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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: DuPage is on sound financial footing

In "How a college hid $95 million in expenses like booze, shooting clubs" (Web, Oct. 2), Drew Johnson claims the College of DuPage administration has hidden vendor payments from its board of trustees. Mr. Johnson parrots without question the erroneous accusations of a political activist group, Open the Books, which has repeatedly used misleading information to attack the college. Published October 8, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Navy morale is low for a reason

A few years ago, a client of mine wanted to invite the service chiefs and their senior noncommissioned advisers to an event at Andrews Air Force Base. At the time, I still had Pentagon access, so I opted to hand-deliver the invitations to the E Ring offices concerned. Published October 7, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: The FairTax would abolish the IRS

Visualize getting your whole paycheck (no federal income tax or FICA deductions) every payday. Then imagine that you would get to decide how much federal tax you pay according to what you chose to buy. Published October 7, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Stop pandering to Islamic State terrorists

These are thrilling days for the savages of the Islamic State ("Islamic State withstands bombing campaign, plots Baghdad invasion," Web, Oct. 5). Their butchery of innocent hostages has commanded world attention, and the media have complied with their desire to receive the greatest possible degree of publicity for their barbaric actions. Published October 7, 2014

FILE - In this March 19, 2013, file photo, singer Justin Bieber performs during a concert at Bercy Arena in Paris. Canadian police say the pop star has been charged Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2014, with dangerous driving and assault after a collision between a minivan and an ATV led to a physical altercation in southwestern Ontario. Ontario Provincial Police say that the incident happened Friday afternoon, Aug. 29, near Bieber's hometown of Stratford and that he was released on a promise to appear in court Sept. 29. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)

EDITORIAL: Government party crashers

A man's home is his castle, except in Montville Township, N.J., where city officials want to give police the authority to crash any party. Published October 7, 2014

This Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014 photo shows a sign on northbound Interstate 19, near Amado, Ariz., in the southern part of the state, that tells drivers they are kilometers away from their destination. Although other highways around the country have some metric signs, I-19 is the only continuous highway that is entirely in the metric system. The signs were installed nearly 40 years ago as part of pilot program that aimed to introduce the use of the metric system in the United States. (AP Photo/Astrid Galvan)

EDITORIAL: End of the road for the metric system

The metric system lives no longer on American highways. The Arizona Department of Transportation is preparing to take down the signs on Interstate 19 that tell a motorist that it's 64 kilometers to Tucson. This is the end of the road for Jimmy Carter's idea to measure everything by the metric system in America, like it or not. Published October 7, 2014

The Chicago Tribune was certain Thomas E. Dewey had beaten incumbent Harry Truman in the 1948 presidential election. (Photo: Associated Press)

EDITORIAL: The do-nothing Congress: Who’s really at fault?

President Obama likes to kick Congress when it's down. Who would defend a body with a 14 percent approval rating? Only the Ebola virus may be less popular than Congress, but it's Mr. Obama who has imposed the gridlock. Published October 7, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Redskins furor is a government creation

The Redskins name controversy is another example of political correctness causing divisiveness ("FCC will consider petition to ban 'Redskins,'" Web, Sept. 30). The government is not addressing racial tension; it is creating it. Published October 6, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Good, bad and ‘ugly’ carbon footprints

Australians are supposed to feel guilty because some bureaucrat in the climate industry has calculated that we have a very high per-capita "carbon-dioxide footprint." Every human activity contributes to our carbon-dioxide footprint; even just lying on the beach breathing gently produces carbon dioxide. Published October 6, 2014

President Barack Obama speaks at the League of Conservation Voters Capitol Dinner at the Ronald Reagan Building on Wednesday, June 25, 2014, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

EDITORIAL: The league of crony voters

The League of Conservation Voters is going all in with $25 million on the table in a desperate gamble to keep the Senate in Democratic hands. "This is five times more than what we spent in 2010," Daniel Weiss, a senior vice president of the league, tells a C-SPAN interviewer. Published October 6, 2014

AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE / GETTY IMAGES President Lyndon Baines Johnson in 1964.

EDITORIAL: The red state-blue state knowledge gap

Democrats may not be quite as smart as they think they are. That's the conclusion of a new Pew Research Center for the People and the Press survey that posed a dozen questions about current events. Republicans emerged as the most informed in the poll. Published October 6, 2014

Alison Lundergan Grimes, Kentucky Democrat, who is challenging incumbent Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell, on Monday unveiled a social-media campaign dubbed "#AlisonCares." It plays off Mrs. Grimes' stump speech, in which she declares, "Mitch McConnell doesn't care. I do!" (Associated Press)

EDITORIAL: Obama on the ballot, to Democrats’ chagrin

President Obama can be credibly accused of many things, but not of an excess of modesty. With the control of the Senate on the line, Mr. Obama is turning the spotlight on himself. Disbelieving Democrats are terrified. Published October 6, 2014

FILE--This undated file photo shows convicted police killer Mumia Abu-Jamal. Goddard College, a liberal arts college in Plainfield, Vt., with 600 students, said on its website Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014, that Mumia Abu-Jamal's recorded remarks will be played Sunday at a commencement, along with a video about him. (AP Photo/Jennifer E. Beach, File)

EDITORIAL: Cut off Mumia’s microphone

Commencement speeches can be amusing, inspiring or, in the worst (some would say even the best) case, a bit dull. Goddard College, a small liberal arts school in Plainfield, Vt., wanted a different kind of speaker. The graduating class chose a cop killer. Published October 3, 2014

In this Aug. 27, 2014 photo, a lab technician shows containers of frozen human milk at the Fernandes Figueira Institute in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A group of American doctors are in Brazil to learn how the country's extensive milk bank system works. With more than 200 such banks nationwide, where breast-feeding women can donate milk that is then pasteurized and used in neo-natal facilities, Brazil has cut down dramatically in infant mortality. Doctors in the U.S. are looking to duplicate Brazil's success. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

EDITORIAL: Misrepresenting the U.S.’s high infant-mortality rate

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) finds that the United States has one of the highest infant-mortality rates in the developed world. This is shocking on its face, and certain doom-criers want to declare a national emergency and get the federal government to work on reforming the American health care system. Published October 3, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Obama’s dangerous Ebola ‘fix’

In the wake of the discovery that the deadly Ebola virus has made its way into the United States, I would like to compare the positions of Donald Trump and President Obama on the handling of this disease. Published October 3, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Only one legitimate government in Cyprus

It is deeply regrettable that The Washington Times chose to publish last week a series of articles and an eight-page insert on Cyprus from a narrow, one-sided perspective --- without even paying lip service to journalistic integrity or to plain, undisputable facts. Published October 3, 2014

FILE - This Sept. 11, 2012 file photo shows a healthy chicken salad school lunch, prepared under federal guidelines, sitting on display at the cafeteria at Draper Middle School in Rotterdam, N.Y. A House committee has endorsed a GOP plan to allow some schools to opt out of healthier school meal standards. The vote comes as First Lady Michelle Obama has launched a campaign in support of the standards, holding a White House meeting this week. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink, File)

EDITORIAL: Food police and the banning of school bake sales

Metal detectors and security guards have become a common sight in America's schools. These security measures may soon be joined by cookie-sniffing dogs and pat-downs for Pepsi at the schoolhouse door. Published October 2, 2014