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EDITORIAL: The wrong message
Symbolism matters, and President Obama knows it. When the president spoke at Georgetown University in 2009, his advance team asked that the Roman Catholic university cover an image derived from the first three Greek letters of the name of Jesus Christ. Published March 26, 2013
EDITORIAL: The wasted hour
''Earth Hour" ticked away while we slept through Saturday night, the bright idea of environmentalists who want to shame the rest of us into turning off the lights. Anyone who stayed up for it wasted the hour. The stunt is an extension of the hype surrounding global warming, preaching the message that individuals can "make a difference" and alter temperatures in the cosmos. Published March 26, 2013
EDITORIAL: No candles for Obamacare
Saturday marked the third anniversary of President Obama's proudest accomplishment, his takeover of America's health care. Advocates of this bold disaster vowed to reduce health care costs, increase consumer choice, reduce the deficit and "grow" the economy. Published March 25, 2013
EDITORIAL: Saving marriage
When Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio, a Republican, announced earlier this month that he has evolved into a supporter of same-sex marriage after years of faithfully defending actual marriage, it seemed more a matter of shifting convenience than a blinding conversion of conscience. Published March 25, 2013
EDITORIAL: Second Amendment skirmishes
Gun owners relaxed a little last week when Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid conceded that Democrats lack the votes for Senate passage of an "assault weapon" ban. But relaxing the fight is premature. Gun-control advocates had a good week, too, with small victories in Colorado and Maryland. Published March 25, 2013
EDITORIAL: Jettisoning Judd
When Ashley Judd, the liberal actress and activist, first floated the idea of running for the U.S. Senate in Kentucky many Democrats from Washington to Louisville all but swooned at the prospect. She seemed like the party's best shot at taking out their biggest boogeymen, Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader in the Senate. Published March 22, 2013
EDITORIAL: Fiscal follies
The House on Thursday passed an ambitious plan to bring the budget into balance within the next 10 years. It's a shame the spending blueprint, crafted by Rep. Paul Ryan, Wisconsin Republican, isn't likely to go far. President Obama is more interested in releasing his March Madness tournament picks than in pushing Democrats to deal with a mere budget. Published March 22, 2013
EDITORIAL: Nice hat, but where’s the cattle?
Israel is a land of symbols. It's fitting then that President Obama's arrival in the Holy Land on Wednesday was bedeviled by a breakdown. The wrong fuel for the president's limousine (diesel instead of gasoline) was quickly remedied, but four years of U.S. policies that have fueled turmoil in the region won't be fixed so easily. Published March 22, 2013
EDITORIAL: The immigration trap
The Republican National Committee's postelection "autopsy" report issued Monday suggests that comprehensive immigration reform could improve the party's sagging fortunes with Hispanic voters. Published March 21, 2013
EDITORIAL: Austerity on rails
Washington is gripped by sequestration fever. Or sequestration chills, depending on the point of view. The White House complains that it's suffering severe spending withdrawal, and Congress, or at least half of Congress, says it's suffering the pangs of hunger for more and deeper spending cuts. Published March 21, 2013
EDITORIAL: Gaming bad taste
It's over a quarter-century now since Al Gore, then a senator from Tennessee, held congressional hearings to determine whether there was a link between heavy-metal music and cheap sex and violence. At a session Al probably doesn't want to remember, classic hard-rock anthems like Van Halen's "Hot for Teacher" and Twisted Sister's "We're Not Gonna Take It" were blamed as "contributing factors" to the ills of society. Published March 21, 2013
EDITORIAL: Gun control by the U.N.
Bureaucrats from 150 nations are ramping up efforts to impose gun control through international pact. Here in the United States, the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty has become the vehicle to drive an agenda that is deeply controversial because once a treaty is ratified by the Senate, it becomes the supreme law of the land. Published March 20, 2013
EDITORIAL: Not dead yet
Reports of the death of the Republican Party are greatly exaggerated, notwithstanding the release Monday of the details of an "autopsy" figuring out what went wrong in the 2012 elections. Published March 20, 2013
EDITORIAL: Rotting dictators
In death, Hugo Chavez won't get the immortal perch he hoped for. Tardy embalmers ruined any plans to put the body of the late Venezuelan president on permanent display, like those of Lenin, Mao and Ho Chi Minh. To add insult to injury, the hug his pal Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gave Chavez's mother at his funeral has turned grief into an occasion for a new outburst of extremist rants. Published March 20, 2013
EDITORIAL: And now even the dogs
The president's health care reform was supposed to make medical treatment more affordable, especially for the uninsured. The closer we come to implementation, we can count the ways it won't. Visits to the doctor will be very expensive, not just for humans, but for dogs, cats and even goldfish. Published March 19, 2013
EDITORIAL: Unlocking the Keystone pipeline
Weary of waiting for President Obama to provide leadership and relief for fuel prices, Democrats and Republicans in Washington are boarding the bandwagon for the Keystone XL pipeline. Partisan politics stop at the gas pump. Published March 19, 2013
EDITORIAL: Setback for the snoopers
In the wake of Sept. 11, many Americans cheerfully gave law enforcement the benefit of almost any doubt. It was "anything goes" if it meant stopping enemies from ever having an upper hand again. Unfortunately, the bureaucracy has been cheerfully willing to bypass judicial oversight on the way to obtaining unprecedented access to personal information of good Americans. Published March 19, 2013
EDITORIAL: The Obamacare application
The Internal Revenue Service must now defer to the Department of Health and Human Services as the chief goblin of the American taxpayer. The task of signing up for mandatory health insurance will soon rival the notorious Form 1040 for complexity and anxiety. Published March 18, 2013
EDITORIAL: Unplug the electric subsidies
President Obama stopped by Argonne National Laboratory in his Chicago hometown on Friday to demand Americans hand over another $2 billion in subsidies for electric cars. Liberals love trading in sensible sedans for these trendy "green" golf carts. Published March 18, 2013
EDITORIAL: Smoke over the Falklands
Sometimes smoke gets in the eyes not only of lovers, but of priests and politicians as well. Prime Minister David Cameron of Britain and Pope Francis are engaged in a long-distance disagreement over the pontiff's assertion two years ago, when he was a mere archbishop, that Britain had "usurped" the Falklands by winning a war with Argentina 30 years ago. Published March 18, 2013
