Editorials

  • Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin posted a video statement on her Facebook page Wednesday, criticizing media pundits for blaming her in the Arizona shooting. (AP photo)

    EDITORIAL: Blood libel against Palin, Limbaugh

    By The Washington Times

    Sarah Palin issued a statement yesterday condemning the "reprehensible" response to Saturday's shooting in Tucson by some members of the media. "Within hours of a tragedy unfolding," she wrote, "journalists and pundits should not manufacture a blood libel that serves only to incite the very hatred and violence they purport to condemn." Published 6:59 p.m. January 12, 2011 - Comments

  • Political Cartoons - Global Warming Hearings - H. Payne

    EDITORIAL: Chicken Little eats crow

    By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

    Doomsayers who make a living warning that the sky is falling victim to human-induced pollution need to take a deep breath. It turns out Mother Nature has her own resources for cleaning up the air. Published 6:59 p.m. January 12, 2011 - Comments

  • This undated photo released by the Pima County Sheriff's Office shows shooting suspect Jared Lee Loughner. (Associated Press/Pima County Sheriff's Department via the Arizona Republic)

    EDITORIAL: Avoiding the next Tucson

    By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

    Last weekend's tragedy in Tucson is helping focus needed attention on the intersec-tion between serious mental illness and crime. Modern society prides itself on being open-minded, but there's still much room for progress in how we look at the mentally ill. Published 6:59 p.m. January 12, 2011 - Comments

  • EDITORIAL: For-profit schools serve the poor

    By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

    The Education Department is expected to issue a final rule this month against for-profit colleges such as Phoenix University and Strayer University. The move would reject loans for programs whose previous students have shown, via a rather arbitrary formula, a propensity to accrue debts higher than they can repay. The theory is that these pre-professional programs demonstrate their ineffectiveness by their students' subsequent failures. Published 6:55 p.m. January 11, 2011 - Comments

  • EDITORIAL: Gitmo belongs to Obama now

    By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

    What began with a bang ended with a whimper. The new Defense Authorization bill contains provisions barring the president from spending any money to bring terrorist detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the United States, or to release them to foreign countries unless they meet a rigorous security threshold. President Obama reluctantly signed the bill this week, saying he will "work with the Congress to seek repeal of these restrictions." Given the shift in power in the new Congress, it's likely his vision for closing the Guantanamo terrorist detention facility is in ashes. Published 6:55 p.m. January 11, 2011 - Comments

  • EDITORIAL: Virginia's taxing Republicans

    By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

    The government apparatus in Virginia will extract $38.6 billion in taxes, fees and charges from the public this year. As the General Assembly convenes the 2011 regular session today, some lawmakers are suggesting this considerable sum isn't enough. They want more wealth transferred from consumers' pockets into Richmond's coffers. Published 6:55 p.m. January 11, 2011 - Comments

  • EDITORIAL: Free-speech scapegoat

    By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

    Many politicians can be counted on to to do the wrong thing in response to tragedy. The weekend's Arizona shooting was no exception. For Exhibit A, consider Rep. Robert A. Brady, Pennsylvania Democrat, who wants to outlaw any language or symbols that could be perceived to threaten violence against congressmen or other federal officials. Published 6:40 p.m. January 10, 2011 - Comments

  • EDITORIAL: Taking advantage of tragedy

    By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

    True to Rahm's Rule of never letting a good crisis go to waste, liberal pundits and Democratic politicians are consciously exploiting Saturday's tragic shooting in Tucson for political gain. At a time when the country should be coming together calmly to make sense of something awful, the left has exploded in a shameful display of divisive grandstanding. Published 6:40 p.m. January 10, 2011 - Comments

  • EDITORIAL: Heather has two passports

    By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

    The Obama administration's war on traditional values is picking up steam. Just three days before Christmas, the State Department buried an announcement that "mother" and "father" were being banished from the bureaucratic lexicon. In their place, politically correct terms intended to appeal to the vanity of homosexual activists will be inserted. Published 6:40 p.m. January 10, 2011 - Comments

  • EDITORIAL: Another setback for gun grabbers

    By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

    Fourteen years after being forced to plead guilty to the "crime" of owning a gun in Washington, the blot against the record of Dave Magnus may be cleared. On Thursday, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals recognized that one should not bear a stigma for the past possession of a firearm in the nation's capital for the purpose of self-defense. "A conviction for conduct that is not criminal, but is instead constitutionally-protected, is the ultimate miscarriage of justice," Judge Stephen H. Glickman wrote in the 12-page decision. Published 6:09 p.m. January 7, 2011 - Comments

  • EDITORIAL: Un-Bearable NATO

    By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

    Some bad national security ideas refuse to go away. One of the worst of them floating around the last 20 years is the notion that Russia should be offered membership in the NATO alliance. This is an idea whose time will never come. Published 6:09 p.m. January 7, 2011 - Comments

  • EDITORIAL: Senate misrule

    By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

    Republican House leaders passed a package of sensible reforms to chamber rules last week, and now Senate Democrats have offered their own rule changes. Unfortunately, Democrats trample on the explicit language of Senate rules even when professing reformist intent. Published 6:09 p.m. January 7, 2011 - Comments

  • EDITORIAL: Liberal distaste for the Constitution

    By The Washington Times

    The Constitution was read at the opening of the new session of the House of Representatives yesterday. What was most remarkable about this was the almost hysterical opposition from congressional Democrats and left-wing commentators. In what should have been a united celebration of the nation's foundation document in a period of partisan rancor, liberals instead reinforced the view that they are profoundly uncomfortable with the essential truths underlying American freedom. Published 7:30 p.m. January 6, 2011 - Comments

  • EDITORIAL: Only $279,950,956,705.59 left to spend

    By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

    Within the next few months, America will reach its credit limit. After blowing through $2.6 trillion in tax dollars, the government will only be able to charge a mere $280 billion extra to future generations - a horrifying prospect that has sent the White House into a panic. Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner yesterday urged Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, to restore the president's ability to spend beyond the nation's means. If the new Republican House majority concedes on this point, it will have lost the only hope of restoring fiscal sanity. Published 7:31 p.m. January 6, 2011 - Comments

  • EDITORIAL: Liberal distaste for the Constitution

    By The Washington Times

    The Constitution was read at the opening of the new session of the House of Representatives yesterday. What was most remarkable about this was the almost hysterical opposition from congressional Democrats and left-wing commentators. In what should have been a united celebration of the nation's foundation document in a period of partisan rancor, liberals instead reinforced the view that they are profoundly uncomfortable with the essential truths underlying American freedom. Published 7:29 p.m. January 6, 2011 - Comments

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