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EDITORIAL: A presidential library of mystery
If they build it, will they come? Where will they go, to Hawaii or Illinois? Those are the first of many questions the new Barack H. Obama Foundation will have to answer about the presidential library of the 44th president. Perhaps this library will help the public understand the man who is the least known president since, well, Chester Alan Arthur. Published February 4, 2014
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Create jobs, not ‘myRA’ gimmicks
With U.S. international relations going through perhaps the worst period in 40 years, the disastrous rollout of Obamacare, an economy still in the doldrums and the lowest rate of employment in more than 40 years, President Obama carved out time in his State of the Union speech to introduce his new savings plan, "myRA.'' Published February 4, 2014
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: New leadership needed in House?
What if, after taking charge of the U.S. Congress in 2011, House Speaker John A. Boehner had told America he was going to follow the Constitution rather than Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid? Published February 4, 2014
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Asking the Obama ‘what if’ questions
In his excellent Commentary piece, "A sorry State of the Union" (Jan. 30), Andrew P. Napolitano could have included the following questions: What if President Obama had published an autobiography in which he listed among his favorite books he read in high school were by communists Ralph Ellison, W.E.B. DuBois and Malcolm X? Published February 4, 2014
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Let Obamacare die natural death
We have seen that one bailout after another has cost Americans dearly. That is why I oppose any bailout of insurance companies by the president, his administration or Congress. Published February 4, 2014
EDITORIAL: It’s a bird! It’s a drone!
Humphrey Bogart's classic line in the movie "Casablanca" could take on a sinister new meaning in the surveillance society: "Here's looking at you, kid." Last year, New Orleans toyed with the idea of using drones to watch over the Super Bowl, but the smarter people in the Big Easy dropped the idea. Published February 3, 2014
EDITORIAL: The new face of Obamacare?
Obamacare isn't popular, and nobody knows it better than President Obama. In an interview with Bill O'Reilly of Fox News, Mr. Obama danced around the question of why he hasn't fired Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, the face of the fiasco. Published February 3, 2014
EDITORIAL: Obama picks a crook’s errand boy for Homeland Security
Jeh C. Johnson, only recently confirmed as chief of the Department of Homeland Security, is off to an inglorious start. As our own Jim McElhatton and Kelly Riddell reported Monday, Mr. Johnson's own right-hand man, Christian Marrone, was previously the right-hand man of a Philadelphia politician with a felonious bent. Published February 3, 2014
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Don’t call San Francisco ‘Frisco’
Jennifer Harper is "Inside the Beltway," but she surely would be an outsider among natives of San Francisco, for calling the city "Frisco" Published February 3, 2014
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: D.C. Fire Chief Ellerbe’s sad stewardship
Am I the only one who has read about one misadventure after another with the D.C. fire department? Am I the only one who is unable to fathom how Fire Chief Kenneth B. Ellerbe manages to keep his job? Published February 3, 2014
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Instead of banning marijuana, tax it
Your Jan. 29 editorial, "The president of pot," makes the common mistake of assuming that marijuana prohibition deters marijuana use. If the goal of marijuana prohibition is to subsidize violent drug cartels, prohibition is a grand success. Published February 3, 2014
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Abortion and the ‘war on women’
The left's rallying cry of a Republican "war on women" is being badly misused. Since 1973, an estimated 28 million baby girls have been killed in their mothers' wombs. Published February 3, 2014
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Child car seats and the nanny-state mentality
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is seeking regulations to require child-seat modifications for children weighing up to 40 pounds. It would be interesting to learn how many millions (or billions) of dollars are going into the testing of these child seats and the reissuing of regulations to require manufacturers to change their seat models. Published February 3, 2014
EDITORIAL: The bark of the Blue Dog Democrat Chihuahuas
Blue Dogs are a vanishing breed, rarer than the Bedlington terrier or the Tibetan mastiff. Defeats, retirements and redistricting have decimated the ranks of the Democratic caucus that styles itself as the party's "centrist wing." Published January 31, 2014
EDITORIAL: Obama’s retirement MyRA plan is a gimmick
We can blame Woodrow Wilson for the annual bore that the State of the Union has become. Before Wilson, the presidents sent their ideas about the state of the union to Congress in writing. Published January 31, 2014
EDITORIAL: Confronting race-baiting at MSNBC
The race card is the overworked joker in the deck of every media and political hack. When a Democratic partisan lays it on the table, the Republican instinct is to head for the exit, leaving his cards, chips and courage behind. Published January 31, 2014
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Power grabs ensue when compromise wanes
Democracy, especially the Beltway brawling that passes for the status quo in our fair country, is messy. Published January 31, 2014
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Exploiting veterans for a political agenda
I was extremely annoyed at President Obama's State of the Union address, as well as the response the speech got from Republicans. As an independent voter, I can't understand how the Republicans can ignore Mr. Obama's veiled threats to bypass Congress. Published January 31, 2014
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: On e-cigarette petition, administration blowing smoke
Stephen Dinan's story about the "We the People" petition site has the subheading "Obama is given credit for trying" ("Deport Justin Bieber: White House goes mum on 'We the People' petition site," Web, Jan. 28). Not by former smokers who finally quit by switching to electronic cigarettes. Published January 31, 2014
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Shuttering ‘sheltered’ workshops ill-advised
Proposed federal regulations designed to close down "sheltered" workshops are outrageous ("R.I. to move disabled out of 'segregated' workshops," Web, Jan. 17). The majority of individuals who work in these facilities will not find jobs in private businesses because they cannot produce at expected levels. Published January 31, 2014
