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EDITORIAL: Going postal and you can bank on it
Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of . . . your banking needs. Published February 9, 2014
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Rising problem of Holocaust denial
Thank you for Suzanne Fields' excellent column, "Anti-Semitism on International Holocaust Remembrance Day" (Jan. 30), noting anti-Semitism's resurgence in the Middle East and Europe. Published February 9, 2014
EDITORIAL: Bailing out Obamacare
You don't need a degree in higher math to see that the numbers for President Obama's health care takeover don't add up. Obamacare doles out generous subsidies to the elderly in the expectation that healthy young people will pay higher premiums to cover the added costs of insuring the old. Published February 9, 2014
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Crime, poverty and marijuana
In the rush to decriminalize, legalize and accept marijuana into society as just another harmless social activity, we may be creating massive problems for the future. Published February 9, 2014
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Maryland needs change from O’Malley
Marylanders have an important decision to make this year. We will either decide to continue the tax-and-spend agenda and the exit of businesses and Marylanders to other states, or we will embark upon a journey of restoration for our state. What choice will you make? Published February 9, 2014
EDITORIAL: Smoke signals from CVS
Tobacco is the nanny state's favorite punching bag. Attention-seeking politicians win headlines by introducing a bill or ordinance to ban lighting up somewhere. This requires an ever-creative imagination, because most restaurants, bars, stores and workplaces are already off-limits. Published February 6, 2014
EDITORIAL: VW workers face a choice in Chattanooga
Workers at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tenn., are caught between two powerful interests. They're urged by the United Auto Workers to vote next week to join the union, with organizing help of the VW management, even though most employees apparently don't approve. Published February 6, 2014
EDITORIAL: Tribute (as in bonuses) for IRS malfeasance
Good news for the employees of the Internal Revenue Service. John Koskinen, the tax agency's new director, will spread the wealth to his staff in bonuses for a job he considers well done, even if almost nobody else does. Evidence abounds that suppression of the Obama administration's political enemies is part of that job. Published February 6, 2014
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Girl Scouts’ camp-sale decision premature
In "Iowa dispute over Girl Scouts camps heads to trial" (Web, Jan. 20), the author writes that four Girl Scout camps are being put on the market, and since this decision was made without members' approval, the members have decided to sue. The Girl Scout Council of Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois claims that camping no longer interests young girls. Published February 6, 2014
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Obama still refusing to heed America
I watched the Bill O'Reilly interview with President Obama on Sunday and was amazed at the how the president continued to lie to the American public ("Obama denies any wrongdoing on IRS, Benghazi," Web, Feb. 2). Published February 6, 2014
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: EU wise to court Ukraine?
Attempting to "liberate" Ukraine may be high-minded of the European Union, but it poses important questions ("Back to the future: Russia slams West's support for Ukraine opposition," Web, Feb. 1.) Published February 6, 2014
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: MyRA accounts fleece middle class
The myRA is another Democratic program to plunder what is left of the middle class. The only thing remarkable about what has transpired in the past five years is that the middle class has voted repeatedly to commit suicide. Published February 6, 2014
EDITORIAL: SodaStream unfairly targeted by foes of Israel
With such a blowout result, most fans outside Seattle reckoned Super Bowl XLVIII to be a bit of a dud. The real entertainment was the much-anticipated war between the commercials and the championship battle of the big-budget, game-time television pitches for the usual array of things that shimmer and shine. Published February 5, 2014
EDITORIAL: Leno, Seinfeld don’t toe PC line on comedy
The problem with political jokes, as someone said, is that they sometimes get elected to Congress. A bit harsh, no doubt, but the mother lode of material for late-night television comedians runs from one end of Pennsylvania Avenue to the other. Published February 5, 2014
EDITORIAL: The Massachusetts Obamacare Boondoggle
Since we're stuck with Obamacare for the foreseeable future, Congress ought to pay attention to fixing the most indefensible features of the health care disaster it imposed on the country. Published February 5, 2014
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Obama’s military purge is frightening
For the first time in my life, I am ashamed and afraid of the current government. This is the most audacious move to seize control of the military that I have ever witnessed, and the American people have no idea it is occurring before their eyes. Published February 5, 2014
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Service members used as political tools
Reflecting on the long ovation given to the Army Ranger during President Obama's recent State of the Union address caused me to remember an incident described in one of the histories I read about Soviet dictator Josef Stalin. Published February 5, 2014
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: IRS bonus idea is laughable
New Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen wants to pay bonuses to employees at the IRS. If he wants to pay them, fine — let him take the money out of his own pocket, not mine. Published February 5, 2014
EDITORIAL: The Obamacare lie as an option
Obamacare's woes grow daily, but liberals celebrate denial. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) peered into its crystal ball to see what the president's health care takeover holds in store for the economy, and the answer isn't pretty. Published February 4, 2014
EDITORIAL: Obama’s basketball strategy on Keystone XL
Affordable power dissolves liberal fantasies. White House wise men insist on spending the public's money to promote retro power plants such as windmills, which went out of fashion with the Industrial Revolution. Published February 4, 2014
