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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: GM showed disregard for safety, lives

Perhaps GM really stands for "Gigantic Mistake" ("GM recall: Many victims were young drivers," Web, March 31). In the past month, General Motors has recalled about 4.8 million vehicles for a wide range of serious problems. Published April 2, 2014

Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee waves at the conclusion of his State of the State address in the House chambers of the Statehouse, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014 in Providence. The annual speech traditionally sets out a governor's priorities for the year. It is Chafee's fourth and final such address. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

EDITORIAL: Rhode Island governor’s bloated budget

A budget crisis means different things to different people. For a family, a budget crisis might mean an overdrawn checking account, an empty refrigerator, a stack of unpaid bills and a house foreclosure note on the front door. Published April 1, 2014

United States Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power speaks at United Nations headquarters, Thursday, March 27, 2014. The draft resolution of the U.N. General Assembly on Ukraine is "confrontational in nature", Russian Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vitaly Churkin said on Thursday, March 27. "Russia’s attitude towards the proposed draft resolution is negative. It is confrontational in nature," he said before the vote in the U.N. General Assembly. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

EDITORIAL: Samantha Powerless on Syria genocide

Samantha Power, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, calls herself the "genocide chick," reflecting her urge to intervene in tragedy. She boasts that she'll do whatever it takes to nip mass tragedy in the bud. Or she used to. Published April 1, 2014

** FILE ** Then-Deputy CIA Director Michael J. Morell received an email dated Sept. 15, 2012, from the Libya station chief saying that the Benghazi attack was "not an escalation of protests." (Associated Press)

EDITORIAL: Morell testimony could bring clarity on Benghazi

Spies are paid to lie for their country. Fake identities, hidden compartments in luggage and clandestine meetings are meant to keep the nation's enemies off balance and its allies safe. Michael J. Morell, the former director of the CIA, will find out Wednesday, when he is grilled by the House Intelligence Committee, that it's important to know when to stop lying and tell the truth. Published April 1, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Social-welfare states only grow

I don't contest the unfunded liabilities of $205 trillion over the next 75 years quoted in "Millennials, the Social Security sucker generation." There is no way for this number to be satisfied, and the only result will be a benefit reduction in the future. Published April 1, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Deploy European ABM defense

"GOP senators back Bush-era missile defense system to punish Putin" notes that a senior congressional aide claimed the interceptors have the advantage of being able to defend the United States from intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) launched from Iran or North Korea. Published April 1, 2014

U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius visited a call center at United Way of Greater Austin Friday, March 28, 2014, in Austin, Texas, to highlight local efforts to enroll consumers in affordable health coverage, just three days before the March 31 enrollment deadline. (AP Photo/Austin American-Statesman, Ralph Barrera)

EDITORIAL: The Obamacare exchange problem

Even after President Obama and the Democrats enacted Obamacare, they didn't know what was in it, despite Nancy Pelosi's assurance that Congress would find out what it had done once it was the law. Published March 31, 2014

Sen. Tom Coburn, Oklahoma Republican, called for the review of Stanley Thornton Jr.'s Social Security disability payments after Mr. Thornton, who lives part of his life as an "adult baby," demonstrated woodworking skills on the National Geographic channel television show "Taboo." (Associated Press)

EDITORIAL: The Social Security disability con

Swindlers are drawn to big government like flies on watermelon, honey and other sweets. Bureaucrats hold a bottomless purse, and they're not particular about what happens to the cash within. It is, after all, someone else's money. Published March 31, 2014

World Vision president Richard Stearns (World)

EDITORIAL: 20/20 hindsight at World Vision

World Vision, an evangelical Christian charity that does good work the world over, stunned its donors last week with the announcement that henceforth it would employ the parties in a same-sex marriage. Not entirely surprising, two days later the policy was canceled. Published March 31, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Boehner should consider legal move

As speaker of the House, Rep. John A. Boehner should determine by vote whether the House has standing to sue the president for institutional injury for diminution of legislative power as a result of the extent of unilateral changes to Obamacare. Published March 31, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Contraception contradiction in Obamacare

I'm confused. The argument of the pro-choice advocates at the Supreme Court last week was that the decision regarding contraception should be between women and their doctors, and dictated not by what an employer is willing to cover under a health care plan, but by what is mandated under Obamacare. Published March 31, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Immigration laws exist for a reason

In America, there is no difference between undocumented immigrants and illegal aliens. For our state and federal governments to give illegals who have broken our laws benefits and amnesty is an outrage. Published March 31, 2014

Fans leave the stadium after the Washington Nationals lose to the St. Louis Cardinals 8-0 in game three of the National League Division Series at Nationals Park, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, October 10, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

EDITORIAL: Hot dogs, Cracker Jack and ballpark welfare

Major League Baseball opens the season Sunday with the Dodgers facing the Padres at Petco Park in San Diego. In the cities the 30 big-league teams call home, players and fans dream of ending the season in the World Series. Taxpayers could get a few more days' use from the megamillion-dollar stadiums they built for wealthy team owners. Published March 28, 2014

** FILE ** FBI Director James Comey testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 26, 2014, before a House Appropriations, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies subcommittee hearing on the FBI fiscal 2015 budget. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

EDITORIAL: The FBI dumps a ‘hate group’

Something called the Southern Poverty Law Center sounds like a harmless do-good organization of idealistic young lawyers out to make life better for poor folks in the South, most of them likely black. Who wouldn't want to make life better for poor folks? Published March 28, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Mainstream media mum on Northern racism

To date, the hypocrites in the liberal mainstream media have remained silent about "blue state" racism. Were such racism happening in even one Southern state, the mainstream media would be running the presses so fast, smoke and flames would be coming off the machinery. Published March 28, 2014