway bill through the Senate. Revisiting the highway funding debate must make senators believe they're caught in a remake of "Groundhog Day" because they've had to pass some 60 short-term extensions in recent years. Mr. McConnell wants to end that, pass a multiyear bill and move on. Published July 23, 2015
EDITORIAL: Protocols reveal Iran deal worse than imagined
The details of President Obama's deal with Iran continue to leak, like muddy water from a bucket left to rust in the weeds. Several congressmen who lately called on the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna learned that there are secret "protocols" to the agreement Mr. Obama made with the mullahs of Tehran. Mr. Obama and the talking heads on television argue lamely that this is "always the way with such undertakings." Published July 23, 2015
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: More Planned Parenthood abhorrence
It's been a tough year for the conservative community in America. We've seen a dismaying Supreme Court decision on gay marriage, liberalization of marijuana laws and more. Yet in the past two weeks we have learned of an issue so revolting that it makes one nauseated: An anti-abortion group, the Center for Medical Progress (CMP), published a secretly taped video of a telling discussion with Deborah Nucatola, director of medical services for Planned Parenthood. In the video, Nucatola candidly discloses how the premier abortion organization sells aborted body parts "Covert video targets Planned Parenthood fetal-parts policy," Web, July 14). Published July 22, 2015
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Iran deal sacrifices Israel
Recently Secretary of State John Kerry issued a draconian proclamation in defense of the Iran deal. He warned that if Congress rejects the plan, "Our friends in this effort will desert us." The dreadful irony of this statement immediately arrested me. Published July 22, 2015
EDITORIAL: Congress should withdraw Planned Parenthood funding
The late Richard Pryor obviously wrote the defense used by the wonderful folks at Planned Parenthood, whose senior executives got caught on camera, twice, haggling over the price of the body parts -- lungs, livers, brains -- lifted from the bodies of unborn babies. Published July 22, 2015
EDITORIAL: Internet balloting too risky
"Your vote counts" is a snappy slogan just short enough to fit on a lapel button, but snappy is not the same as "secure." As the 2016 campaign unfolds, there's renewed interest in enabling voters to vote over the Internet. The notion that choosing a president could be as easy as using a smartphone to order a pizza is tempting to some, but until cybersecurity wizards prove that a vote cast is a vote counted, Internet balloting is unreliably risky. Published July 22, 2015
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Fallout of draft end far-reaching
Discontinuing the draft has been followed by increasing ignorance and disrespect concerning anything military. Published July 21, 2015
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Respect differences
An armed man walks into building, opens fire and kills nine people, all of the same race. Who or what provided this opportunity? Can one walk into a shopping mall, movie theater or restaurant, randomly open fire and kill nine people of a specific race? It certainly could not happen at a public school or university, a military base or any other government institution. How ironic that it took a church to provide such a target-rich environment. Yet places of worship is the very place where diversity is taught as virtue, and not enforced as law. Published July 21, 2015
EDITORIAL: Left campaign to restrict free speech, religion
Once upon a time, the idea of giving the First Amendment a haircut never occurred to anyone. The constitutional guarantee of free speech was held to be the cornerstone of the unique American experiment in government of the people, by the people, and for the people. The Founding Fathers wrote it, plain, direct and so unambiguous that even a United States senator could understand it. Published July 21, 2015
EDITORIAL: American opposition to sanctuary cities
There's bad immigration news, but it's leavened by news that is a little better. The bad news is that the Center for Immigration Studies puts the number of illegal aliens crossing the border by the seventh year of the Obama administration at 2.5 million. The better news is that the number of illegals swarming to the United States has leveled off, owing to hundreds of thousands who have gone home. Arrivals and departures are now about even. Published July 21, 2015
EDITORIAL: Give the soldiers a gun
The attacks on military recruiting offices continue because they're attractive targets for terrorists and they are, by necessity, located in vulnerable places. They're placed in high traffic areas so they will be highly visible -- they're intended to attract attention -- and they're staffed by soldiers, sailors and Marines shorn of the weapons they're trained to use. Published July 20, 2015
EDITORIAL: Obama takes Iran deal to the U.N.
President Obama got the endorsement of his Iranian "deal" Monday that probably means the most to him, a unanimous vote by the United Nations Security Council. Samantha Power, the U.S. ambassador to the U.N, and Gholamali Khoshroo, the Iranian ambassador the U.N., fell over each other to get up to say what a terrific occasion the day was. Published July 20, 2015
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Only one president
The Washington Times gives ample coverage of Republican 2016 presidential candidates, but it seems to be silent on the Democratic candidates. Realizing there are many people on the Republican side running for the highest leadership position in our government, these individuals beat up on each other verbally. Meanwhile the few Democratic candidates do not seem to be challenging each other. When all the smoke clears, there will be just one person elected in 2016. Published July 20, 2015
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Iran’s two postures make trust difficult
In response to the historic agreement designed to limit its ability to construct a nuclear weapon, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said, "Our relations start afresh today. We seek more closeness, unity, brotherhood, and better relations," to which I respond,"Beg pardon"? Published July 20, 2015
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Give military members right to carry weapons
Having been both a Marine and a law-enforcement officer, I felt cut to the bone last week upon learning that my brother Marines were killed and a law-enforcement officer was wounded by a terrorist in Chattanooga, Tennessee ("Thomas Sullivan, Marine killed in Chattanooga shootings, was Purple Heart recipient," Web, July 17). It is time for President Obama and Congress to officially declare war against terrorists and allow an army of unseen personnel to carry weapons under the Second Amendment. Published July 20, 2015
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Iran deal should be wake-up call
I've been an independent voter all of my 49 voting years. I have voted for both Democrats and Republicans, but have allegiance to neither. President Obama has not impressed me much, but until today, I was never fearful of him. The Iran nuclear agreement has changed that. Published July 19, 2015
EDITORIAL: Destroying Islamic State requires better leadership
Chattanooga joins Fort Hood and Little Rock as indictments of the continuing failure of the nation's strategy for eliminating the threat of Islamic terrorism. The man entrusted with the responsibility for keeping America safe won't even call the threat by its right name. Hint: It's not "workplace violence." Published July 19, 2015
EDITORIAL: The deprogramming of Dinesh D’Souza
Arrogance is ugly wherever found, and it's particularly ugly in a judge with the power to deprive a man of his freedom. Dinesh D'Souza is an author, filmmaker and onetime college president who was convicted of violating campaign finance law. Published July 19, 2015
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Hillary Clinton’s shifting identity
Hillary Clinton's political decolletage has remained modest even as her chief rival for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination, Bernie Sanders, lets it all hang out ("Hillary Clinton's identity crisis confuses followers," Web, July 16). Hillary's apologists, water-carriers, flacks, advisers, spinners and hangers-on apparently approved revealing something more in her economic policy address, although perhaps she should have maintained the mystery. Published July 19, 2015
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Iran concessions pure capitulation
There is a difference between engaging and capitulating. President Obama's deal with Iran opts for the latter. Published July 16, 2015
