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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Anti-GMO just anti-science
Chipotle's recent GMO-free announcement confirms a disturbing trend: the inescapable appeal of anti-scientism in executive boardrooms. It's really just business as usual — an extension of a campaign that reduces farming to laughable caricatures and elevates Chipotle's "wholesome" brand. Published April 29, 2015
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Eliminate Iran threat now
As the world — particularly in the Middle East — holds its breath, President Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry try to persuade us that a lion is really a lamb. It's a tough sell and so far only the most devout Obama-ites have drunk the Kool-Aid. Published April 29, 2015
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: ‘Unqualified’ is political theme
Some say it's hard to judge a book by its cover, but oftentimes after a few chapters it gets a little easier to get a feel for the story. Looking at those in elected political positions today makes one scratch one's head and ask, Who is voting these people in? And what were the qualifications on which those voters based their decisions? Published April 28, 2015
EDITORIAL: Justice for Japan’s ‘comfort women’ of World War II
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who speaks to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday, and the Japanese government have heard many demands for apologies for atrocities committed by Japanese soldiers in World War II, and among the most deserving are from the thousands of women, mostly Korean, who were pressed into sexual slavery to serve the lusts of Japanese troops during World War II. Published April 28, 2015
EDITORIAL: Hillary Clinton slips in polls
Americans are a tolerant lot, most of the time, but suspicion of foreigners trying to intervene in things that are none of their business is a constant in the nation's history. On leaving the presidency after two terms, George Washington warned in his farewell address of the wisdom of staying clear of foreign entanglements. Published April 28, 2015
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: GOP party of choice, freedom
There has been a lot of talk lately about Bruce Jenner coming out as a Republican and a Christian ("Bruce Jenner, Evolving Republican," Web, April 27). Some say they don't want him in our party while others welcome him. Good governance is beneficial to all groups. Published April 28, 2015
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Baltimore riots: Effect change with votes, not rocks
A couple of possibilities may account for the situation in Baltimore, one which will result in a major dilemma for black voters ("Intel report warns gang attacks on white cops could spread nationally," Web, April 27). Published April 28, 2015
EDITORIAL: Caution with the body cameras
Every picture tells a story, but not every story must be told. Equipping the police with body cameras could hold them more accountable for how they deal with the public. Police departments generally support the idea of such cameras, saying video can protect them from false claims of police brutality. But the unblinking eye is no cure-all and the benefits must be weighed against cost, officer retention and privacy rights. If a police camera becomes part of the uniform, one size may not fit all. Published April 27, 2015
EDITORIAL: Shinzo Abe seeks powerful new role in world
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan will be honored Wednesday in a way that few foreign visitors are honored. He will speak to a joint session of Congress, and in an irony that will not go unremarked either here or in Japan, he will speak from the lectern used by President Franklin D. Roosevelt when he asked Congress to declare war on Japan the day after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, the date that FDR said "will live in infamy." Published April 27, 2015
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Applaud Bruce Jenner’s courage
As a Christian, Republican and transgender individual, Bruce Jenner demonstrates that the conservative umbrella is just as diverse and inclusive as its squawking liberal counterpart ("Bruce Jenner: I'm a Republican and a Christian," Web, April 25). Today gay conservative voices — most notably Washington Times columnist Tammy Bruce — champion the truth that the Republican party has evolved to a greater degree of social acceptance. Published April 27, 2015
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Unshackle energy, Internet
Stephen Moore's excellent op-ed "State of the planet: It's better than ever" (Web, April 26) overlooks Internet communications' wonderful contributions to energy-supply increase and a cleaner environment. Published April 27, 2015
EDITORIAL: The liberation of President Obama
President Obama obviously feels liberated by the sight of his administration swiftly approaching the outer suburbs of oblivion. With no fear of red line or deadline, he has set about to use the time he has left in office to make the United States a nation that neither he nor Michelle would be ashamed to be proud of. Published April 26, 2015
EDITORIAL: Internet robot Random Darknet Shopper arrested for selling drugs
Sometimes the news sounds like science fiction by Ray Bradbury. We've been asked by a high government official, lately in charge of the State Department, to believe that certain of her emails reside in a black hole in cyberspace. Two scientists — computer geeks, anyway — are working on a computer program to bring a dead man back as a virtual live man for a virtual conversation. Published April 26, 2015
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Pamela Geller’s bus ads spread hate
Pamela Geller, an outspoken critic of Islam, has claimed a giant victory in exercising her First Amendment right to free speech ("Anti-jihad, anti-sharia ads protected by First Amendment, federal judge rules," Web, April 21). Published April 26, 2015
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: No second Clinton White House
When Bill Clinton was president, I became convinced that his term in office was the most scandal-ridden in history. Published April 26, 2015
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Family comes first
In "Suicide of a Superpower," the author Patrick Buchanan writes: "When the faith dies, the culture dies, the civilization dies, the people die. This is the progression." Published April 26, 2015
EDITORIAL: Moving past Turkey’s Armenian massacre
Most Americans can't quite understand how events of previous centuries still have the power to stir anger and resentments, and make an appreciation of their common interests difficult. Well, some Americans can recall a certain anger late on a summer night after a third or even fourth bourbon and branch water, but the feeling quickly goes away. Nations, after all, do not have permanent friends, in Lord Palmerston's famous explanation to Queen Victoria, but nations do have permanent interests and memories of a civil war no longer poisons those interests on these shores. Published April 23, 2015
EDITORIAL: David Vitter tries to close Congress’ Obamacare loophole
Successful congressional candidates of both parties often -- perhaps usually -- suffer amnesia when they get to Washington, and get a glance of the vast buffet of perks Congress votes for itself. They forget a lot of the promises they made during their successful campaigns for Congress. Sen. David Vitter of Louisiana, a Republican, has not forgotten. He's trying to find out who certified that Congress is a "small business" so its members and their highly paid staffs could be eligible for an Obamacare subsidy for employees of businesses with fewer than 50 employees. Published April 23, 2015
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Limit government, grow America
Preceded by government growth under Presidents Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson and Lyndon Johnson, as well as the Sixteenth Amendment, six years of an Obama administration has turned the federal expanse into a terminal case of social, political, economic and national-security disease. Published April 23, 2015
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Congress, media failing to do duty
In his recent op-ed,"To run toward the breach — or to run away" (Web, April 21), Clifford May notes that the critical issue in President Obama's Iran deal is whether Congress will allow it to compromise America's sovereignty. It is shocking that this should even be a matter of choice. Published April 23, 2015
