THE WASHINGTON TIMES

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Real turtles aren’t ninjas or toys

I love the "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" movies, but I also love turtles. Real turtles are not ninjas, not appropriate pets for youngsters and not legal to sell if their shells are less than four inches in diameter. Published August 12, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Carter lacks foreign-affairs credibility

We should be thankful that President Obama is not taking advice from the former President Jimmy Carter, who has long fostered an anti-Israel policy that borders on anti-Semitism. Published August 12, 2014

EDITORIAL: Where is Muslim outrage?

Khaled Sharrouf and a buddy were arrested in Australia in 2007 for making bombs to use against civilians in Melbourne and Sydney. They pleaded guilty and were sentenced to four years in prison for "terrorist activity." Published August 12, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: What about the Christians and Kurds?

I find it outrageous that the Obama administration basically ignores the plight of Iraqi Christians and Kurds suffering under the Islamic State terrorist group but displays copious amounts of public outrage when Hamas claims Israeli brutality. Published August 12, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: The reactive, not proactive, president

Just before he bounded aboard Marine One and departed the White House for two weeks at Martha's Vineyard, President Obama remarked that he believed the Islamic State was moving faster than he thought — or had been led to believe. Published August 12, 2014

EDITORIAL: Heroes of the Ebola struggle

When the Ebola epidemic of West Africa burns itself out, as it one day will, the heroes and heroines of the struggle will be remembered as the men and women who risked their own lives to save the lives of others. Published August 11, 2014

EDITORIAL: Religious persecution and the return of the barbarians

Persecution of religious believers went out of style among the civilized of the world centuries ago, but it's back in the Middle East. Published August 11, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Blame lies with the commander in chief

President Obama could have destroyed the Islamic State when the terrorist army began forming in early 2014. Published August 11, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Nonprofits creating jobs despite poor economy

Recent reports indicate that Congress is unlikely to pass the unemployment-benefits extension. Published August 11, 2014

EDITORIAL: The politically correct crowd takes offense, offensively

Finding something to be offended by has replaced baseball as the national pastime. The controversy over calling the Washington Redskins the Redskins has subsided now that the season is getting underway. Published August 11, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: In Iraq and Syria, pair with the lesser evil

Syrian President Bashar Assad is a cruel Syrian dictator, but those Islamists who have invaded Syria and now Iraq come from all over the world (particularly several oil-rich Islamic nations of the Middle East). Published August 11, 2014

EDITORIAL: Jimmy Carter, the pariah president

Jimmy Carter complains that he "don't get no respect" from Barack Obama, who never calls him for advice. But why should the former president expect more from Mr. Obama than he gets from everybody else? Published August 8, 2014

EDITORIAL: Water vigilantes in California

Nobody likes a tattletale, but snitching comes naturally to a certain kind of busybody. The remarkable drought in California has produced a new category of righteous snitches called "water vigilantes." Published August 8, 2014

EDITORIAL: Holder’s absurd push for equal-outcome policing

In a game where the scoreboard can't be argued with, that's not discrimination, but a simple recognition of the differences in strength, size and stamina between men and women. Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. pretends there are no differences. Published August 8, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Marine in Mexican jail as freebies flow to illegals

Illegal-alien adults, children and gang members are crossing our borders and being welcomed like long-lost brothers and sisters. Meanwhile, U.S. Marine Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi, who made a wrong turn at the Mexican border, has been held in a Mexican prison for more than four months. Published August 8, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Paying dearly for nothing over global warming

Who hasn't seen the League of Conservation Voters' commercial showing black smoke coming out of smokestacks, the ad meant to support the new carbon-dioxide regulations being forced on us by the Environmental Protection Agency? What a crock. Published August 8, 2014