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EDITORIAL: Next time, sue the weatherman
By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times
Climate alarmists have lost a major court case that had the potential for turning every weather emergency into endless litigation. It's a victory for the law, for science and for common sense. Published March 23, 2012
MILLER: Obamacare's hefty tax bill
By Emily Miller - The Washington Times
President Obama promised to make health care more affordable, but instead he's done the opposite. The White House and congressional Democrats slipped 20 new taxes into the Obamacare legislation to raise $500 billion to help pay for the new entitlement's $2.6 trillion cost. It's now up to the Supreme Court to provide relief. Published March 23, 2012
GHEI: Motown lowdown
By Nita Ghei - The Washington Times
The Motor City is skidding toward bankruptcy. Moody's Investors Services downgraded about $2.5 billion of Detroit's debt on Tuesday, acknowledging the harsh reality that this once-great metropolis has failed. The city is running out of cash, and its population has been shrinking. At the same time, its labor costs have skyrocketed and pension liabilities for public-sector employees have swelled. It's the same thing that happened to Greece. Published March 23, 2012
EDITORIAL: Poland's dilemma
By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times
Well into the second year of the European debt crisis, Greece is still struggling with 20 percent unemployment. The rest of the European Union is in recession, and monetary union is looking less attractive than ever before. Poland faces a difficult choice. It can break its legal obligation and keep its currency, the zloty, or adopt the euro and go the way of Greece. Published March 22, 2012
MILLER: Avoiding taxmageddon
By Emily Miller - The Washington Times
Americans have less than a month to sort through the complicated tax code to file on time. The annual scramble to find receipts for deductions and forms for credits is a monumental waste of time and money. This pain will soon deepen, as everyone's taxes are set to go up at the end of the year - unless House Republicans succeed in reforming the system. Published March 22, 2012
EDITORIAL: Honoring a Marine hero
By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Rafael Peralta was a hero who was denied full recognition for his acts of valor. This injustice should be reversed. Published March 22, 2012
EDITORIAL: Ending EPA's land grab
By THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Federal agencies are out of control. The grant of virtually unlimited power with no accountability has gone to the heads of some unelected bureaucrats, and nowhere is that more true than at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Even the Supreme Court has had enough. All nine justices agreed Wednesday that the agency has finally gone too far. Published March 21, 2012
EDITORIAL: Obama's stolen valor
By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times
The more the White House brags about the bin Laden raid, the more it is diminished. Yet the administration will not stop exploiting the mission for political gain. Published March 21, 2012
MILLER: Paul Ryan's window of opportunity
By Emily Miller - The Washington Times
Nobody spends borrowed money faster than Washington. Lawmakers blew through $232 billion in February alone, spending their most recent $1.2 trillion loan at breakneck speed. House Speaker John A. Boehner insisted last summer on making dollar-for-dollar cuts in return for increasing the federal government's borrowing limit, but, so far, not a buck has been matched in actual deficit reduction. Mr. Boehner's push for fiscal responsibility took center stage as the House began its work Wednesday on the 2013 budget. Published March 21, 2012
MILLER: If conservatives ran Washington
By Emily Miller - The Washington Times
House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan returned to the stage on Tuesday to call for more entitlement reform, spending restraint and lower tax rates. It's a message this country needs to hear. Assured of support from all the Republican presidential candidates, his budget is essentially the party's platform as it seeks to retake control of the White House and Senate in November. Published March 20, 2012
EDITORIAL: Obama's bogus rules
By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times
The White House is pushing the idea that President Obama is a business-friendly regulation cutter. That's about as likely as the works of Ayn Rand showing up in the first lady's book-club reading list. Published March 20, 2012
EDITORIAL: Obama wants to track you
By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times
Consumers love their iPhones, Androids and BlackBerrys. With built in GPS navigation, these handy little gadgets can point the way to the nearest gas station with a low price or the highest-rated restaurant within a few blocks. Results can be personalized based on the user's location at any given moment, a feature so handy that many never leave home without their mobile. Published March 20, 2012
EDITORIAL: Obama's gasoline excuse machine
By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times
President Obama noticed spiraling gasoline prices have opened a hole in his bid for a second term in the White House large enough to drive a fuel tanker through. American voters ought not to let the president fill that void with lame excuses or empty promises. There's only one way to prove his leadership for another four years will pull gas costs back from the red zone: Let the oil flow. Published March 19, 2012
EDITORIAL: The next war in Afghanistan
By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times
American troops will soon leave Afghanistan. What could become a key policy question for the 2012 election is, what will happen after they depart? Published March 19, 2012
MILLER: Obama ISO SWF
By Emily Miller - The Washington Times
Single women put Barack Obama in the White House. Their overwhelming vote in 2008 proved decisive, but the failed economy has put that support in jeopardy. President Obama and his allies on Capitol Hill have created the false narrative that Republicans are waging a war against women to win back the single, white females who have turned against Mr. Obama in droves. Published March 19, 2012
GHEI: Obamacare's mounting costs
By Nita Ghei - The Washington Times
The countdown is on for the Supreme Court showdown on Obamacare. As lawyers on both sides prepare their oral arguments for later this month, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office has provided yet more evidence that the federal takeover of health care is a foolhardy endeavor whose price tag far exceeds any imagined benefits. Published March 16, 2012
EDITORIAL: Destroy all churches
By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times
If the pope called for the destruction of all the mosques in Europe, the uproar would be cataclysmic. Pundits would lambaste the church, the White House would rush out a statement of deep concern, and rioters in the Middle East would kill each other in their grief. But when the most influential leader in the Muslim world issues a fatwa to destroy Christian churches, the silence is deafening. Published March 16, 2012
EDITORIAL: D.C.'s made-up gun laws
By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times
D.C. officials will do just about anything to keep law-abiding citizens from lawfully possessing a gun in the city. The Washington Times' Emily Miller has found in the "Emily Gets Her Gun" series that the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) has been spreading false information about firearms ownership. As a result, residents and nonresidents who have done nothing wrong risk false arrest and gun confiscation. As of Friday, the MPD's Firearms Registration Office had not removed the incorrect information from its website. Published March 16, 2012
EDITORIAL: Obama's Afghan failure
By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times
The Obama administration's strategy in Afghanistan is collapsing and cannot be saved. A new strategy is necessary to cope with the coming Afghan civil war. Published March 15, 2012
GATTUSO and KATZ: Regulation and Obama's numbers game
By James Gattuso and Diane Katz - The Washington Times
Statistics, they say, is the art of torturing numbers until they confess. If so, they must have a rack built somewhere in the White House. Published March 15, 2012

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