THE WASHINGTON TIMES

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: GOP must end Obama’s unconstitutionality

Republican members of Congress and others have commented for months that specific Obama executive orders are unconstitutional, and that the president has failed to uphold his oath to enforce all enacted laws, including Obamacare. Published February 12, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Treatment of Pakistani hard-liners’ foes is chilling

Karachi residents have long suspected that hard-line political parties in Pakistan are encouraging entities to take over the country. The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) is center-left, liberal and the largest party in the largest city in Pakistan. Published February 12, 2014

Steve Deace adds his voice to The Washington Times

Radio show host Steve Deace, a rising conservative voice in the Midwest, is joining The Washington Times as a regular contributor to its opinion team, Editor John Solomon announced Wednesday. Published February 11, 2014

Washington Times journalists win national awards

The Washington Times' sports editor Mike Harris and photojournalist Andrew Harnik each won major awards from national journalism organizations Tuesday. Published February 11, 2014

EDITORIAL: Photo ID is OK for NAACP rally, but not at voting booth

Participants in a march and rally sponsored by the NAACP got a list of "do's and don'ts" when they assembled last week. "DO wear a hat and very comfortable shoes" and "DO bring photo identification (driver's license, passport or other valid photo ID) with you and keep it on your person at all times." Left off the list was "DO as we say, and DON'T do as we do." Published February 11, 2014

EDITORIAL: Shirley Temple, a little girl to remember

Shirley Temple is hard to imagine today in Hollywood, or in Topeka or Cleveland, for that matter. She was the sweetheart of an innocent age and a hopeful place that deserved her more than ours, and it's difficult to recall the grip she had on the nation's heart in a time of misery and desperation. Published February 11, 2014

EDITORIAL: Government by anarchy from a lawless president

Having to "pass a bill to find out what's in it" was bad enough. Now that Obamacare is law, it's no easier to find out what's in it. Only a mind reader knows for sure what President Obama regards as binding provisions of the law, and which can be ignored. The law sways with the president's mood and the flick of his pen. Published February 11, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Don’t forget Audie Murphy

Your Feb. 4 "Inside the Beltway" piece on the World War II Office of Strategic Services states that William "Wild Bill" Donovan is the sole American to receive our nation's four highest military decorations. Not so. Published February 11, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Service to God and country isn’t irreconcilable

Your Jan. 30 editorial "Turbans, tattoos and beards in the military" was an insult to the service of thousands of turbaned and bearded Sikhs who fought and died in defense of freedom during both world wars, and to observant Sikh Americans, such as Maj. Kamaljeet Singh Kalsi. Published February 11, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: U.N. committee not pro-child

The U.N. Committee on Rights of the Child (CRC) is obviously a misnomer. It should instead call itself the Committee on Rights of Some Children, Not All. Published February 11, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Marriage for priests not likely to end abuse

In "Theologians at the United Nations" (Commentary, Feb. 7), Wesley Pruden seems to suggest that suppression of "the most compelling of natural human instincts," (i.e., priestly celibacy) has been the primary cause of sex abuse by Catholic clergy. Published February 11, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Stop bankrolling illegals on taxpayer dime

Am I alone in seeing the travesty that is occurring in Washington today? The president and Congress are working on moving forward with so-called "immigration reform" and a revised Dream Act, yet they have absolutely stonewalled any extension for long-term unemployment benefits. Published February 11, 2014

EDITORIAL: Snowden makes a point

Edward J. Snowden revealed to the world that the U.S. government collects emails, records telephone calls and snoops through other communications of just about everybody. This disclosure set off an overdue debate on the meaning and limits of privacy and surveillance in the modern age. Published February 10, 2014

EDITORIAL: Obama’s warmed-over fudge on global warming

President Obama was sworn to uphold the U.S. Constitution, but his oath of office shouldn't be confused with the courtroom oath requiring witnesses to "tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth." Published February 10, 2014

EDITORIAL: The Democrats’ job lock ruse

The luckiest people in the world right now are the 2.3 million Americans about to find themselves in the unemployment line. That's the Democratic response to the latest Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates of Obamacare's damage to the economy. Published February 10, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: No concessions from Obama

What is Ben Wolfgang talking about? Exactly what have been Mr. Obama's "concessions" to Republicans? Published February 10, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: End Obama’s abuse by ‘pen and phone’

President Obama's threats to use his "pen and phone" to govern by executive order and sidestep Congress are both arrogant and thoroughly unconstitutional. Published February 10, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Sochi security requires extra vigilance

With the Winter Olympics in Sochi now underway, thoughts of adequate security measures linger in many minds. It is the kind of undertaking that is daunting at best. Published February 10, 2014

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Don’t lie to kids about farm animals

PETA regrets that a flier that was intended to be given to parents was inadvertently given to children at a California elementary school, but we are also disturbed (as parents should have been) that the school was allowing a farmer to mislead children about how cows and calves are treated on modern dairy farms. Published February 10, 2014