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Administration names official advocate for illegal immigrants

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:16:00 -0800

Washington Times - Feb. 07 - The Obama administration on Tuesday announced a new "public advocate" charged with listening to immigrants' concerns about its law enforcement policies — but Republicans said the position amounts to an official mouthpiece for illegal immigrants being dep

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Obama is enabling jihad

Thu, 03 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Washington Times - Mar. 03 (Editorial) - Al Qaeda and Iran are cheering on the ongoing turmoil in the Middle East, so why does the Obama administration think the Islamic extremists are losing?

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Big Sister's police state

Wed, 17 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Washington Times - Nov. 17 (Editorial) - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has crossed the line. As if subjecting millions of Americans to X-rated x-ray scans and public groping sessions weren't bad enough, the agency now threatens $11,000 in fines against anyone refusing to submit to humiliation at the airport.

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OMB nominee got $900,000 after Citigroup bailout

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Times - Jul. 28 (News Report) - EXCLUSIVE: President Obama's choice to be the government's chief budget officer received a significant windfall from his Wall Street employer, who received a massive taxpayer bailout only months earlier.

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Justice: Sanctuary cities are no Arizona

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Times - By Stephen Dinan, Kara Rowland - Jul. 14 (News) - A week after suing Arizona and arguing that the state's immigration law creates a patchwork of rules, the Obama administration said it will not go after so-called sanctuary cities that refuse to cooperate with the federal government on immigration enforcement, on the grounds that they are not as bad as a state that "actively interferes." ... But the author of the 1996 federal law that requires states and localities to cooperate with federal authorities on immigration laws thinks the administration is misreading the statute and that sanctuary cities are in violation of federal law. Drawing a distinction between those localities and Arizona, he said, is "flimsy justification" for suing the state.

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Obama running on empty

Wed, 16 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Times - Jun. 16 (Editorial) - For all the condemnations of the internal-combustion engine, gasoline is an extremely efficient, safe and affordable fuel. Gasoline has 80 times the energy by weight of lithium batteries, which are energy-intensive to produce and toxic when disposed. Other potentially viable alternatives are stymied by government regulations. The most beneficial move government could make to promote alternative energy would be to disband the Energy Department and the Environmental Protection Agency and let scientists, inventors and innovators create future energy sources powered by more than the usual political hot air.

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Obama tops Bush at ducking reporters

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Washington Times - By Joseph Curl - Feb. 22 (News Report) - President Obama, who pledged to establish the most open and transparent administration in history, on Monday surpasses his predecessor's record for avoiding a full-fledged question-and-answer session with White House reporters in a formal press conference.

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Al Qaeda hurts Muslims most

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Washington Times - Jan. 14 (News Report) - Muslims are the main victims of al Qaeda's deadly terrorist attacks against the West, despite claims by the group's leaders that only a few Muslims have died in the organization's global war against Westerners, according to a study by the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point, N.Y.

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Hiding Evidence of Global Cooling

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Washington Times - Nov. 24 (Editorial) - Scientific progress depends on accurate and complete data. It also relies on replication. The past couple of days have uncovered some shocking revelations about the baloney practices that pass as sound science about climate change.

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BREITBART: Left cries 'racist' in crowded country

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Times - By Andrew Breitbart - Jun. 15 (Opinion) - In its obvious zeal to create a one-party state, the Democrat-Media Complex (the natural coalition of the Democratic Party and the mainstream media) last week seized upon the horrific murder of a security guard at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington as an opportunity to ascribe blame to the American conservative movement and to further marginalize the Republican Party.

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A judge too far

Wed, 27 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Times - May. 27 (Editorial) - Judge Sotomayor seems to be the most radical person ever nominated for the high court. To continue to command public respect, the Senate will have to ask her some hard questions. The simplest one to ask will be the hardest one for her to answer: Given her statements against whites and males, can she be fair to all Americans?

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Wind energy finds fix for exploding bats

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Times - By Tait Militana - Mar. 23 (News Report) - Researchers think they are close to solving a problem that has slowed progress in meeting America's future electricity needs - The giant wind turbines that constitute one of the most promising alternative energy technologies also cause bats to explode.

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The conservative civil war

Sun, 15 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Times - By Jeffery T. Kuhner - Mar. 15 (Opinion) - Beltway conservatives are turning against Rush Limbaugh. The most recent assassin is David Frum. The former Bush speechwriter and fellow at the American Enterprise Institute wrote an article, "Why Rush is wrong," in the March 16 edition of Newsweek, attacking the popular talk radio host. Mr. Frum argues that Mr. Limbaugh should not be the "public face" of the conservative movement. Mr. Frum says Mr. Limbaugh is caught in a time warp, championing small government and tax cuts when economic realities have changed. Mr. Frum criticizes Mr. Limbaugh's Feb. 28 speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference. Mr. Frum also excoriates Mr. Limbaugh for saying he hopes President Obama fails. This supposedly puts conservatives on the defensive, making us look mean, petty and unsympathetic to the suffering of Americans during the financial crisis.

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Obama team taps three for key positions

Sun, 16 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Washington Times - By Jon Ward - Nov. 16 (News Report) - President-elect Barack Obama on Saturday morning said that Valerie Jarrett, a longtime family friend and close counselor with a long history in Chicago politics, will serve as a senior White House adviser. The Obama transition team also announced the choice of two other individuals for key positions. Phil Schiliro, a longtime congressional investigator for Rep. Henry A. Waxman, California Democrat, will serve in the Obama administration as the head of the White House legislative affairs office. And Ron Klain, who has been at the center of battles over the Supreme Court for the past 20 years and served as chief of staff to Vice President Al Gore in the Clinton White House, will fill the same position for Vice President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr.

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Won't Obama bring left-wing change?

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Washington Times - By Clifford D. May - Nov. 06 (Opinion) - Will President-elect Barack H. Obama use this awesome power to strengthen America's defenses in a time of global conflict and repair America's economy in a period of financial distress? Or will his goal be to solidify the left's grip for the long-term, for example by shutting down conservative talk radio and perhaps other pockets of media resistance, by growing the percentage of Americans dependent on government programs, and by using immigration policy and gerrymandering to create a permanent Democratic majority?

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What about the illegals?

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Times - Oct. 09 (Editorial) - The word "attrition"or a reduction in numbers aptly describes the state of illegal immigration today. Illegal immigration in the United States is on a slow decline - and enforcement and unemployment are playing significant roles. Unemployment surged up to 6.1 percent in September, according to the Department of Labor. In fact, the overall gloomy economic picture may be providing fewer enticements.

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Obama flips and flops

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Times - Jul. 08 (Editorial) - As Barack Obama continues to campaign for the general election, his flip-flops increase along the way. Thus, he is jeopardizing the image he has cultivated as an authentic and principled candidate.

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Black pastors wary of Obama

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Times - By Julie Duin - Jul. 04 (News Report) - "It's a theological contradiction, from the Christian perspective, to be excited about Obama," said the Rev. Levon Yuille, pastor of the 100-member Bible Church in Ypsilanti, Mich. "Very few black pastors have problems supporting Obama because they are fixated on this race thing."

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General: McCain weak on security

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Times - By Rowan Scarborough - Jun. 02 (News Report) - The most senior retired military officer to back the presumed Democratic presidential nominee, Sen. Barack Obama, says the first-term U.S. senator will not give Sen. John McCain, a decorated war hero, a pass on the issue of national security in the fall campaign.

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Outsourced passport work risky

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Times - By Bill Gertz - Mar. 26 (Special Report) - The United States has outsourced the manufacturing of its electronic passports to overseas companies -- including one in Thailand that was victimized by Chinese espionage -- raising concerns that cost savings are being put ahead of national security, an investigation by The Washington Times has found. The Government Printing Office's decision to export the work has proved lucrative, allowing the agency to book more than $100 million in recent profits by charging the State Department more money for blank passports than it actually costs to make them, according to interviews with federal officials and documents obtained by The Times.

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U.S. can't say its 'virtual fence' works

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Washington Times - By Jerry Seper - Feb. 27 (News Report) - The Department of Homeland Security spent $20 million on a "virtual fence" to better secure 28 miles of the Arizona-Mexican border but has no way to measure its effectiveness and never consulted with the field agents who will use the system before it was installed, two House subcommittees learned today.

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U.S. warms to the Earth's 'untapped potential'

Mon, 22 Oct 2007 22:03:48 -0700

Washington Times - By Tom Ramstack - Oct. 22 (News Report) - The federal government has been sending teams to the geysers and lava fields of Iceland in recent weeks to search for ways to reduce U.S. dependence on coal and oil. Their answer might lie deep under Iceland's black rocks, where hot water percolates from the heat of the earth's internal movements -- and provides 72 percent of the island nation's energy.

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TB flight rules cited as 'faulty and limited'

Mon, 22 Oct 2007 05:35:57 -0700

Washington Times - By Sara A. Carter - Oct. 22 (News Report) - Government claims that a Mexican businessman infected with a highly contagious form of tuberculosis posed no serious public health risk by taking numerous domestic flights are based on faulty research and limited data, said a top Harvard physician who specializes in disaster medicine and infectious disease. "This policy is ill-founded, poorly researched, and puts the population at risk," said Dr. Greg Ciottone, one of the world's leading authorities on disaster medicine, including terrorist attacks and the threat of biological warfare. World Health Organization tuberculosis guidelines, adopted by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), only require airplane passengers to be notified of exposure to tuberculosis if the flight lasts more than eight hours. "If the powers that be, who directly impact the health and well-being of this country, are going to stand by this theory that if you spend up to 7 hours 59 minutes next to someone with active TB you don't need to be tested, then people will become ill," said Dr. Ciottone,

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Forces spare Afghan civilians

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 05:28:39 -0700

Washington Times - By Fawzia Sheikh - Oct. 16 (News Report) - Coalition forces in Afghanistan are being trained to avoid civilian casualties even if that means sometimes refusing to respond to direct attacks, a senior officer said. The careful approach is part of a broad counterinsurgency program, which U.S. commanders said has begun to yield information from a fearful population about the locations of Taliban forces and improvised explosive devices. ... Government and foreign troops are concerned about developing local security forces, but people still fear the police, he added. The U.S. intelligence officer said police officers may "shake down" locals because they have not been paid in several months.

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Struggling homeowners won't find aid from Fed

Thu, 11 Oct 2007 09:24:27 -0700

Washington Times - By Patrice Hill - Oct. 11 (News Report) - The Federal Reserve"s recent rate cut won't help millions of people facing spikes in their monthly mortgage bills. That's partly because their mortgage rates and terms are set by global investors in London, rather than in the United States. ... Three-quarters of the ARMs taken out by buyers with shaky credit standings and about a quarter of the hybrid ARMs taken out by those with good credit ratings are tied to the London Interbank Offered Rate, or LIBOR, which is set by global banks in London. In addition, global investors who had been buying riskier loans are now spurning them. That is a dramatic change from only a few years ago, when most ARMs in the U.S. were tied to the prime rate set by American banks or rates on Treasury bills largely controlled by the Fed.

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