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The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
The Washington Times is a conservative newspaper published Monday through Friday by the Washington Times LLC. Its editorial headquarters is in Washington, D.C. and it's been published since 1982. The owner of the Washington Times is the Unification Church.The Washington Times covers local, national and world news, with an emphasis on politics. The paper is known for its conservative slant, since it was founded as a response to the more liberal Washington Post. Readership is nationwide.The fact that Reverend Sun Myung Moon of the Unification Churchfounded The Washington Times has made the paper controversial from its very beginning. The question remains as to how much Sun Myung Moon or his aides influence the editorial content of the paper. In 2003, five staff members resigned when their editorials criticizing South Korea for its political repression were stifled. However, not all readers are critical of the way the Washington Times handles news; it is reported that President Ronald Reagan read the paper every day while in office. Sam Dealey is the executive editor, The Washington Times LLC is named as publisher and Chris Dolan is managing editor.
Articles from April 17, 1999
And the Winner Isn't Al Gore
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As Clint Eastwood once said, (to be specific, in the 1973 movie "Magnum Force"), "A man has got to know his limitations." And these days, Vice President Al Gore has a lot of limitations, not least among them that if Mr. Eastwood were to run in the...
A New Geographic Adventure: `Serious' Shelter Publication Also Debuts; New Republic and Ms. Undergo Changes
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The most handsome and impressive of a new crop of mags on newsstands now is, without doubt, National Geographic Adventure. (For the rest of this year, it will appear as a quarterly; come 2000, it goes to a bimonthly format, becoming a monthly in 2001.)...
An Honors Graduate Finds It Much Too Much: AFI Salutes Hoffman
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At the press junket for "A Walk on the Moon," Dustin Hoffman, the film's producer, was asked about his stint as guest of honor at the American Film Institute's annual Life Achievement Award ceremony. Network television belatedly catches up with this...
Assessment Tactics Irk County Officials
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Property tax assessors for Prince William County have been poking around inside private residences on government business for 18 months without property owners' knowledge. Employees of Romeril Appraisal Group Inc. let themselves into homes with...
A Toast of Bourbon to Kentucky: Louisville Is Crown Jewel of Racing, Urban Renewal
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It's the water. Bourbon County, Ky., is blessed with subsurface limestone that enriches the water, removing all minerals except calcium. Old-time distillers say it's the limestone in the water that makes the bourbon smooth and nourishes the American...
Blues' Southern Routes: Exhibition Shows How Geographic Roots Grew and Spread as the Black Musicians Took Their Sound North
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Everything that's under the sun, that crawls, that flies or swims likes music. But blues is the greatest, because blues is the only one that, along with the rhythm and music, brings wisdom." - The late bluesman Willie Dixon, quoted in National...
Clinton Makes Time for Party Fund-Raising
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ROSEVILLE, Mich. - President Clinton returned yesterday to the business of politics, raising more than $1.3 million for the Democratic quest to retake Congress in 2000. "It is an unusual moment for me to be here" because of the air assault in...
Confederate Turns into Advocate for Black Civil Rights
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Confederate Maj. Gen. James Lawson Kemper, a native of Madison County, Va., survived a severe groin wound and capture at Gettysburg to accomplish something that few weekend historians discuss. Kemper proved that states' rights politicians could...
Daring Line Pitches Two Pieces
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There aren't that many standard opening book lines that leave a player down two pieces, but the handlers of the White pieces in both of today's games accept just such a deficit and come through smashingly. Game 1 comes from the traditionally strong...
D.C. United's `Mr. Nice' Gearing Up to Be More Offensive against Clash
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D.C. United wants Brian Kamler to prove Leo Durocher wrong. The Hall of Fame baseball manager, coined the phrase, "Nice guys finish last" - a statement that Kamler shouldn't take literally. With his positive attitude, affinity for all things...
Gasoline Shortages Not Expected to Be a Year-2000 Problem
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We are deeply concerned about out-of-date information and unjustifiably scary predictions of year-2000 gasoline shortages reported in "Experts predict year-2000 gas lines" (March 15). The article all but ignores the diligent work of the oil and natural...
`Great One' Indeed Will Hang Up Skates: Hockey Legend Gretzky Ends 21-Year Career Tomorrow at Madison Square Garden
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Wayne Gretzky, the man credited with pushing the National Hockey League from a regional sport into one that will have 30 teams across North America within 18 months, yesterday announced that tomorrow's game will be his last. The face of the sport...
Guidelines on Tips Seen as Gratuitous
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Restaurants call it a "customer convenience." Patrons might call it an insult. Whatever the case, some upscale restaurants across the nation are adding "gratuity guidelines" to their checks, suggesting - rather blatantly - that the server deserves...
Inadequate Defense, in Part, Spurs Missile Race: Pakistan, India, China, Iran All Fuel Proliferation
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NEW DELHI - The three missile tests on the Indian subcontinent in the past week highlight the growing proliferation and utility of missiles, the symbols of power and force in international relations. Unlike other weapons, no adequate defenses so...
Israel's Election Divide
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Israel's election ballot this year is one of the most unusual voters have seen in years, with six candidates for prime minister and 33 parties trying to claim 120 seats in Israel's parliament. But the most important man to watch this election season...
Jays Take Command, Rout Sputtering Terps
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With the stage set for Maryland to get some prime-time exposure, the main thing glaring under the lights last night was the Terps' continuing struggle on offense. Seventh-ranked Maryland went scoreless for the first 40 minutes against archrival...
Judge's Stop Order Shocks Supporters of Wilson Bridge: Full Impact Study Will Increase Delay
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A federal judge's decision on Thursday to halt construction on a new Woodrow Wilson Bridge pending further environmental studies swept through the region's bridge proponents like a tornado, leaving their hard-fought, 12-lane design up in the air. ...
Kansas Getting Ready to Swap Statues in Capitol: Critics Concerned That Large Exodus Could Follow
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Congress is preparing to break with more than a century of tradition and allow states to remove the commemorative statues that decorate Statuary Hall and various hallways on the House side of the Capitol. "It's not really rewriting history," said...
Kerney Top Area Prospect
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Patrick Kerney arrived at Virginia four years ago as a 220-pound lacrosse player on partial scholarship with dreams of walking onto the football team. Today the 270-pound defensive end could be taken in the first round of the NFL Draft. Kerney,...
Kosovars Claim Hits on Forces of Serbs
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KRUME, Albania - Kosovar rebels and Western diplomats say that the Kosovo Liberation Army is punching holes in the Yugoslav war machine along key mountain passes in Kosovo. But KLA leaders said their gains would lead to complete victory in Kosovo...
Landing a Receiver a Priority for Ravens
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OWINGS MILLS, Md. - New Baltimore Ravens coach Brian Billick has a reputation of being an offensive genius. In today's NFL Draft, it will be up to the franchise to deliver him some offensive tools to work with. Baltimore has the 10th overall...
Menace to Universe Has Returned: The Street Fighter Joins Heroes to Stop Apocalypse Now
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There is no denying it. The superhero and cartoon character have become integral parts of the electronic-entertainment industry. Around the world, youngsters and guys who can't get dates spend countless hours in front of their computer and video-game...
Milosevic Warned on `Dirty Nukes'
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The Pentagon yesterday warned the Yugoslav military that any use of weapons of mass destruction would bring a swift and devastating attack from the United States. Asked about a report in yesterday's editions of The Washington Times that U.S. intelligence...
New Delhi's `Historical Philosophy' on Beijing Drove Agni-2 Creation
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The deputy director of foreign studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Alex Lennon, spoke with reporter Jasminka Skrlec. Question: Indian officials have been claiming that the underground nuclear test of a new intermediate...
On His Terms, Gretzky Leaves Eloquent Legacy
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There are times when it is difficult to illustrate how far and wide an individual's fame has spread. In the case of Wayne Gretzky, no problem. In the fall of 1989, the Washington Capitals were touring the then-Soviet Union and occupied Latvia...
O's Pitching Falters in Loss to Blue Jays
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TORONTO - A grueling three-game series in New York left the Baltimore Orioles in an predictable but uneasy circumstance last night: A limited number of relievers were available with perhaps their shakiest starter on the mound. Sidney Ponson lasted...
Patron of Asian Art, Smithsonian Join Forces
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Akihiro Kato, a conservator of East Asian paintings at the Smithsonian Institution's Freer Gallery of Art, is picking apart a puzzle. He carefully directs a steady stream of water vapor at specific points on the work before him. Using tweezers,...
Pressing Matter: Cal Trying Too Hard to Make Up for Lost Time
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TORONTO - Banished to the bench one day after a two-error spectacle brought new attention to his early struggles, Cal Ripken said yesterday that he pushed himself too hard while trying to make up for lost time caused by his father's death and a back...
Radioactive Product Firm Appeals Order to Close
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A Montgomery County company that is the nation's third-largest maker of a radioactive product used in cancer treatment and medical instrument sterilization has appealed a Maryland Department of the Environment order to close because of financial and...
Redskins Primed to Corner a Champ: Versatile Bailey Likely to Start
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Champ Bailey can run 40 yards in 4.3 seconds, long-jump 26 feet and has a vertical leap of 3 1/2 feet. He was college football's top cornerback last season while also catching 47 passes and returning kicks. No wonder he has been rated the best athlete...
Reserve Units to Be Called Up in Support Role
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The Pentagon plans to call up about 30,000 Guardsmen and reservists to augment the growing armada of U.S. and European planes bombing Yugoslavia. A military source said the activation will involve 25,000 Air National Guard and air reservists who...
Stitch in Time for Women of Rural India
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There's something about a stitch that sets in a memory. Sewing time or quilting time is common time, in which young girls and women pick over roles, issues and concerns in addition to their stitching. The vision of 18th-century schoolgirls huddled...
Superrich Group Joins Redskins Bidding War
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James Kimsey, the founder of America Online Inc. and a member of Arizona developer Sam Grossman's bidding team for the Washington Redskins, says the group is unmatched in its ability to buy and lead the team. "If you went to Central Casting and...
Teens Talk on Saturday-Night Blues: At Moms' Meeting Students Explain Drug, Drink Trends
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One could imagine, listening to the self-assured erudition with which Kristin Birch spoke on the subject of teen-age drinking Wednesday evening, that the flaxen-haired McLean High School junior had some, well, firsthand experience in the field. ...
The IRS Strikes Back
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The Internal Revenue Service doesn't get mad; it gets even. Agency whistleblower Jennifer Long is finding that out the hard way. She was the first agent to testify about the abuse of taxpayers without hiding her identity in the fall of 1997 before...
The Union's Response to Fort Sumter: Rebel Forces and U.S. Navy Trade Shots at Battle of Sewell's Point
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The Confederates ignited the War Between the States by bombarding Fort Sumter in Charleston, S.C., on April 12, 1861, but where and when the Union first counterattacked is less well-known. The U.S. Navy, which failed to save Fort Sumter, assaulted...
Today's Best Bets
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FAST PHILLIES Try as you might, it's hard to keep your eyes on Philadanco's fast movers. Members of the Philadelphia Dance Company travel downstage, upstage and up in the air in their energetic show for youth (ages 13 and up). Performances are...
U.S. Takes Custody of Serbian POW
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A Yugoslav army officer was captured by rebels of the Kosovo Liberation Army earlier this week and turned over yesterday to U.S. military forces in Albania, a Pentagon spokesman said last night. The officer, who was identified only as a lieutenant,...
Victim's Kin Dispute Cops' Version of `Accidental' Shooting
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A Montgomery County policeman accidentally shot and killed a 44-year-old Aspen Hill man suspected of driving a stolen car Wednesday evening, acting police chief Lt. Col. Tom Evans said last night. "I'm convinced it was an accident," Col. Evans...
Washington's New Mourning: Mount Vernon to Re-Create Burial
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For an archaeologist, Dennis Pogue seems out of the ordinary. He seems to like tourists. It's a sunny spring day, and the 46-year-old Lake Ridge, Va., resident is standing in front of George Washington's first tomb at Mount Vernon. It sits a...
With MLS Shootouts on Rise, Traditionalists Fit to Be Tied
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The shootout, Major League Soccer's unique method of dealing with tied games, once again is being hotly debated after six of the past seven games ended in them. So far this season, 12 games out of 22 have been decided by the tiebreaker, compared with...
Wizards Clobber Low-Scoring Bulls
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On behalf of the Washington Wizards, owner Abe Pollin should thank Jerry Reinsdorf for dismantling his six-time NBA champion Chicago Bulls and forcing Michael Jordan into premature retirement. Reinsdorf's collection of riff-raff made Pollin's Wizards...
