THE WASHINGTON TIMES

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Soda tax promotes a blame-others culture

If their goal is to fight obesity, perhaps residents of San Francisco and Berkeley, Calif., should place a huge tax on marijuana, since the drug is known to make people hungry. Published July 25, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Ship tours can foster dialogue

The rationale behind the arguments against Adm. Jonathan W. Greenert's offering his Chinese naval counterpart a tour of a U.S. aircraft carrier is intriguing. Published July 25, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Latin leaders profit from illegals

Talk about the pot calling the kettle black. The presidents of Honduras and Guatemala, whose governments have for years run criminal enterprises to profit from illegal human trafficking, are actually accusing the Obama administration of being a willing partner in this enterprise. Published July 25, 2014

EDITORIAL: Cellphones, steering wheels and safety

It's difficult for some people not to tell other people what to do, and sometimes it's a shame that people have to be told what they ought to have figured out themselves. Published July 25, 2014

EDITORIAL: Obama’s ‘economic patriotism’ means higher taxes

These past five years have been very good for Wall Street and administration cronies, donors and other campaign benefactors. The revolving door between corporations and government has never spun faster than under President Obama, who once promised he wouldn't hire lobbyists. Published July 25, 2014

EDITORIAL: Stopping police asset-forfeiture predators

When the public is more afraid of the cops than the bad guys, the system is broken. Published July 25, 2014

EDITORIAL: More Kennedy snake-oil medicine

Poking fun at liberals and their schemes is good sport. When they draw up a solution to the world's ills, the result is always waste, duplication, fraud and disaster. Sometimes those ideas from the fringe can be downright dangerous. Published July 24, 2014

EDITORIAL: Gun-shy Obama

His triumph in 2012 gave President Obama the flexibility he wanted to begin an all-out push for gun control. Published July 24, 2014

EDITORIAL: Detroit’s water ‘spigot bigots’

Some people find racism everywhere they look, even in the kitchen faucet. In Detroit, the NAACP has applied the "racist" label to a public water works because it's shutting off service to customers who won't pay their water bill. Published July 24, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: No U.S. support for Christian peril

Here in the United States, the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center tried banning Bible reading in its service hospital, Obama appointees have made it a crime for chaplains and troops to share their faith in the Department of Defense, U. S. military commanders are prohibited from publishing religious programs and services, and a defense directive put Christians in the same category as the Islamic terrorist group that attacked us on Sept. 11, 2001. Published July 24, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Obama fundraises as the world burns

Those who feign surprise at the worldwide slaughter of innocents and the refusal of leaders to call out those who commit these acts are responsible for allowing them to continue. Past U.S. presidents took the lead in rallying support to stop these evil acts. Published July 24, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Trump-Carson a 2016 dream ticket

I've been reading that Dr. Ben S. Carson, the world famous neurosurgeon, won the recent Western Conservative Summit straw poll in Denver by a convincing margin over the runner-up, Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas Republican ("Carson wins straw poll as conservatives focus on winning battle of ideas," Web, July 20). I like Dr. Carson a lot — but not as president this time around. Published July 24, 2014

EDITORIAL: Obamacare enrollees faking for freebies

Obamacare was revealed to have a fatal flaw on Tuesday when federal appellate courts split over the legality of the subsidies crucial to the health care plan. The subsidies have been given to anyone who asks for them. Published July 23, 2014

EDITORIAL: Feds harassing the deliveryman

The Department of Justice doesn't have time to investigate the abuse of taxpayers at the IRS, but it has plenty of time to harass shipping companies FedEx and UPS, making life difficult for everybody as only the government can. Published July 23, 2014

EDITORIAL: Poor Hillary, rock-star wannabe

Many of the Democrats who tell the world from the bumpers of their hybrids that they're "Ready for Hillary 2016," regard Hillary Clinton as something of a rock star. She does, too. Published July 23, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Let consumers make own choices

As the CEO and owner of a Maryland-based vending company and the president of the Maryland-D.C. Vending Council, the idea that soda taxes may gain traction throughout the country is an ominous one. Published July 23, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Say no to atheist ‘chaplains’

It's an old joke to say "military intelligence" is an oxymoron, but now there's a new oxymoron that's no laughing matter — "atheist chaplain" ("Humanists seek support from Congress on military chaplains," Web, July 22). Published July 23, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Investigate airliner downing, but not Benghazi?

I find it interesting how President Obama is treating Russian President Vladimir Putin in regard to Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 shootdown over Ukraine. It's the total opposite of how he handled the Benghazi terrorist attack. Published July 23, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Obama’s downed-airliner response insufficient

When the Malaysian airliner was shot down, millions of Americans dropped what they were doing to follow the news minute by minute. Well, with one notable exception. President Obama continued with his political fundraising tour. Published July 23, 2014