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STILLEY: Feds' Labor Day deal for drillers
By Randy Stilley - The Washington Times
Now that the Gulf oil spill has come under control, the spotlight is bound soon to shift away from the Gulf of Mexico. Yet one unsolved problem related to the spill continues to haunt residents dependent on the region's energy-driven economy: The government has failed to resume timely approval of permits for extracting natural gas from the Gulf's shallow waters. Published 5:05 p.m. August 31, 2010 - Comments
LEVI: A classic act of provocation
By William Ochan Levi - The Washington Times
Like others who call this great nation home, I am trou- bled by the plans to build a mosque next to Ground Zero. As one who immigrated from Sudan, I have plenty of reasons to be. Published 5:05 p.m. August 31, 2010 - Comments
DE BORCHGRAVE: Wars of religion
By Arnaud de Borchgrave - The Washington Times
In his 30-year career with the FBI, Oliver Buck Revell dealt with all manner of transnational crime and terrorism and held numerous senior positions with the bureau. In mid-1985, he achieved the highest rank in career government service when he became the FBI's deputy director for counterterrorism and counterintelligence activities. Published 5:05 p.m. August 31, 2010 - Comments
EDITORIAL: Democrats party while nation suffers
By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times
It's striking how little empathy Democrats seem to have for the economic troubles facing ordinary Americans. While unemployment and underemployment rates remain sky-high, economic growth falters. During the last quarter of 2009, gross domestic product grew 1.4 percent, but that figure fell to 0.9 percent in the first quarter of this year and just 0.4 percent in the second. "Now the fun stuff starts!" Vice President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. said in a bubbly interview with Time magazine last week regarding the administration's stimulus plan. "This is a chance to do something big, man!" Published 7:53 p.m. August 31, 2010 - Comments
EDITORIAL: Europe's light-bulb socialism
By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times
Beginning today, it is a crime to manufacture or ship for sale a traditional 75-watt incandescent light bulb in the European Union. Autocrats in Brussels last year declared war on Edison's greatest invention with a ban on 100-watt lamps. Homes throughout the Old World will continue to dim until incandescent lighting of all types is snuffed out in 2012 - the same year the United States is scheduled to begin a phaseout schedule mirroring the European plan. Published 7:53 p.m. August 31, 2010 - Comments
EDITORIAL: Ohio battles bullies at Justice
By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times
The Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Board of Elections today can stare down the increasingly rogue voting rights section of the U.S. Department of Justice, which continues to play ethnic politics nationwide. The state of Georgia recently forced the department to back off from its bullying tactics, and this Buckeye county should do the same. Published 7:53 p.m. August 31, 2010 - Comments
TAUBE: The impossible dream
By Michael Taube - The Washington Times
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian National Authority (PNA) President Mahmoud Abbas will meet in Washington to discuss peace in the Middle East - again. There will be plenty of handshakes, photo-ops, forced smiles and flowery language - again. There even will be feigned concern about President Obama's deadline for establishing an independent Palestinian state - again. Published 5:05 p.m. August 31, 2010 - Comments
CARUBA: How I learned to love the bomb
By Alan Caruba - The Washington Times
As a child in the 1950s, I learned how to "duck and cover" in order to protect myself from an atomic bomb explosion. Little did I know the instruction should have been, "Kiss your asterisk goodbye." Published 5:52 p.m. August 31, 2010 - Comments
HACKETT: The next Ronald Reagan?
By James T. Hackett - The Washington Times
Ronald Reagan was an American original and a unique political phenomenon. He combined unusual charm and personality and showed common sense that connected with the average American. He was attacked viciously by the political elites, who saw his popular appeal - and his opposition to big government and high taxes - as a threat to their domination of the nation's politics. Published 5:52 p.m. August 31, 2010 - Comments
PENCE: Give credit where credit is due
By Rep. Mike Pence - The Washington Times
As the combat mission in Iraq draws to a close for the United States and the president prepares to address the nation tonight, the Obama administration is attempting to rewrite history by taking singular credit for our accomplishments in Iraq. Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. recently claimed it was President Obama who laid out the plan for a responsible end of the war in Iraq. But that's not the whole story. Published 5:38 p.m. August 30, 2010 - Comments
DONAHUE: On the ground in Diyala
By Brig. Gen. Pat Donahue - The Washington Times
Iraqis say Diyala province, northeast of the capital between Sadr City and Iran, "controls the gates to Baghdad." In Diyala, Shia Arabs, Sunni Arabs and Kurds live together in small communities. Since 2003, Diyala has been a deadly area for U.S. and Iraqi forces. A memorial wall at Forward Operating Base Warhorse in Baqouba lists the names of 348 American soldiers who died in the province fighting for a better Iraq. Despite this history, like Iraq in general, Diyala is headed in the right direction. Published 5:38 p.m. August 30, 2010 - Comments
NUGENT: Charging the mound over Clemens
By Ted Nugent - The Washington Times
Fedzilla is taking former baseball pitcher Roger Clemens to federal court on charges that he lied to Congress regarding his previous sworn testimony about using steroids. Published 5:38 p.m. August 30, 2010 - Comments
Shariah is always intolerant and oppressive
By The Washington Times
I recently saw a clip on Fox News of New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg pandering to a Muslim crowd over the proposed Ground Zero Mosque. The crowd cheered him for supporting the location. Do these peoplehave any awareness of what goes on in the foreign nations where large groups of Shariah law advocates burn cars and buildings and kill large numbers of innocent people? Published 7:53 p.m. August 31, 2010 - Comments
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