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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Cable apps don’t constitute choice

In their May 15 op-ed essay, "Switching off an outdated cable rule," Rep. Bob Latta, Ohio Republican, and Republican Federal Communications Commission member Ajit Pai advocate ending an FCC rule that allows consumers to choose their cable-reception device. Published May 20, 2014

Associated Press In 2011, The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. urged banks to better manage the risks of their merchant customers who employ payment processors, such as PayPal, for credit card transactions. The FDIC listed gun retailers as "high risk" along with porn stores and drug paraphernalia shops.

EDITORIAL: Squeezing the gunsmiths

When he was an ambitious state senator in Illinois, Barack Obama despised White House power grabs. It was so Washington. "The biggest problem that we're facing right now," he said in 2008, "has to do with George Bush trying to bring more and more power into the executive branch and not go through Congress at all, and that's what I intend to reverse when I'm president of the United States of America." Published May 19, 2014

EDITORIAL: Fleeing the nuttiness of Maryland

If Maryland veers farther left, it might one day fall into Deep Creek Lake, out where there's room for an empty wasteland. Marylanders weary of do-good taxes and the notions and policies of the looney left have been packing up to leave. It's good for the U-Haul business, but not for anyone else. Published May 19, 2014

Dinesh D'Souza

EDITORIAL: Selective prosecution of Dinesh D’Souza

Lady Justice's blindfold sometimes slips. No argument about that. But now she has thrown it aside to prosecute -- some would say persecute --; Dinesh D'Souza, a successful conservative author and filmmaker, on flimsy charges of violating campaign finance law. Whether guilty or not, the fact that Mr. D'Souza has been singled out for prosecution while others skate past freely reveals President Obama's thumb on the famous lady's scale. Published May 19, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: New York Times silent on Benghazi

The New York Times should finally change its slogan from "All the news that's fit to print" to "All the news that supports the Democratic agenda." While it would be easy for anyone to accept the Obama administration's account of the events of Sept. 11, 2012, in the days immediately following the murderous attacks on our consultate in Benghazi, a cadre of evidence not supporting the administration's narrative was available by mid-September. Published May 19, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Cut red tape on mineral mining

President Obama is right to seek to accelerate the approvals process for much-needed infrastructure upgrades to our bridges, roads and railways, as outlined in Dave Boyer's recent article ("Obama to push for more highway spending, blame GOP on blocked bill," Web, May 14). However, to make these large-scale projects a reality once they are approved, the United States will require ample and stable supplies of domestic raw materials, including iron ore, nickel and copper. These are crucial to the development of our nation's infrastructure. Published May 19, 2014

associated press Snow-covered traffic lights caused a fatal accident during a snowstorm in Oswego, Ill., in April. The problem stemmed from replacing incandescent lights with energy-efficient ones, which aren't hot enough to melt the snow.

EDITORIAL: Traffic-ticket camera kickback scam hits red light

Those big, ugly early birds began circling over the corporate headquarters of the revenue-camera industry last week when federal prosecutors announced that felony corruption charges had been filed against the Chicago city official in charge of one of the world's largest red-light camera operations. Published May 16, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Hollywood slow to see truth about Islamism

While Hollywood may have come finally to its senses with the realization that support of Shariah law is bad for the bottom line nationally and internationally, I continue to be appalled that a number of its luminaries and others in the entertainment industry have indulged in anti-Israel rhetoric and support the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against the state of Israel. Published May 16, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: ‘Dropping’ Benghazi is tacit condoning

I agree with those who say Congress needs to "move on" where the Benghazi investigation is concerned; meaning, I think our representatives must accomplish the people's business in the productive, bipartisan manner for which they were elected. Published May 16, 2014

An ANC supporter waits for the ruling party president Jacob Zuma to arrive at a victory party downtown Johannesburg, South Africa, following the announcement of the results for the 2014 national election result Saturday May 10, 2014. South Africa's election commission completed a vote count that confirms the ruling African National Congress as the winner but also shows the strengthening of prominent opposition groups. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

EDITORIAL: South Africa must move beyond Zuma

South Africa's African National Congress (ANC) picked up another clear win last week, enabling the party of Nelson Mandela to continue the winning streak that began with the country's first democratic elections in 1994. Published May 15, 2014