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EDITORIAL: Government school nutrition programs fail children
Hardly anyone has a fond memory of the school cafeteria. The gray meat, if meat is what it was, and peas, Jell-O and oily pizza are best forgotten. Many have tried to improve school lunches but sometimes a tater tot is best left a tater tot. Enter Michelle Obama, the first lady of the steam table. Her good intentions have only done for the school lunch what Obamacare has done for health care, with loud fanfare, more government guidelines and greater costs. With government "help," the lunchroom offers only more kale. Published March 22, 2015
EDITORIAL: Why Homeland Security is a sad place to work
No department of the government has a mission more important than the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), created after Sept. 11, 2001 to defend and protect the towns and cities, the farms and factories of the American homeland. It ought to be one of the most attractive places in Washington to work, inspired by pride and sacrifice to deliver a job well done. But it isn't. It's one of the worst. Published March 22, 2015
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Obama not president of Israel
According to the polls Benjamin Netanyahu was on the verge of defeat but finally scored a smashing victory in the recent Israeli election. Published March 22, 2015
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Iran letter signers deserve praise
I certainly agree with your editorial "Treason in the U.S. Senate" (Web, March 15). The specter of Iranian-sponsored nuclear terrorism coming to the fore in future years should Iran get the bomb more than justifies Sen. Tom Cotton's cautionary letter to Iranian leaders. Published March 22, 2015
EDITORIAL: Hillary Clinton’s haughtiness may sink her presidential campaign
Poor Hillary. She never got to be the homecoming queen in high school and she's still trying to make up for it. Since leaving the State Department, she has doubled down in regal style at every turn to draw a caricature of herself that is beginning to look like ruining the last chance that she will have to be the president of the United States. Published March 19, 2015
EDITORIAL: Machines become more human
Barack Obama promised that his presidency would be a time of "hope and change," and he made good on half of it. Hope is still missing, but there's plenty of change. Mr. Obama might say that Americans are still clinging to the God and guns of the past and do not appreciate the whirlwind we're reaping. The unfolding trends are stretching the boundaries of human identity in ways Mr. Obama and his "progressives" (as liberals want to be called now) could not have imagined. Yogi Berra warned us that "the future ain't what it used to be." Published March 19, 2015
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: For Israel, ‘hard-line’ alternative is destruction
President Obama must reconcile himself to more "hard-line" leadership from newly reelected Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Imagine — Israel, a nation the size of New Jersey, elected a "hard-line" government just because it has a toxic mix of the Battle of Stalingrad, the Rape of Nanking and the Spanish Inquisition on its borders and 1.3 billion contentious, ungovernable neighbors. The morning after the Israeli election the Tunisian Parliament was shot up. Just another day in the non-Israeli Middle East. Published March 19, 2015
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Government should ensure classified records returned
Some 60 years ago, as the result of an automobile accident it became known that a government official was carrying secret materials in the trunk of his car. That was considered a big scandal at the time. Now we learn that the last three secretaries of state did not certify the return of classified materials in their possession ("State Dept.: 'No record' of signed document from Hillary Clinton affirming records turned over," Web, March 10). Published March 19, 2015
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Anti-Israel rhetoric anti-Jewish
Thank you for your article "'Jew-hating campaign' seen with Israel divestment movement on campuses" (Web, March 18). Sadly, the problem is worse than the article suggests. Published March 19, 2015
EDITORIAL: Benjamin Netanyahu’s triumph a message to Obama, Iran
Food, shelter and a comfortable life are as important to the Israelis as to everyone else, but survival comes first. That's the clear and unequivocal message in the remarkable triumph of Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel on Tuesday. His victory, unexpected to anyone paying attention only to the polls and the skeptical international media, was decisive, complete and emphatic. Published March 18, 2015
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Iran letter could derail bad deal
There are several things to understand regarding the GOP letter to Iran's leaders ("Ted Cruz: I'd sign Iran letter 'in large print' so the Ayatollah wouldn't need his glasses," Web, March 17). First, it was not a secret communication, but rather an open letter to be read by Iran, world leaders, the White House and the American public — more of a press release than a diplomatic communication. Published March 18, 2015
EDITORIAL: The galloping pace of government waste
It's a dubious distinction, but government productivity set a record in one category last year: improper payments. Federal printers wrote $125 billion — that's billion with a "b" — in checks to Americans who didn't deserve them. This is the solid argument for shrinking the size of the bureaucratic Leviathan. President Obama has redistributed the mountains of waste and the oceans of red ink, rather than reduce them. It's business as usual in Washington, where frittering away other people's money is good sport. Published March 18, 2015
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Glenn Ivey for Congress
The best news on the political horizon that should brighten the day of all Maryland residents is the fact that former Prince George's County State's Attorney, Glenn F. Ivey, has announced he will run for Congress ("Glenn Ivey announces run for Congress," Web, March 2). Published March 18, 2015
EDITORIAL: Where did Vladimir Putin go?
When Russian President Vladimir Putin vanished from sight in early March all the explanation were colorful rumors. The maximum leader was a victim of a coup, he was attending the birth of his "love child" (the warmer, fuzzier Vlad), he was having cosmetic surgery (bullies on steeds need Botox, too). Or he was dead. Published March 17, 2015
EDITORIAL: Loretta Lynch, attorney general nominee, begs a second look
Loretta Lynch, President Obama's choice to succeed Attorney General Eric Holder, appears to be in trouble. So is the Republican legislation to do something about sex trafficking of girls and women, and the Republicans can prevail in both cases if Mitch McConnell doesn't blink before Harry Reid. This would erase the humiliation of the majority leader's performance in the debate over the budget for the Homeland Security Agency. Published March 17, 2015
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Congress had every right to send Iran letter
Contrary to the objections of the White House and President Obama's spokespersons, congressional leaders had every right to make clear in a letter to the Iranian leaders what the difference is between an executive order/agreement and a treaty ratified by Congress and signed by the president. Published March 17, 2015
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Ben Carson right on homosexuality
How predictable to see Dr. Ben Carson bullied by the militant gay lobby for speaking the truth — that unlike skin color, being gay is ultimately a choice ("Ben Carson cites prison as proof that homosexuality is a choice," Web, March 4). Published March 17, 2015
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Unionizing is employee’s choice
In reading Stephen Moore's article on right-to-work law, I noticed Mr. Moore seems to forget one of the principles of democracy, majority rules ("Freedom not to choose," Web, March 8). Worker X can apply to work at company A, a union shop, or apply to company B, a non-union shop. It's his choice. If he chooses company A he can try to convince the other workers to vote the union out; here again majority rules. Or he can go to work at company B and work for less money and fewer benefits. Published March 17, 2015
EDITORIAL: Obama aids Benjamin Netanyahu’s opponents
Benjamin Netanyahu faces a long election night. As election day dawns on Tuesday, his Likud Party trails by four seats in election-eve polling. He has barnstormed the country, warning voters of the consequences of turning the security of Israel over to his rivals, with apologies for his government's lack of attention to the economic plight of the average Israeli family. Published March 16, 2015
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Harm to U.S. will be Obama’s legacy
For Justice Department attorneys to state with a straight face before the Fifth Circuit and claim irreparable harm to five million criminal aliens if amnesty is not granted is to spit in the face of every American citizen and valued legal guest. Published March 16, 2015
