THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Continental introduces fuel-saving, all-season ProContact with EcoPlus technology

Continental Tire introduces its most innovative new tire line to-date, the ProContact with EcoPlus Technology. Published June 17, 2010

EDITORIAL: Obama’s endless summer of spending

The White House kicked off a "recovery summer" public relations blitz yesterday to promote the alleged benefits of stimulus spending. The mood of self-congratulation was interrupted by a Labor Department report that found initial jobless claims for the week climbed by 12,000. A Conference Board survey showed the average wait in unemployment lines increased from 30 weeks at the start of the year to 34.4 weeks in May. It won't be a summer of love in those households. Published June 17, 2010

Ford’s restoration parts keep dad’s ride hot

As Father's Day approaches, Ford is proud to support the millions of enthusiasts nationwide who keep antique and classic Ford-built vehicles on the road. And nowhere is that support more evident than through the official Ford licensed restoration parts program. Published June 17, 2010

EDITORIAL: Kagan and Shariah

Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan faces new questions about her stance on the U.S. military, just 10 days before confirmation hearings are scheduled to begin. Sen. Jeff Sessions, Alabama Republican, wants to know why Ms. Kagan was strangely silent about big money Harvard accepted from a questionable source while she served as the law school's dean. Published June 17, 2010

EDITORIAL: Nickel-and-diming commuters

The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) released its long-term vision for the Commonwealth on Wednesday. If fully implemented, the "2035 Virginia Surface Transportation Plan" would shake down taxpayers every time they get in their automobile by setting up toll booths on every interstates in Northern Virginia. The document also encourages the use of "congestion pricing" to extract greater sums from commuters as they travel to and from work. Published June 17, 2010

Political Scene

Gen. David H. Petraeus, who oversees the war in Afghanistan as head of U.S. Central Command, compared the conflict there to a roller-coaster ride with ups and downs similar to what was seen in Iraq. Published June 16, 2010

Is immigrant detention softening up?

In an agreement U.S. immigration officials hope will begin to reshape the entire 30,000-bed detention system, some asylum-seekers and immigrants awaiting deportation proceedings could soon be held in facilities where they can wear their own clothes, participate in movie and bingo nights, eat continental breakfasts, and celebrate holidays with visiting family members. Published June 16, 2010

Culture Briefs

According to Ben Brantley, ... a new rock musical called 'Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson' portrays our seventh president as ... a literal, if fictional rock star, 'poured into a pair of tight black jeans and fiercely embodied by a microphone-riding Benjamin Walker.' Published June 16, 2010

EDITORIAL: Obama running on empty

In his Oval Office address on Tuesday night, President Obama issued a ringing challenge to "embark on a national mission to unleash American innovation and seize control of our own destiny" through developing clean alternative energy. The president stated that the future of unlimited clean energy had been denied to Americans through a cabal of "oil industry lobbyists" and politicians lacking "courage and candor." But don't worry, the O Force is determined to focus the efforts of government on the problem, defeat these conspiratorial forces and save the country. Published June 16, 2010

EDITORIAL: Walpin-gate swings wide open

One year to the day after illegally firing AmeriCorps Inspector General Gerald Walpin, the Obama administration is scrambling to ward off further embarrassments related to the case. On Friday, Mr. Walpin's lawsuit for reinstatement moved forward another step. For this tempest to be raging a full year later shows how badly the administration botched the situation from the start. Published June 16, 2010

EDITORIAL: Ohio court takes on negative eBay feedback

The Ohio Supreme Court is staffed by legal minds so weak that it's only a matter of time before they are nominated to federal jobs by President Obama. For expressing this opinion, which appears in print as well as online at washingtontimes.com, a majority of Ohio's top judges believe we should be hauled into court in Columbus. We'd like to see them try. Published June 16, 2010

EDITORIAL: Al Gore Cheating Scandal Erupts

The Al Gore cheating scandal, which erupted on Tuesday, came as no surprise to many in Washington. Published June 15, 2010

EDITORIAL: Obama’s Gulf war

Five weeks into the Hurricane Katrina crisis, President George W. Bush's Gallup weekly public approval rating stood at 45 percent. Five weeks after the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded and sank, the same survey pegged President Obama's approval rating at 46 percent. That is bad news for the White House. The worse news is that Mr. Bush's approval rating had increased five points since the Katrina crisis had started; Mr. Obama's has dropped four points. Published June 15, 2010

EDITORIAL: Congressional brutality

Congressional Democrats went on a rampage three months ago to paint Tea Party activists as violent extremists, despite zero evidence that the movement's rallies have been anything but peaceful. House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer, Maryland Democrat, took a media tour, somberly informing viewers of CBS' "The Early Show" that, "We've had a lot of serious disagreements on tax bills, on war and peace and other matters, and I haven't seen the level of, frankly, threats or anger or threatening of violent acts that I've seen recently." Published June 15, 2010

EDITORIAL: The worst judiciary ever

The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday forwarded to the full Senate the appellate judicial nomination of U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny, whose self-proclaimed sympathy for "sexual sadists" knows few bounds. Thus proceeds President Obama's attempt to remake the federal judiciary into a den of criminal-coddling left wingers completely alien to most Americans' sense of equal justice under law. Together, these nominees are dangerous to the American legal system. Published June 15, 2010

Culture briefs

"We have asked incoming first-year students to read two texts in the summer before they arrive at Bard - Kafka's 'The Metamorphosis' and the fourth chapter of Darwin's 'The Origin of Species,' 'Natural Selection.' Published June 15, 2010

EDITORIAL: Pro-Black Panther prejudice

The foundation is crumbling from the Justice Department's stonewall on the New Black Panther voter-intimidation case. What's becoming visible is a serious corrosion in the whole edifice of the Civil Rights Division in the Obama-Holder Justice Department. Published June 14, 2010

EDITORIAL: It’s called soccer. Deal with it.

Islamist militants in Mogadishu last weekend killed two people and arrested 10 others for watching World Cup soccer, which is banned in Somalia. Islamist leader Sheik Abu Yahya Al-Iraqi said that soccer "descended from the old Christian cultures, and our Islamic administration will never allow" watching the World Cup. Published June 14, 2010

EDITORIAL: The Brady Campaign’s anti-Semitic honoree

Disgraced reporter Helen Thomas' May 27 rant that Israelis should "get the hell out of Palestine" and go back to Germany or Poland brought justifiable condemnation in some circles. The Society of Professional Journalists is considering renaming its Helen Thomas Award for Lifetime Achievement, and Bethesda's Walt Whitman High School withdrew its invitation for Ms. Thomas to be its commencement speaker this week. Even President Obama belatedly admitted, "Her comments were offensive." Too bad the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence doesn't agree. Published June 14, 2010