The Washington Times (Washington, DC) back issues from July 2008:
D.C. bill to allow handgun registration, lift safety rules.(PAGE ONE)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: David C. Lipscomb, THE WASHINGTON TIMES The District's first step toward complying with the Supreme Court ruling allowing handguns in homes, a bill expected to be proposed Tuesday, would allow residents to register handguns for the first time in 32 years and would remove ...
'Big powers' taint image, safety of U.N., poll finds; Algerian reports wide perception of bias.(PAGE ONE)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Betsy Pisik, THE WASHINGTON TIMES UNITED NATIONS - A top U.N. official said Monday that the world's "big powers" have tarnished the world body's image of neutrality, at a time when the United Nations is increasingly threatened by terrorist attacks. Lakhdar ...
Obama defends his, McCain's patriotism; Overshadowed by Clark attack.(PAGE ONE)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Christina Bellantoni and Stephen Dinan, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Sen. Barack Obama said Monday that he won't tolerate people challenging his patriotism or his rival's military service, and Sen. John McCain announced a "truth squad" to combat attacks on his Vietnam service. ...
Rising expenses drain family savings; Majority see need to cut back.(PAGE ONE)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: S.A. Miller, THE WASHINGTON TIMES A majority of Americans say they have had to raid their life savings to meet the rising costs of food and gasoline - a trend that continued Monday with crude oil prices hitting another record high. A Fox 5/The Washington ...
Taliban border havens targeted; Envoy outlines Islamabad's commitment.(PAGE ONE)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: David R. Sands, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Last week's Pakistani offensive against an Islamist warlord near Peshawar was just an example of what is in store for any extremists who challenge the nation's new government militarily, Pakistani Ambassador Husain Haqqani said in an ...
Agencies join forces to tackle violent gangs; Prosecutors will use tactics that took down mob.(PAGE ONE)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Jennifer Haberkorn, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Federal law enforcement authorities have coupled multi-agency task forces with strategies that once focused on Mafia-era crime syndicates to target national and international gangs, many of which have brought warfare to the ...
New TB test cuts diagnosis time to 2 days; Part of WHO project.(NATION)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Amy Fagan, THE WASHINGTON TIMES World health leaders are providing poor countries with a new test for drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) that cuts the diagnosis time from two months to two days. The new high-tech test and an accompanying boost in drug treatments ...
A pariah leads the way to hell.(NATION)(PRUDEN ON POLITICS)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Wesley Pruden, THE WASHINGTON TIMES The only people who shouldn't be surprised by Zimbabwe's descent into the abyss are the people who put them on the road to hell. The list is a long one, beginning with weak men in the British Foreign Office, always fearful ...
Poll finds joy on rise in majority of nations; U.S. ranks No. 16, ahead of Italy but behind Canada.(NATION)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Jennifer Harper, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Score one for the smiley face guy. The world is getting happier, according to the cumbersome but compelling World Values Survey released Monday by the National Science Foundation, which managed to track and quantify joy ...
Bush signs $162 billion for war funds, GI bill; '08 spending increased to $3 trillion.(POLITICS)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Jon Ward, THE WASHINGTON TIMES President Bush on Monday signed a $162 billion spending bill to fund U.S. military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan that will also extend unemployment benefits and disburse $63 billion over the next decade to dramatically improve college ...
Journalists to record Obama's every step; Ever-present press pool slated.(POLITICS)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Joseph Curl and Christina Bellantoni, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Get ready for a round-the-clock Obamarama. The media-savvy Democrat had ducked the 24/7 press coverage that other presidential candidates have endured for months, but no more. As of Saturday, every ...
Liberal complaint.(POLITICS)(INSIDE POLITICS)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Greg Pierce, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Liberal complaint So far, Sen. Barack Obama resembles Bill Clinton rather than a transformative figure such as Ronald Reagan, liberal columnist Paul Krugman complains in the New York Times. "Like Mr. Clinton, Mr ....
Momentum stalls for wiretapping bill; Feingold threatens filibuster as vote is delayed.(NATION)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Sean Lengell, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Backlash from a senator and liberal advocacy groups helped sidetrack legislation to legalize President Bush's undocumented wiretapping program last week, just days after it appeared to be on a fast-track to passage. The ...
Risky disclosure.(NATION)(INSIDE THE BELTWAY)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: John McCaslin, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Risky disclosure U.S. intelligence officials are said to be perturbed that the New York Times published on Sunday, June 22 the name of a former CIA official involved in the interrogation of 9/11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh ...
Blue Dog snarls at federal figures.(BUSINESS)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: David M. Dickson, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Rep. Jim Cooper, the fiscally conservative Blue Dog Democrat from Tennessee, doesn't mince words when describing his reaction to official government budget figures. Federal government accounting "would be a criminal ...
GAS AND GO BROKE; No gold mine, service station owners discover.(BUSINESS)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: W.J. Hennigan, THE WASHINGTON TIMES After more than 20 years in the service station business, Raman Sethi thought he had seen it all. He didn't see this coming. Earlier this year, Mr. Sethi, 53, began withdrawing money from his son's $150,000 college fund to keep his ...
Food not linked to nuclear deal; U.S. heeds U.N. call with wheat.(WORLD)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Nicholas Kralev, THE WASHINGTON TIMES North Korea prepared Monday to unload 37,000 tons of wheat from a U.S.-chartered ship, which the State Department called a humanitarian act with "zero linkage" to nuclear talks with the communist state. The food arrived ...
Court to consider fate of ruling party, leaders; AKP accused of violating secular laws in favor of Islam.(WORLD)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Andrew Borowiec, THE WASHINGTON TIMES NICOSIA, Cyprus - Turkey's balancing act between Islam and secularism goes on trial Tuesday when the Constitutional Court takes up an indictment to outlaw the ruling party and slap a five-year ban from politics on the prime minister ...
REVOLVING DOOR.(WORLD)(EMBASSY ROW)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: James Morrison, THE WASHINGTON TIMES REVOLVING DOOR American diplomats showed "greater courage" serving behind the Iron Curtain during the Cold War than they do today serving in countries with a high threat of terrorism, Pakistan's new ambassador to the ...
Sirens' lure of foreign law.(COMMENTARY)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Alan Sears, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES The Sirens, they say, had maidens' features ... They played the flute, lyre and sang. The isle where they lived was full of the mariners' bones they had led to destruction. It was foretold the Sirens would die when a ship passed ...
Supreme selections.(COMMENTARY)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Bruce Fein, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES In addressing the United States Supreme Court, Sen. John McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee for the White House, has bettered the instruction of St. Paul to become all things to all people. The senator's bewildering ...
'Tax' revolt.(COMMENTARY)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Frank J. Gaffney Jr., THE WASHINGTON TIMES On the eve of the Fourth of July, 2008, Americans are arguably as angry about being taxed without representation as at any time since they declared their independence from Great Britain. At the moment, they are furious about ...
Crossing wireless politically?(COMMENTARY)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Scott Harmala, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES Unlike the rest of the country, for me, there is little difference between the Republican National Convention and the Democratic National Convention. Red ... blue . as owner of the company providing audio support ...
Post- and pre-1976 gun ban.(EDITORIALS)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: THE WASHINGTON TIMES With the Supreme Court's abolishment of the D.C. handgun ban it is important to look at where the District and other jurisdictions go from here and how local and national politics and scandals aided in the ban lasting as long as it did. ...
It takes a village.(EDITORIALS)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: THE WASHINGTON TIMES The year was 2004, and Cassandra Jackson was dying of cervical cancer. A mother of 10, her concern was any parent's concern: What's going to happen to my children? Miss Jackson didn't have to worry. Her sister, Felicia, vowed to keep the children out ...
A win for North Korea.(EDITORIALS)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: THE WASHINGTON TIMES Does Washington's decision to remove North Korea from the list of terrorist-supporting states and make other diplomatic concessions to the Stalinist regime illustrate that President Bush's foreign policy is in free fall? Despite the fact ...
Securing Afghanistan.(LETTERS)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: THE WASHINGTON TIMES The editorial regarding "Fissures on Afghanistan" (Wednesday) correctly warns that "So long as Pakistan remains a sanctuary for jihadists targeting Afghanistan, NATO's progress in keeping the terrorists out will be limited." In addition, ...
An unnecessary crisis.(LETTERS)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: THE WASHINGTON TIMES Two diametrically opposed articles "Solutions - how to lower energy prices," (Solutions, June 15) exemplify the distinct schools of thought regarding how to deal with the energy crisis. Ed Feulner and the Heritage Foundation presented a ...
A Paulian revolution; This 'manifesto' matters.(OPED)(POLITICAL BOOKS)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Mark Grannis, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES Most presidential campaign books come at the beginning of the campaign season. This gives even a bad campaign book undeserved relevance. But the increased relevance is generally offset by discernable reductions in candor and ...
Sorry history; 'Chosen' animosities.(OPED)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Tulin Daloglu, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES Over the course of centuries, many groups of people have claimed to be "chosen" by God. But the Jews are the only ones targeted for it, argues Avi Beker, the former Secretary General of the World Jewish Congress. In his ...
Honor our military; Media should tell the good with the bad.(OPED)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Douglas MacKinnon, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES As has been infrequently reported, as the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan progressed, a number of members of our military became somewhat dismayed and disturbed by the almost complete lack of positive coverage printed or ...
Right to carry? Where limitations begin, rights end.(OPED)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Tara Wall, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES Ready. Aim, fire, shoot. Bulls-eye! The Supreme Court, in its 5-4 decision last week, hit the mark on the most important gun rights case in the history of the United States. It came just in time for the summer recess, ...
Gay Coloradan vies for seat in Congress; Democrat in love-hate relationship with party.(PLUGGED IN - POLITICS)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Valerie Richardson, THE WASHINGTON TIMES DENVER - If anything, Democrat Jared Polis, an openly gay man running for Congress, could use a little more openness. Here at Pridefest, a gay pride parade and street fair, more than a few of those who stopped at his ...
Yankee Doodle President; Candidates vie to show 'American' credentials.(PLUGGED IN - POLITICS)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Jennifer Harper, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Let the star-spangled games begin. The countdown has begun for July Fourth, historically one of the busiest days of the year for White House hopefuls, each vying to appear presidential in the classic sense - a true man of ...
Liberal vs. liberal.(PLUGGED IN - POLITICS)(INSIDE BLOGOTICS)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Victor Morton, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Liberal vs. liberal In the blue corner: Glenn Greenwald of Salon. In the red corner: Keith Olbermann of MSNBC and DailyKos. The issue: Sen. Barack Obama's reversal of his opposition to a bill to update the 30-year-old ...
High-tech campaign media race favors Obama.(PLUGGED IN - POLITICS)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Kara Rowland, THE WASHINGTON TIMES New media - videos, text messaging, social networking and blogging - is revolutionizing the way candidates run campaigns, and helped presumptive Democratic nominee Barack Obama redefine the role of a supporter from someone who votes, ...
'Smart' marriage evolves.(CULTURE)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Cheryl Wetzstein, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Ten years ago this summer, I swooped in on one of Washington's many conferences. Its theme was "smart marriages" and "happy families." Do tell, I thought. I met quite a cast of characters. John and ...
Survey: Viewers age.(ARTS ETC.)(TUNING IN TO TV)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Robyn-Denise Yourse and Melissa Bounoua, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Survey: Viewers age The broadcast networks have grown older than ever - and if they were a person, they would no longer be a part of TV's target demographic, Variety notes. According to ...
All is 'Forgiven' now; Los Lonely Boys finds likable mix.(ARTS ETC.)(LISTENING STATION)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Adam Mazmanian, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Los Lonely Boys Forgiven Epic It's hard to imagine a more likable rock album than "Forgiven," the third full-length studio effort by the Texas-trio, Los Lonely Boys. The songs graft blues, acid rock ...
A fond farewell.(ARTS ETC.)(TAKING NAMES)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Robyn-Denise Yourse, THE WASHINGTON TIMES A fond farewell He was the comedian who actually said the seven words you can never say on television, but close friends and family members remembered George Carlin as a man who, when he was off stage, had only a kind ...
Wizards secure Jamison early; Forward signs four-year extension to avoid free agency.(SPORTS)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Mike Jones, THE WASHINGTON TIMES The Washington Wizards and team captain Antawn Jamison agreed to a contract extension Monday night, freeing management to focus on re-signing franchise player Gilbert Arenas as free agency opened Tuesday. Jamison signed a ...
Caps aim to retain key pieces.(SPORTS)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Corey Masisak, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Last summer the Washington Capitals went on the offensive July 1, the first day NHL teams are permitted to sign free agents. This year they likely will spend most of their time playing defense. While general ...
Season is over for Nats' Cordero; Injury revealed as torn labrum.(SPORTS)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Mark Zuckerman, THE WASHINGTON TIMES MIAMI - Chad Cordero has a torn labrum in his right shoulder, an injury that will sideline the Washington Nationals closer for the rest of the season and likely could stretch well into 2009. Cordero had been dealing with ...
RFK's team worth watching.(SPORTS)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Dick Heller, THE WASHINGTON TIMES For traditionalist D.C. sports fans, showing up at RFK Stadium for D.C. United's game Sunday against the Los Angeles Beckhams could have been an act of the sheerest heresy. A couple of miles farther south on I-295, the ...
Injury keeps Woods home; Doctors advise star not to travel to AT&T National.(SPORTS)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Barker Davis, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Tiger Woods will be playing host to this week's AT&T National from Orlando, Fla. Confirming what many suspected, Woods explained via a teleconference yesterday that his doctors have advised him to avoid subjecting his ...
'The way tennis should be'; Borg held off McEnroe in epic match in July 1980.(SPORTS)(THE WAY IT WAS)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Dick Heller, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Ride your surfboard along the Internet and you will discover multiple DVDs for sale of the Wimbledon men's singles final July 5, 1980. It figures. All these years later, that duel between Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe remains arguably the ...
TAKE YOUR PICK: Should Tiger Woods be ticked off about the spotty field gathered for this week's AT&T National at Congressional?(SPORTS)(FIRST DOWN)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Barker Davis, THE WASHINGTON TIMES No: There are a handful of reasons why only seven of golf's top-30 players are competing at Congressional. First, it's only two weeks before the British Open, and many players (Phil Mickelson, Ernie Els, etc.) choose to trek to the ...
Motherly love molds McGee; Wizards pleased with potential.(SPORTS)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Harlan Goode and Mike Jones, THE WASHINGTON TIMES A few summers ago, Pam McGee realized her son JaVale was destined for the NBA. Sitting on the sidelines of a college league pickup game, McGee watched as her son, then a 6-foot-10 high school junior, jumped up ...
Latest debut is biggest.(SPORTS)(NATIONALS NOTES)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Mark Zuckerman, THE WASHINGTON TIMES MIAMI - The Washington Nationals already have seen five players make their major league debuts in the season's first three months. Tuesday's anticipated sixth debut, though, might trump them all when it comes to significance. ...
Another chance blown; Rauch allows a pair of home runs to Marlins.(SPORTS)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Mark Zuckerman, THE WASHINGTON TIMES MIAMI - Jon Rauch has done an admirable job filling in for injured closer Chad Cordero all season. No one with the Washington Nationals would dispute that. But there's only so much the Nationals can ask out of their ...
SEEN AND HEARD AT DOLPHIN STADIUM.(SPORTS)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Mark Zuckerman, THE WASHINGTON TIMES MIAMI - Ryan Zimmerman thinks he's getting closer to returning from the shoulder injury that has sidelined him the last month. The Nationals third baseman will begin swinging exercises Tuesday, be re-examined by orthopedist ...
Trio of positives in a 'nightmare' season.(SPORTS)(NATIONALS INSIDER)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Ben Goessling, THE WASHINGTON TIMES At this juncture in the Washington Nationals' 2008 season - just past the midpoint of a year that general manager Jim Bowden said has been a "nightmare" so far - the team's best chance at finding some redeeming value is in what it can ...
Hit by some buyer's remorse.(SPORTS)(ON BASEBALL)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Mark Zuckerman, THE WASHINGTON TIMES It s one thing to be bad. It s quite another to be both bad and overpaid. Fielding a cost-effective winner is the preferred method in baseball these days, but general managers far too often get fooled into doling out bags and bags of ...
FIVE QUESTIONS WITH ... DMITRI YOUNG.(SPORTS)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: THE WASHINGTON TIMES Q: I know you're a big wrestling fan, and you participated from the crowd at a WWE event a couple years ago. What was that like? A: It was great. I got to defend the city of Detroit against that dastardly "Edge." He was really trying to ...
POINT-COUNTERPOINT.(SPORTS)(MLB REPORT)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Mark Zuckerman and Ben Goessling, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Each week, Nationals beat writers Mark Zuckerman and Ben Goessling debate a baseball issue. This week: Should baseball get rid of the rule that requires at least one All-Star representative from each team? ...
Two young Americans distinguish themselves.(LIFE)(CHESS)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: David R. Sands, THE WASHINGTON TIMES There may be no more storied place in American chess than Manhattan's Marshall Chess Club. The venerable 97-year-old New York club, whose members have included some of the country's greatest players, played host last week ...
Who's the closer? Tiger, of course. Few others master art of sealing the deal.(AT&T NATIONAL)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Dan Daly, THE WASHINGTON TIMES With just a hole to play in last month's Travelers Championship, Stewart Cink knocked his tee shot well to the right, the ball careening off a cart path and settling in about two inches of rough. All Cink needed was a par to win his first ...
NEW KID ON THE BLOCK; Kim's got talent, swagger and, now, the results to match.(AT&T NATIONAL)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Barker Davis, THE WASHINGTON TIMES The golf world has waited a long time for a player with the combination of talent and temerity to tangle with Tiger Woods. Perhaps it's finally found one in Anthony Kim. } There are plenty of eerie similarities between this week's ...
A mob of welcome guests; For the club, inconvenience has its benefits.(AT&T NATIONAL)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Tim Lemke, THE WASHINGTON TIMES For Congressional Country Club, hosting the AT&T National is akin to a family inviting an army of strangers over for a backyard barbecue. The lawn's bound to get chewed up. Trash and debris no doubt will be left behind. And all the places ...
He can't be replaced, but Woods' absence won't be that painful.(AT&T NATIONAL)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Barker Davis, THE WASHINGTON TIMES When Tiger Woods limped into the sunset at Torrey Pines, the golf world was left wondering if there was anyone in the game capable of carrying Tiger's torch. The short answer is no. Golf without Tiger Woods is like The ...
A WHOLE NEW LANDSCAPE; For more than a decade, Tiger Woods has dominated golf. But what if Woods had never entered the picture? How different would the PGA Tour and the sport look?(AT&T NATIONAL)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Barker Davis, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Moments after tickling in his playoff par putt to win this season's Players Championship, Sergio Garcia uttered the following telling remark: "First of all, I would like to thank Tiger ... for not being here That always ...
A FANTASTIC FINISH; In closing, Old Blue offers one of the toughest tests in golf.(AT&T NATIONAL)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Barker Davis, THE WASHINGTON TIMES At the 1997 U.S. Open at Congressional, Colin Montgomerie authored the following painfully prescient quote on the eve of the championship: "If that pin goes back left, we'll have some fun." Monty was referring to ...
BEST OF THE REST; You won't find Tiger Woods on this list of 10, but don't be fooled - these guys are worth keeping an eye on at Congressional.(AT&T NATIONAL)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: THE WASHINGTON TIMES Stuart Appleby Age: 37. World rank*: 34. The skinny: The Aussie finished tied for third at Congressional last year after a brilliant opening 54 holes at Old Blue (66-67-68). One of the game's best ball-strikers, Appleby can win ...
THESE GUYS ARE CHARACTERS; Game's got quirky personalities aplenty. Then there's Boo ...(AT&T NATIONAL)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Barker Davis, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Long before Tiger Woods took his epic skills to the sidelines, golf had more than its share of personality police caterwauling about the game's supposed lack of colorful characters. } Engaging in a textbook example of sports fogyism, ...
Course Overview.(AT&T NATIONAL)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: THE WASHINGTON TIMES BEST PLACE TO CATCH THE ACTION If you're looking for a place to set up shop for the whole day, Congressional has one, and only one, killer locale, so stake your claim early. If you set up in the amphitheater above the 10th ...