Jennifer Harper
Articles by Jennifer Harper
Inside the Beltway: Post-Perry possibility
The new law in Texas that bans abortions after 20 weeks gestation and strengthens health standards at abortion clinics has transformed Gov. Rick Perry and pro-life state lawmakers into legislative role models of sorts. Published July 18, 2013
Inside the Beltway: The Zimmerman numbers
The long-range political implications of George Zimmerman's trial are emerging. A Rasmussen Reports survey finds that 48 percent of U.S. adults agree with the Florida jury's verdict that the neighborhood watch volunteer is not guilty of murder in the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin; 34 percent disagree with the verdict while 18 percent are not sure. Published July 17, 2013
‘Emily Gets Her Gun’ book cover unveiled, the readers voted
In just more than six weeks, Emily Miller's powerfully personal book "Emily Gets Her Gun — But Obama Wants to Take Yours" will be published. The book is due in stores Sept. 2. For now, though, the cover of Emily's book has been revealed by Regnery Publishing, chosen with the kind help of many The Washington Times readers and other fans who voted for the image from eight other choices through an online poll. Published July 17, 2013
Inside the Beltway: Emily’s covered
In just more than six weeks, Emily Miller's powerfully personal book "Emily Gets Her Gun — But Obama Wants to Take Yours" will be published. Her story? The Washington Times senior opinion editor was taken aback at her own challenges while trying to legally purchase a gun in the nation's capital — and found her experiences revealed what could happen on a national level if President Obama gets the gun control policy of his dreams. Published July 16, 2013
Inside the Beltway: Hillary Clinton’s buckraking life
Oh, that platinum podium: Consider that Hillary Rodham Clinton gets $200,000 and up for many speeches. None other than The New York Times acknowledges that the nation's favorite Democrat has tapped into the "speechmaking gold mine" via the exclusive Manhattan-based Harry Walker Agency. Published July 15, 2013
Inside the Beltway: Trial and tribulation
The trial of George Zimmerman continues to spark endless interpretation from provocateurs and peacemakers alike. Published July 14, 2013
Inside the Beltway: ‘Senator’ Palin emerges
And so it begins: Sarah Palin suggested she would run for the U.S. Senate seat in Alaska, and 72 hours later has fired the first volley against her potential opponent, one Sen. Mark Begich — a Democrat, former Anchorage mayor and spirited Palin-basher. Published July 11, 2013
Inside the Beltway: Semper Fi
The thump of the bass drum, the precision of the brass and a cadence that matches the beat of a patriot's heart: that is the U.S. Marine Corps band, which celebrates its 215th birthday this week with much fanfare. Published July 10, 2013
Inside the Beltway: Firing up the ‘W’ legacy
It has to do with wise civility, perhaps, and some fabulous strategery. Former President George W. Bush, deemed either a "frat boy" or war monger by an unfriendly press for years, has re-emerged on the public radar, earning a growing number of positive reviews and rising approval ratings on par or even besting President Obama's numbers. Published July 9, 2013
Dr. Ben Carson joins The Washington Times as a weekly columnist
Dr. Ben Carson, the world-renowned pediatric neurosurgeon whose entrance into America's political debate has energized conservatives, on Wednesday joined The Washington Times as a weekly opinion columnist. Published July 9, 2013
Inside the Beltway: Kristin vs. Eliot
New York City politics are baroque and entertaining, and offer evidence that voters are either very forgiving or have short memories. Step right up and witness disgraced former Congressman Anthony D. Weiner running for mayor, now joined by disgraced former governor and MSNBC host Eliot Spitzer, who pines to be city comptroller. Published July 8, 2013
Inside the Beltway: Is Gov. Rick Perry mulling another White House run?
It's called the most popular parlor game in Texas: Is Gov. Rick Perry mulling another White House run? We should know on Monday when Mr. Perry steps before a microphone at the Caterpillar heavy equipment dealer in San Antonio — which happens to be the nation's largest — to reveal his "exciting future plans," among other things. Published July 7, 2013
Inside the Beltway: Vigilant America
In what seems like another era, President Obama declared in a May 23 national security speech that the war on terrorism is ebbing, and that the need for "perpetual wartime footing" is past. Is it? Not according to 77 percent of American voters who say the struggle is ongoing and should remain a "top priority" on the government to-do list. Eighty-six percent of Republicans and 72 percent of Democrats agree with this, according to a Fox News poll released Wednesday. Published June 20, 2013
Newsgathering has taken a hit since AP phone records seized
The Department of Justice's seizure of Associated Press phone records has had a "chilling" effect on the news organization according to CEO Gary Pruitt, a First Amendment lawyer who took his case to the National Press Club on Wednesday, complete with a wish list of changes he would like to see. Published June 19, 2013
Inside the Beltway: The evolving president
One gauge of a president's favorability is the assorted descriptors the public volunteers to a pollster about the leader of the Free World. The Pew Research Center has tracked the assorted description of President Obama over the years, and has this to say: "Terms like incompetent and liar now are among the most frequently used words to describe Obama." Published June 19, 2013
Inside the Beltway: Tea party takes on the IRS
Party like it's 2009? Fourteen Republican lawmakers, media mavens and liberty-minded activists will crowd onto the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol Wednesday, ready to rumble as they did four years ago when the tea party first crackled to life. Published June 18, 2013
Inside the Beltway: Glenn Beck goes to Washington
It portends to be a fierce demonstration, as in days of yore: The Tea Party Patriots will assemble at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday for an "Audit the IRS" rally in support of conservative groups that were subject to some uncomfortable scrutiny by the federal agency in recent years. The tea partyers will have some high profile company. Independent media maven Glenn Beck plans to be there, despite his own misgivings about visiting the veritable heart of big government. Published June 18, 2013
Inside the Beltway: O’bama arrives in Ireland on Monday
When President Obama arrives in Northern Ireland on Monday for the two-day Group of Eight summit, he'll encounter "the biggest policing operation" in local history. Some 8,000 police and military troops have assembled in the picturesque town of Enniskillen, which plays host to the president and seven other leaders, along with a large, uninvited gaggle of dissidents, environmentalists, pacifists and protesters that also number in the thousands. Published June 16, 2013
Inside the Beltway: A call to protect ‘newsgathering’
It's been a little more than a month since The Associated Press revealed that the Justice Department had gained access to its phone records. The news organization came out swinging: CEO Gary Pruitt declared the action a "massive and unprecedented intrusion" and "unconstitutional." Now he's ready to explore "the way forward," he says, this time taking his case to the National Press Club. Published June 13, 2013
Inside the Beltway: Unifying conservatives by 2014
Organizers behind the bodacious "Road to Majority" conference are determined to wrangle conservatives onto the same page as the 2014 midterm elections loom. The event, virtually ignored so far by the mainstream press, begins Thursday at a hotel just three blocks from the White House. Published June 12, 2013
