THE WASHINGTON TIMES

EDITORIAL: Shrinking economy, fading hope

Stagnation is not an appealing campaign promise. The Democrats dare not ask, "Are you better off now than you were four years ago?" Published June 27, 2014

EDITORIAL: A youngster with a passion for books takes on City Hall

In the Kansas City, Kansas, suburb of Leawood, Spencer Collins, age 9, a voracious reader, wanted to share his love of books with his neighbors. He set up his own little library on the front lawn. Published June 26, 2014

EDITORIAL: Unanimity at the Supreme Court

For a panel that's supposed to be irrecoverably partisan, the justices of the Supreme Court just did a pretty good job this week resolving divisive legal issues unanimously. Published June 26, 2014

EDITORIAL: Hillary Clinton’s lurid poverty tales

Hillary Clinton, even with Bubba's help, just can't get her "poor me" routine straight. Bonnie and Clod are eager for everyone to think of them as "po' folks," but reality keeps messing with their tales of what it feels like to be a pauper. Published June 26, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: ‘Other people’s money’ isn’t free

One would think that, with a staggering national debt in excess of $17 trillion, and with Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid in danger of not being able to continue providing the high benefit levels we have come to expect of them, President Obama would be making serious proposals to bring the budget into balance and find the means to shore up these three critical programs for future generations. Published June 26, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Stop socialism’s spread in U.S.

The latest Obama administration scandals at the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Internal Revenue Service should send shock waves through the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave. Published June 26, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Never trust a tyrant with chemical weapons

In what's being hailed as a foreign-policy triumph of the Obama administration (which needs every morsel of good news it can get), the Syrian government gave up all its "declared" chemical weapons stockpile. Published June 26, 2014

EDITORIAL: Another ‘smidgen of corruption’ at IRS

Taxpayers shouldn't shed tears over the troubles at the Internal Revenue Service. Published June 25, 2014

EDITORIAL: Reviving free-trade agreements would revive the economy

America's economic engine needs a jump start. Everyone agrees on that much. Published June 25, 2014

EDITORIAL: Supreme Court strikes blow for cellphone privacy

The nine justices of the U.S. Supreme Court spoke with a rare unanimous voice Wednesday, telling cops and sheriffs what Congress and the states should have said loud and clear years ago: "Get a warrant." Published June 25, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: The cost of illegals is enormous

The main problems caused by illegal immigration are lost jobs, lower wages, stolen taxpayer resources and increased crime and domestic terrorism. Published June 25, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Washington Redskins, yes; Harry Reid, no

God bless Mr. Dan Snyder, owner of the Washington Redskins, a team hundreds of thousands of us are proud of. Published June 25, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: The president who lost the Middle East

President Obama's virtually nonexistent foreign policy has been described as feckless. I would add the word "puerile" to that. Published June 25, 2014

EDITORIAL: The president’s Cronycare

Promises, promises. Once upon a time, Barack Obama said he would put an end to monkey business as usual in Washington. Published June 24, 2014

EDITORIAL: The fortunes of bitcoin

The U.S. Marshals Service on Friday will auction a $15 million treasure trove of "coins" that can't be touched, tasted, smelled or seen. Published June 24, 2014

EDITORIAL: Tsunami of the huddled masses

President Obama's dirty laundry is on display on the border for all to see. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is seeking 42,000 pairs of actual underwear on the border. Published June 24, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Discrimination against seniors, military?

I went to Wolf Trap last Saturday, and it was embarrassing. Published June 24, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: If ‘Redskins’ offends, change it

I am a proud black American. That designation, which was all the rage at one time in this country, now garners me occasional contemptuous looks from my children's generation, as well as a significant portion of mine. Published June 24, 2014