THE WASHINGTON TIMES

EDITORIAL: China drops a money bomb

It's not easy to lead, and it's impossible to "lead from behind." Jordan, one of America's oldest and most reliable allies in the Middle East, has signed a military assistance agreement with China, which is eager to lead from right out front.

September 17, 2015

Rand Paul shoots up federal tax code with semiautomatic rifle

Sen. Rand Paul, the Kentucky Republican running for president, has long been an ardent support of gun rights and a relentless critic of the IRS.

September 16, 2015

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Syrian-refugee crisis to worsen

One does not have to be a foreign-policy expert or a rocket scientist to see that the Islamic State is accomplishing its goal in Europe: the complete destabilization of that continent's political, economic and social structure.

September 16, 2015

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Russia no ally against Iran

In "The Devil We Know," author and ex-CIA operative Robert Baer tells us "The United States cannot stop Iran's rise short of an open-ended thirty-year policy of containment or a full-scale war. Alliances, unenforceable sanctions, threats — none have worked so far, nor will they."

September 16, 2015

EDITORIAL: Tony Abbott leaves Australia with words to the wise

Tony Abbott was sacked by his party as the prime minister of Australia this week. He was not the first such leader and he'll not be the last to be dismissed by impatient constituencies that demand immediate gratification of their wants and wishes.

September 16, 2015

EDITORIAL: Fun with the Green Climate Fund

The globalists have a problem: They want money, lots of it. And they want the prosperous nations to give it to them so they can redistribute it to poor nations. That would make the world "fair." But how can the prosperous be separated from their wealth?

September 16, 2015

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Proposed mergers would hit patients

On September 8 The Washington Times reported that there are serious concerns surrounding two proposed health-care mergers: one between Aetna and Humana and another between Anthem and Cigna ("Mergers among top insurers could harm patients, top doctors' group says," Web).

September 15, 2015

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Some jobs have sex-specific needs

I recently read in The Washington Times that Navy Secretary Ray Mabus has called for the Marine Corps to open combat jobs to women ("Ray Mabus, Navy secretary, wants Marine Corps infantry and special operations open to women," Web, Sept. 2).

September 15, 2015

EDITORIAL: A new look at a college education

There's a growing belief that a college education may not be as important as everyone has assumed for a century. This upsets considerable settled (social) science.

September 15, 2015

EDITORIALS: Chaos of Syrian refugee crisis

The chaos of men, women and children fleeing the horror of the Middle East continues to deepen. With Germany serving as enabler, hundreds of thousands and perhaps soon a million Syrians, Iraqis and others are trying to get to haven in Europe.

September 15, 2015

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Iran deal totally toothless

It is widely believed that the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action allows Iran to stall an International Atomic Energy Agency inspection of an undeclared site for up to but not more than 24 days. In fact, inspections could be stalled for months or might never take place at all.

September 14, 2015

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Trump’s only allegiance is to himself

Liberty. Federalism. State sovereignty. Eliminatation of unnecessary federal departments and programs to balance the budget and bring the federal government back into scale. Personal responsibility. Supreme Court activism.

September 14, 2015

EDITORIAL: Joe Biden sends Democratic Party in a panic

Vice President Joe Biden wants to be president. Good for him. But twice bitten, more than a little shy. The only memorable moment in either attempt was the speech he swiped from a British politician and gave without reading it first, describing himself as the son of a Welsh coal miner.

September 14, 2015

EDITORIAL: Farmer’s Almanac warns of icy winter

Ms. Nature may be giving global warming the cold shoulder. It's only September, but there are signs that the approaching winter will be a repeat of last year's frigid season.

September 14, 2015

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Subpoena man who set up Hillary Clinton server

Congress, the great time and money-waster, should quit wasting time playing around with Bryan Pagliano, the former State Dept. employee who set up the email server in Hillary Clinton's private home ("Hillary Clinton staffer rejects 'proffer,' wants immunity for testimony on email server," Web, Sept. 9). They should get serious with him.

September 13, 2015

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: America silently crumbles

The immigrant and refugee wave sweeps the globe, homogenizing Europe and America. The border — or what is left of it — in the United States is only thought about when the media accidentally makes mention of it or some rare public figure speaks of it.

September 13, 2015

EDITORIAL: Obama must share blame for Europe’s migrant crisis

Acts have consequences, and sometimes the absence of acting has greater consequences. This can be a hard lesson, and sometimes must be learned more than once. The waves of migrants threatening to swamp Europe are teaching it anew.

September 13, 2015

EDITORIAL: Hillary Clinton’s emerging new strategy

Hillary Rodham Clinton and her wise men and clever women have only shreds and patches left of their original strategy for winning the Democratic nomination for president, so the only thing left for them to do is think up a strategy to cultivate such numbing boredom that it will induce such a stupor in the ranks that the party will accept her coronation if only to be done with it.

September 13, 2015

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Iran deal illegal

As the debate on the Iranian Agreement has unfolded in the Congress, several very significant facts have emerged. From Rep. Mike Pompeo, Kansas Republican, and highly respected constitutional lawyer David Rivkin, we've learned that President Obama has yet to deliver to the Congress all the documents required by the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act.

September 10, 2015

EDITORIAL: Germany takes a gamble on refugees

Chancellor Angela Merkel, as in a woman's prerogative, changed her mind. Germany will take unlimited numbers of the flood of refugees from the Middle East and North Africa, after all.

September 10, 2015