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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Islamic State is no better than the Nazis

The terrorist army of the Islamic State has committed a variety of crimes and atrocities, including the killing of Americans and various racial and religious groups, and the killing and mistreatment of hundreds of thousands of innocents. Published September 4, 2014

President Barack Obama walks past a portrait of former President Jimmy Carter, right, in the Cross Hall of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010, as he headed to the East Room for a news conference the day after the midterm elections. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

EDITORIAL: Another ‘Recovery Summer’ vanishes

Labor Day has come and gone and with it the season for white linen suits and two-tone shoes. It's the right time to ask: Where's that "Recovery Summer" we were promised four years ago? Published September 3, 2014

Rep. Eliot L. Engel, New York Democrat

EDITORIAL: Still no strategy for dealing with the Islamic State

President Obama still doesn't have any idea of what to do about the Islamic State, but a growing number of Democrats and Republicans in Congress do. They're determined to take the conduct of the war out of the president's hands. Published September 3, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Automaker apprentice program works

Volkswagen's apprentice program is a winner ("Volkswagen tries to bring Germany's worker-friendly policies to U.S.," Web. Aug. 31). About 35 years ago, a top Volkswagen executive accepted an invitation to be keynote speaker at a seminar titled "Invest in the USA." Published September 3, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Will Ferguson become another L.A.?

Twenty-two years ago, the residents of South Central Los Angeles didn't care for the first verdict in the Rodney King trial, so they decided to make their displeasure known. The result was 53 innocent people killed. Published September 3, 2014

In this Oct. 1, 2009, file photo, Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Fla., listens during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Grayson is denying he battered his estranged wife and says a video confirms his account. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

EDITORIAL: Militarizing law enforcement

There may be some good to come yet from the unfortunate events in Ferguson, Mo. The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee will hold a hearing Tuesday about the perils of militarizing law enforcement. Published September 2, 2014

FILE - In this Sunday, March 2, 2014, file photo, Jennifer Lawrence arrives at the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. A publicist for Lawrence says the actress has contacted authorities after nude photos of her were apparently stolen and posted online. Intimate images of the Oscar-winning actress began appearing online on Sunday, Aug. 31, 2014, and nude images purported to be of other female celebrities were also being circulated online. The source of the leak was not immediately known. (Photo by Dan Steinberg/Invision/AP, File)

EDITORIAL: When a fed trolls for trouble online

Nearly everyone agrees there's a dark and smoky suburb across the River Styx reserved for child predators, but occasionally one of them shows up on somebody's payroll, even the government's. Published September 2, 2014

In this Friday, Aug. 29, 2014 photo from a television monitor in Concord, N.H., U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H. is seen in one of her television commercials. The Democratic Party has been focusing much of its firepower on Brown and Walt Havenstein, one of the Republicans hoping to face Gov. Maggie Hassan, while paying little heed to Smith, Rubens or Havenstein's opponent, Andrew Hemingway.(AP Photo/Jim Cole)

EDITORIAL: Delay amnesty, or deny Democrats?

Amnesty for millions of illegals — just not right now. That's the cry to President Obama of desperate incumbent Democratic senators in red and purple states. Published September 2, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: More Obama executive overreach

Big government means ideological double standards. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a new federal agency headed by an Obama crony, is illegally and without consequence retaliating against employees who allege discrimination. Published September 2, 2014

FILE - In this May 18, 1977 file photo, performer Frank Sinatra appears on the stage of the Westchester Premier Theater in Tarrytown, N.Y., during the opening night of his act with Dean Martin. Sinatra's first New Jersey driver's license has sold for $15,757 at auction. The yellowed, text-only 1934 license was issued, typo and all, to Francis Sintra, 841 Garden Street, Hoboken, New Jersey. The license was signed by the then-19-year-old a year before Sinatra got his first big break in the music industry. (AP Photo/Ray Stubblebine, file)

EDITORIAL: They only have eyes for a lawsuit

Musical tastes have changed over the past 80 years. Swing, jazz, pop and blues gave way to rock and roll, country, Gospel, heavy metal, new wave, and even rap, if rap be rightly called music. Published September 1, 2014

U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert McDonald speaks during a news conference a the Palo Alto VA Medical Center on Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2014, in Palo Alto, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

EDITORIAL: Giving veterans a choice

Veterans have earned our gratitude --- and our obligations to them. Finally, they're all going to get a little more control over their medical care. Published September 1, 2014