THE WASHINGTON TIMES

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Arming Syrian Sunni ‘moderates’ is a mistake

President Obama, with the approval of Congress, has blundered ahead to fund and arm so-called "moderate" Sunnis in Syria to fight the radical Sunnis in Iraq and Syria, known as the Islamic State, or ISIS. This is a huge error, because there are no moderate Sunnis. Published September 25, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: More machinations and manipulations from Fed

The Federal Reserve has announced that although it's going to reduce its purchase of its own bonds by 85 percent after October, it said it would keep special interest rates at zero percent until 2017, when the president leaves office. Published September 24, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Save the economy, kill Kyoto liabilities

The Kyoto Protocol was dreamed up by the climate jet-set in Kyoto, Japan, in 1997. Published September 24, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Scotland vote showed wisdom

Alex Salmond, leader of the Scottish independence movement, is now crying in his scotch ("Leader says Scots were 'tricked' into rejecting the referendum," Web, Sept. 22). Published September 24, 2014

EDITORIAL: The two views of government: Raising taxes or cutting spending

The final days of September are a time of last-minute budget wrangling in towns across America. Most cities start their fiscal year next week, and the skirmishes over pennies in a town budget are sometimes more vicious than a Washington argument over billions. Published September 24, 2014

EDITORIAL: The return of Citizens United

How did a robust and skeptical state like Colorado, with a century-long history of electing conservatives and Republicans, turn so blue with the 2008 election? That's the subject of "Rocky Mountain Heist," a documentary by the advocacy group Citizens United. Published September 24, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Enemies can learn from White House intrusion

The details of an intruder's entry into the front door of the White House are stunning. It can only be interpreted as demonstrating incompetence by those who are appointed to protect the First Family. Published September 24, 2014

EDITORIAL: Calling out Obama’s post-election amnesty

What's up President Obama's sleeve? We won't know for sure until after the midterms, when he'll be beyond political consequences. But Joe Biden's loose lips have given us a preview of the lyrics of the president's swan song. Published September 24, 2014

EDITORIAL: Making war on supercars

The bureaucrats at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration have obviously seen too many gangster movies. Parents everywhere can sleep soundly now that the Obama administration has protected their children from the menace of the trunks in supercars. Published September 23, 2014

EDITORIAL: Supreme Court must restore states’ rights in defining marriage

The first Monday in October draws nigh, which means Supreme Court clerks are lining up cases for the upcoming term. At the top of the agenda will be, or should be, what to do about flighty federal judges in a dither to nullify properly established marriage laws throughout the country. Published September 23, 2014

EDITORIAL: Flawed 9th Circuit Court embraces heckler’s veto on U.S.-flag T-shirts

Old Glory must be evicted from schools populated by the easily offended. So says the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit. Published September 23, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Why religious liberty matters

As a country that was founded on the principles of religious freedom, America, ironically, by the insidious chipping away of our religious liberties, has become that which the early colonists had fled; namely, a country that persecutes Christians ("Poll: Americans want more politics with their preaching," Web, Sept. 22). Published September 23, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Tracing disorder’s roots in the Middle East

Have you seen the nifty Islamic State propaganda video, "The End of Sykes-Picot," on YouTube? Published September 23, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Ensuring White House security

After two attempts in two days to illegally enter White House grounds, it's obvious that security is severely inadequate around the White House. Published September 23, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Shame on Congress for unfinished business

Congress does it again. Members of Congress took a five-week summer recess to campaign, went back to Washington on Sept. 8, and now another recess days later to campaign. What is wrong with Congress? Published September 23, 2014

EDITORIAL: Mr. Obama’s hot flash on global warming

The Tuesday weather forecast for Manhattan calls for sunny skies with temperatures in the 70s. World leaders gathered to hear President Obama complain about climate extremes and urge them to abandon the pursuit of prosperity to do something about the weather. Published September 22, 2014

EDITORIAL: Fence good for White House, but not for southern border?

President Obama has finally endorsed building a better security wall. It won't be on the southern border, where one is badly needed. Instead, the administration wants new and improved barriers to keep the people as far away from "the people's house" as possible. Published September 22, 2014

EDITORIAL: Pink slips for the death tax

New Jersey is bleeding jobs. The Tax Foundation says the state has the second-highest tax burden in the nation, which makes it, economically speaking, a terrible place to live. It's an even worse place to die. Published September 22, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: What foreign-policy chaos breeds

The foreign-policy approach of President Obama is responsible for the chaos in Iraq, is leaving North Korea as a threat to South Korea and to other countries, and is allowing our economic and military adversaries China and Russia to threaten our allies and support our terrorist enemies. Published September 22, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: States won’t necessarily tax Internet service

In a recent column ("Making the Internet more expensive for consumers," Web, Sept. 18), Pete Sepp of the National Taxpayers Union mischaracterizes my $7 billion annual estimate of the potential sales-tax revenue permanent renewal of the federal Internet Tax Freedom Act (ITFA) could strip from state and local tax bases. Published September 22, 2014