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PERRY: Texas will fight back
By Gov. Rick Perry - The Washington Times
Embroiled in an ongoing clash between rival drug cartels, the region of Mexico directly across the border from Texas has become one of the most dangerous places in the world, with more than 28,000 people killed since 2006, a death toll more reflective of a war zone than a nation ostensibly at peace. Published 6:58 p.m. November 30, 2010 - Comments
GRATZER: Bad recipe for better health
By Dr. David Gratzer - The Washington Times
On Thanksgiving, we collectively loosened our belt and enjoyed second helpings. The problem is that all too many Americans opt for extra servings the other 364 days of the year as well. The result is an obesity crisis consuming 10 cents of every health dollar and resulting in an explosion of diabetes in our inner cities. With rising rates of obesity, many local and state governments have looked to the idea of a soda tax. Heavily taxing sweetened beverages has won praise from the governor of New York and the president, and earlier this month, the president's debt commission recommended it. The soda tax and similar initiatives may make us feel good about tackling obesity, but they are unlikely to better our health. Published 6:58 p.m. November 30, 2010 - Comments
NUGENT: Consulting the Oracle of Omaha
By Ted Nugent - The Washington Times
The Oracle of Omaha, Warren Buffett, recently wrote an Op-Ed column in the New York Times in which he thanked and praised Uncle Sam for stepping in and preventing the economy from going over a cliff. Published 5:59 p.m. November 30, 2010 - Comments
EDITORIAL: Intelligence cost of WikiDump
By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times
The State Department's knee-jerk response to the WikiLeaks document dump was to cut its link to the Defense Department's secret communications network. This "solution" could lead to the very problems that facilitated the intelligence failures of the 1990s. Published 7:58 p.m. November 30, 2010 - Comments
EDITORIAL: Lame ducks scared straight
By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times
The Senate yesterday shot down an attempt to ban congressional earmarks by a 56-39 vote. At first this would appear to be a significant setback to the fiscal-responsibility movement building over the past year through Tea Party activism. A closer look offers hope that the message sent by voters in the midterm congressional elections may actually be sinking in. The prospects for a bit of change - real change, this time - are looking better than ever. Published 7:58 p.m. November 30, 2010 - Comments
EDITORIAL: A Fine exit at Justice
By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times
Justice Department Inspector General Glenn Fine should finish one major piece of business before his announced retirement next month: the investigation into Justice's Civil Rights Division. Published 7:58 p.m. November 30, 2010 - Comments
ROBBINS: Hillary Clinton's State Department spooks
By Jim Robbins and James S. Robbins - The Washington Times
Commentators need to give Hillary Clinton a break. The secretary of state is under fire for ordering American diplomats to engage in detailed information collection against foreigners with whom they come into contact during the course of their duties. Among the documents released by WikiLeaks is the 8,300-word National Humint Collection Directive. Published 5:59 p.m. November 30, 2010 - Comments
RAHN: The ultimate insiders
By Richard W. Rahn - The Washington Times
Stock or commodity trading on "inside information" has been illegal since the early 1960s. Yet there is one group that frequently has access to nonpublic information that can greatly affect stock prices, to the extent of making or breaking a company or even an industry, and these "insiders" are considered exempt from prosecution by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The insiders I refer to are members of Congress and their staffs. They have prior knowledge about which companies or industries will or will not be "bailed out," have their taxes raised or lowered, be subject to costly new regulations or exempted from such regulations, receive government contracts, etc. However, because the members of Congress and their staffs do not obtain their information from employees of the companies affected, they are not considered insiders. Published 5:59 p.m. November 30, 2010 - Comments
DE BORCHGRAVE: Reducing destructive weapons
By Arnaud de Borchgrave - The Washington Times
Russian leaders had gone out of their way to make nice with the 28 members of the Atlantic alliance. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev even showed up at a NATO heads of state meeting in Lisbon. The "reset" button in U.S.-Russian relations was holding. Published 5:59 p.m. November 30, 2010 - Comments
GAFFNEY: Heed the need for security
By Frank J. Gaffney Jr. - The Washington Times
Here we go again. President Obama is trying to ram a legislation through Congress knowing that by so doing, he is maximizing the chances that his project's defects will not become widely understood until it is too late. Call it the pig-in-a-poke stratagem. Published 5:59 p.m. November 30, 2010 - Comments
BLANKLEY: The great American funk
By Tony Blankley - The Washington Times
I suppose it is to be expected that the Great Recession should be accompanied by a sweeping national pessimism in which our purported leaders and commentators express historic despair, while the people and corporations mope about, convinced that the sun will not come up tomorrow. Published 5:42 p.m. November 29, 2010 - Comments
ROYCE: Consequences on the Korean Peninsula
By Rep. Ed Royce - The Washington Times
The Obama administration has labeled its North Korea policy "strategic patience," stressing that Pyongyang must make the first move to return to diplomatic negotiations. But after the revelations of a uranium-enrichment facility that can be used to fuel nuclear weapons and last week's deadly artillery bombardment of South Korean territory, one would think patience with this policy has run out. Published 5:42 p.m. November 29, 2010 - Comments
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ROBBINS: Hillary Clinton's State Department spooks
By Jim Robbins and James S. Robbins - The Washington Times
Commentators need to give Hillary Clinton a break. The secretary of state is under fire for ordering American diplomats to engage in detailed information collection against foreigners with whom they come into contact during the course of their duties. Among the documents released by WikiLeaks is the 8,300-word National Humint Collection Directive. Published 5:59 p.m. November 30, 2010 - Comments
BOOK REVIEW: How Polish airmen succeeded
By Robert F. Dunn - The Washington Times
This is a story not previously available in English about Polish airmen in England at the time of the Battle of Britain. It's a story well known by the Royal Air Force (RAF) and those in England at the time who were literally saved from German invasion by them, but now mainly lost in the more popular histories of World War II. Published 5:59 p.m. November 30, 2010 - Comments
GAFFNEY: Heed the need for security
By Frank J. Gaffney Jr. - The Washington Times
Here we go again. President Obama is trying to ram a legislation through Congress knowing that by so doing, he is maximizing the chances that his project's defects will not become widely understood until it is too late. Call it the pig-in-a-poke stratagem. Published 5:59 p.m. November 30, 2010 - Comments
DE BORCHGRAVE: Reducing destructive weapons
By Arnaud de Borchgrave - The Washington Times
Russian leaders had gone out of their way to make nice with the 28 members of the Atlantic alliance. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev even showed up at a NATO heads of state meeting in Lisbon. The "reset" button in U.S.-Russian relations was holding. Published 5:59 p.m. November 30, 2010 - Comments
NUGENT: Consulting the Oracle of Omaha
By Ted Nugent - The Washington Times
The Oracle of Omaha, Warren Buffett, recently wrote an Op-Ed column in the New York Times in which he thanked and praised Uncle Sam for stepping in and preventing the economy from going over a cliff. Published 5:59 p.m. November 30, 2010 - Comments
RAHN: The ultimate insiders
By Richard W. Rahn - The Washington Times
Stock or commodity trading on "inside information" has been illegal since the early 1960s. Yet there is one group that frequently has access to nonpublic information that can greatly affect stock prices, to the extent of making or breaking a company or even an industry, and these "insiders" are considered exempt from prosecution by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The insiders I refer to are members of Congress and their staffs. They have prior knowledge about which companies or industries will or will not be "bailed out," have their taxes raised or lowered, be subject to costly new regulations or exempted from such regulations, receive government contracts, etc. However, because the members of Congress and their staffs do not obtain their information from employees of the companies affected, they are not considered insiders. Published 5:59 p.m. November 30, 2010 - Comments
PERRY: Texas will fight back
By Gov. Rick Perry - The Washington Times
Embroiled in an ongoing clash between rival drug cartels, the region of Mexico directly across the border from Texas has become one of the most dangerous places in the world, with more than 28,000 people killed since 2006, a death toll more reflective of a war zone than a nation ostensibly at peace. Published 6:58 p.m. November 30, 2010 - Comments
GRATZER: Bad recipe for better health
By Dr. David Gratzer - The Washington Times
On Thanksgiving, we collectively loosened our belt and enjoyed second helpings. The problem is that all too many Americans opt for extra servings the other 364 days of the year as well. The result is an obesity crisis consuming 10 cents of every health dollar and resulting in an explosion of diabetes in our inner cities. With rising rates of obesity, many local and state governments have looked to the idea of a soda tax. Heavily taxing sweetened beverages has won praise from the governor of New York and the president, and earlier this month, the president's debt commission recommended it. The soda tax and similar initiatives may make us feel good about tackling obesity, but they are unlikely to better our health. Published 6:58 p.m. November 30, 2010 - Comments
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