THE WASHINGTON TIMES

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Kids learn outside of school, too

Armstrong Williams' Commentary piece, "Changing the conversation on parenting" (Web, March 16), is correct in its encouragement of positive parental involvement in children's lives. Published March 17, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Bureaucratic dysfunction is a worldwide problem

Upon leaving his position at the Department of Health and Human Services, Director of Office of Research Integrity David Wright wrote in his resignation letter that the job was the worst one he had ever had. Published March 17, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: No peace for Ukraine, but a piece for Russia

Most likely, the United States and Europe will not further intervene in Eastern Europe, and Ukraine, like the country of Georgia earlier, will lose a good portion of its sovereign territory guaranteed it under the 1994 Budapest Memorandum signed by signatories from Ukraine, Russia, Britain and the United States. Published March 17, 2014

EDITORIAL: Women unseen on the silver screen?

Global warming had to be renamed climate change because the globe wasn't warming. Now affirmative action, with its accompanying percentages, quotas, goals and timetables, suffers from bad press and has been recast as "diversity." Published March 14, 2014

EDITORIAL: Working overtime to stifle job growth

Who needs Congress? President Obama, who has rewritten Obamacare several times to tweak it to the political needs of the moment, signed a memorandum Thursday ordering Department of Labor Secretary Thomas E. Perez to "streamline" the Fair Labor Standards Act so that more white-collar employees would be eligible for overtime pay. Published March 14, 2014

EDITORIAL: Obama’s undiplomatic envoy picks draw surprising critics

Foggy Bottom is not a redoubt of right-wing conservatives. Republican presidents do send over the names of a handful of political friends as ambassadorial candidates, but they're usually "short timers" intended to serve only through the end of an administration. Published March 14, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Death knell of Malaysia Airlines?

Not until a major problem occurs are big problems revealed about an airline. Published March 14, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Atheists don’t live in faith-free world

I fear that we are becoming a nation of thin-skinned, easily offended, intolerant people who neither respect nor accept the individuality and freedom that we all possess. Published March 14, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Reid’s ‘untruths’ creating Democratic sheep

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's recent assertion that criticisms of Obamacare are "all lies" is not morally wrong simply because it was scandalous, but rather because it will be accepted as truth by many Democrats. Published March 14, 2014

EDITORIAL: The profitable abuse of drugs spawned by government

If there's one thing a government program can be counted on to do, it's to grow, quickly and a lot. In the last days of the administration of George H.W. Bush, the 340B Drug Pricing Program was created to provide discounted pharmaceuticals to the poor, the uninsured and the most vulnerable. Published March 13, 2014

EDITORIAL: Lois Lerner’s dilemma

The noose tightens around the neck of Lois Lerner, once an enforcer at the Internal Revenue Service with duties to protect the interests of Democrats. Published March 13, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Put proof behind ‘Bush lied’ assertion

Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, New York Democrat, recently called upon former Vice President Dick Cheney to "keep his mouth shut" after Mr. Cheney criticized President Obama for being "weak" on the Ukrainian crisis. Published March 13, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Issue impeachment, not a toothless bill

The GOP's new Enforce the Law Act does not involve the courts because Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will never allow a vote on it — and President Obama would veto it, anyway. Published March 13, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Anti-God humanism will ruin nation

The small atheist group whose pursuit is to remove every cross and Christian vestige in America is very disturbing. Its latest attempt is to have the Peace Cross in Bladensburg dismantled. This is a landmark that since 1925 has honored the World War I dead in the county in which I live. Published March 13, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: De Blasio doing disservice to ‘underdog’ students

Thomas Sowell's eloquent Commentary piece on the political left and its disdain for successful minority students enrolled in nonpublic schools is a reminder of the arrogance of the elite. Published March 13, 2014

VIDEO: Emily Miller on Fox Business on Vivec Murthy for surgeon general and smart guns

Published March 13, 2014

EDITORIAL: Government cronyism comes back to bite Tesla

Tesla Motors embodies crony government gone wild. Politicians first infatuated with electric toys in their childhood have dug deeply into the public treasury to prop up companies that build battery-powered cars with a six-figure price tag and a two-digit driving range. Published March 12, 2014

EDITORIAL: Obama’s ‘Funny or Die’ gig is beneath dignity of presidency

President Obama's recent appearance on "Funny or Die," a comedy-video website co-founded by actor-comic Will Ferrell, gives new meaning to the concept of stooping to conquer. The joke was on Mr. Obama, whose incredible shrinking presidency is fast becoming a laughingstock. Published March 12, 2014

EDITORIAL: Rahm Emanuel as Obama’s third term?

President Obama has given a few constitutional law lectures, and he fancies himself an expert on the subject. Published March 12, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: The recipe for Asia-Pacific stability

President Obama will encounter a host of security tensions when he makes an East Asian tour in late April. The trip is the first time the president is visiting the region since China and Japan clashed over an air-defense zone established by Beijing. Published March 12, 2014