THE WASHINGTON TIMES

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: There is no legal pot industry

I believe that Matthew Adams is a little bit confused ("Congress can fix legal marijuana business banking problem," Web, Nov. 14). He writes, "Businesses in the legal marijuana industry " in one sentence and then follows it soon after with " the federal government still has anti-cannabis laws on the books." So in point of fact, according to federal law (the Controlled Substances Act), there is no "legal marijuana industry" — despite liberal efforts to confuse the American public on the issue.

November 17, 2019

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Congress made border problem

Who's to blame for our illegal immigration problems? Who's to blame for the American communities that are suffering from rampant crime, cartel violence, social and language problems in schools, drained health care and welfare systems, and drugs and gang activity in many parts of the country? There are several parties to blame.

November 14, 2019

EDITORIAL: Why the Supreme Court should strike down DACA

In October 2010, responding to demands from the open-borders lobby that he change immigration law unilaterally, President Barack Obama declared, "I am not king. I can't do these things just by myself."

November 14, 2019

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Bloomberg, Patrick clueless

So former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick and former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg have thrown their hats in the 2020 presidential ring ("Former Mass. Gov. Deval Patrick enters 2020 presidential race," Web, Nov. 14). My reaction to the first candidate is, Who are you? My reaction to candidate number two is, Are you stupid?

November 14, 2019

EDITORIAL: Anti-Trump bias takes the witness chair

That beauty is in the eye of the beholder goes without saying. A reminder may be needed, though, that meaning is in the ear of the listener. That's because words filtered through an inner universe of preconceived notions can wind up appallingly distorted. Americans judging the words of presidential impeachment witnesses must focus on firsthand facts and discard prejudiced opinions fashioned from the biases of President Trump's detractors.

November 13, 2019

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: What ‘slew’ of shut stores?

I read with interest Donald Lambro's recent column ("Slowing economy could mean trouble for Trump in the election," Web, Nov. 7). There is one whopper in the third paragraph, however, that demonstrates the importance of fact checking before writing.

November 13, 2019

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: There are ‘moron leaders,’ too

It is easy to buy into Mr. Tyrrell's opinion that the Democrats are relying on stupid people to help them win the 2020 election ("Dems lure voters that believe America is anti-immigrant and racist," Web, Nov. 12). However, it only speaks to one side of the equation. The other side is equally evident — those "moron leaders" who drip with venom, seeking to inflame and overturn the results of the 2016 election.

November 13, 2019

EDITORIAL: Evo Morales loses his bid for a fourth term

Evo Morales had a problem. It was 2016, and the three-term Bolivian president, an ardent leftist and the first indigenous president the South American nation ever had, wanted badly to run for a fourth term in 2019. But Bolivia's constitution had term limits, and Mr. Morales was barred from running for and serving another term.

November 12, 2019

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Stop feeding the insatiable beast

The federal government is a mighty maw whose revenues rarely equal expenses. Thus, Democratic presidential contenders Sen. Bernie Sanders, a democratic socialist, and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a confiscatory capitalist (as if there were a real difference between the two), plan to feed the maw with a new source of government revenue — a wealth tax. This has never before been assessed in our fair land, and it is possibly unconstitutional, but nevermind — because the urgency is apparently such that the uber wealthy ought to suck it up and take one for the team every year. These proposals earn shouted hosannahs, standing ovations and rhythmic applause everywhere that economically illiterate citizens gather, the unfortunate European experience with such a tax notwithstanding.

November 12, 2019

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Homelessness a health issue

If we are to resolve and make inroads into the problem of homelessness we are going to have to deal with the root causes of that condition. The price of homes is not the cause of homelessness in this country. Mental illness and drug addiction are the principal root causes of homelessness, and until that is recognized and dealt with the problem will not be resolved.

November 12, 2019

EDITORIAL: 2019 election results shouldn’t be cause for concern among Republicans

Largely overlooked amid Virginia Democrats' (understandable) gloating about capturing control of the Virginia General Assembly for the first time in 20 years and narrowly winning the Kentucky governorship, there were election results — from Pennsylvania and New Jersey to Arizona and Mississippi and back to Kentucky — that should help take Republicans off suicide watch.

November 11, 2019

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Left interferes on own just fine

The ongoing House process to impeach President Trump represents the most egregious abuse of our Constitution in our nation's history. A political party, which has been hell-bent on removing this president from the day he won the election (and even before that), is for the first time using the impeachment clause of the Constitution for blatant political purposes. Its impeachment leader, Rep. Adam Schiff, has blatantly lied to the American people — repeatedly — in the course of developing the "case" against President Trump.

November 11, 2019

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: New hope for Bolivia

A great victory for freedom was achieved in Bolivia this past Sunday, after Socialist President Evo Morales resigned and fled the capital, La Paz, under pressure from armed forces Chief Gen. Williams Kalimantan. The Oct. 20 elections were found to have been rigged by Cuban and Venezuelan Communists, and election monitors said the elections were fraudulent.

November 11, 2019

EDITORIAL: Violence in Mexico underscores the question of who’s in charge

Is Mexico a failed state? With the horrific slaughter of a family of Americans living there earlier this month — and a host of other bad news to boot — signs point to yes.

November 10, 2019

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Keep watch on growing hatred

Liliana Segre, who at the tender age of 13 was sent to Auschwitz, is credited with the creation of a parliamentary committee against hate, racism and anti-Semitism in Italy. She's now under police protection after receiving online and offline anti-Semitic threats ("Auschwitz survivor becomes symbol of tensions in Italy," Web, Nov. 7).

November 10, 2019

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Churchill comparison not fair

I've starting thinking of Andrew Napolitano as prosecutor, jury and hangman Napolitano. He's no longer the fair-minded judge of the president that he was at the beginning of Donald Trump's term in office. (I would never have accused him of being a supporter, but he seemed fair at one time.)

November 10, 2019

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Trump tried to sniff out corruption

How ironic — the day Andrew P. Napolitano's op-ed ("Would Roosevelt have made a Trumpian demand with a world leader?" Web, Nov. 6) which basically accuses President Trump of a crime, is printed in The Times, the front page leads with the headline, "Legal scholars see no 'quid pro quo' crime." In reading these two pieces one can plainly see just how politically partisan this entire episode is.

November 7, 2019

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Good, free and ongoing infeasible

While there is some serious question about how we would pay for the Elizabeth Warren-proposed "Medicare for All" plan, another weakness in Ms. Warren's plan should be self-evident. With no additional charges for medical-care usage, the number of individuals who previously chose or were forced by financial circumstances to avoid medical care will now be few in number. There will be an influx of such individuals into the current available medical facilities.

November 7, 2019

EDITORIAL: Mullahs of Iran add new nuclear intimidation to past treachery

Anniversaries are an opportunity to commemorate something special that mustn't be forgotten. In Iran, there is a long memory for something especially malign — the 1979 attack on the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and the beginning of a 444-day hostage crisis. The current mullahcracy has chosen the 40th anniversary of that jarring day to announce a rapid acceleration of a nuclear program that threatens the United States along with the rest of the world. Not satisfied to add insult to injury, the rogue regime threatens to aggravate injury with nuclear annihilation.

November 7, 2019