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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: America: Land of the free no more?
I won't soon forget the Fourth of July we just celebrated. My husband and I saw the excellent movie "America: Imagine the World Without Her," the documentary by Dinesh D'Souza. was Published July 10, 2014
EDITORIAL: What’s Obama hiding at illegal-alien ‘refugee’ camps?
A year ago, Mr. Obama boasted in a "fireside" Web chat that his "is the most transparent administration in history." There was not the slightest hint of irony. He may actually believe it. Published July 9, 2014
EDITORIAL: No free pass on gun rights for red-state Democrats
If Democrats regain a majority in the House and retain the Senate, the first order of business after a tragic shooting would be to enact strict gun control. Everyone knows it, and that's a problem for Democratic senators. Published July 9, 2014
EDITORIAL: iFiasco in the classroom
How can a school district that can't learn from its mistakes teach the kids anything? Published July 9, 2014
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Obama leading to America’s demise
A new Quinnipiac University poll shows the public thinks President Obama is the worst president since World War II ("Hands down, Obama is the worst president since WWII: poll," Web, July 2). Published July 9, 2014
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Time for a parliamentary system?
When I look at the American political landscape, I do not see a two-party system. Instead I see gridlock among liberal Democrats, moderate Democrats, the undecided, the GOP establishment and, of course, the Tea Party. Published July 9, 2014
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Obama’s voter bloc of ‘entitlement’ illegals
It's time for Americans, especially seniors, to mobilize against President Obama and the Democrats. Published July 9, 2014
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Douglass would abhor affirmative action
In his July 9 column "A primer on race," Thomas Sowell uses Jason Riley's new book "Please Stop Helping Us" to make the point that governmental "affirmative action" policies hurt black Americans far more often than they help them. Published July 9, 2014
EDITORIAL: Banning internships, hurting interns
Finding a paying job these days is hard enough. Certain liberals on the Left Coast are determined now to make it harder still, with a scheme to eliminate interns. Published July 8, 2014
EDITORIAL: Obama’s ‘Katrina’ moment
It takes audacity for President Obama to schedule a pair of Democratic fundraisers in Texas while he refuses to tour the chaos on the Texas border. Published July 8, 2014
EDITORIAL: The EPA’s outrage in the barnyard
Barack Obama derided George W. Bush's strategy of "going it alone" overseas as "cowboy diplomacy." Going it alone is the way of this administration's domestic policy. Published July 8, 2014
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Say ‘no’ to more Maryland taxes
The state of Maryland is talking new taxes — again. Maryland is considering a Vehicle Miles Traveled tax, or VMT. Published July 8, 2014
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Curry made a difference in PG County
The death of Wayne K. Curry, former Prince George's County executive, is very sad news and a tragic loss not only to Curry's family, but to the entire metropolitan region ("Former PG County Executive Wayne K. Curry dies of cancer at 63," Web, July 2). Published July 8, 2014
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Hobby Lobby ruling was the right one
Liberals are objecting to the Supreme Court's ruling that requiring closely held companies, such as Hobby Lobby, to pay for methods of contraception violates the corporations' religious freedom. Published July 8, 2014
EDITORIAL: Captioning cat videos
Cable and cellphone companies are universally unpopular, so the unthinking demand that the government regulate access. Such regulation invites absurd "innovations," such as the latest Federal Communications Commission proposal to require closed captioning on cat videos. Published July 7, 2014
EDITORIAL: Justice Sotomayor and the phony ‘war on women’
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor worked herself into a lather over an unsigned order the court issued Thursday to provide temporary relief to Wheaton College. Published July 7, 2014
EDITORIAL: The threat of fall of Baghdad evokes Saigon 1975
It's something like Vietnam, all over again. Published July 7, 2014
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Linking MEK to terrorism is mistaken
In "Rally of Strange Bedfellows" (Web, June 29), Iran's principal opposition movement, Mujahideen-e-Khalq (MEK), is "strangely" smeared as "former terrorists." The article's take on the largest rally of Iranian opposition is flawed. Published July 7, 2014
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: ISIS ‘caliphate’ announcement goes unnoticed
Shock, horror — ISIS declares a caliphate. How times have changed ("Islamic state 'caliph' calls on all Muslims to 'obey' him during Ramadan prayer service," Web, July 5). Published July 7, 2014
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: America, the world’s orphanage?
It has become painfully clear that President Obama and the Democratic Party are turning America into an international orphanage. Published July 7, 2014
