Hi: What a great newspaper. I make sure I get a copy every morning. Commentaries are superior to Baltimore Sun.

Dear Mr. Pruden,
I moved away from Washington, DC almost three years ago, but I still return to your Web site on a daily basis. What's more, my wife gave me a subscription to your weekly edition as a gift on our first anniversary.
As a fellow journalist, I've come to learn that bias in the media is often no more than lazy journalism - the failure to cover all sides of a story. The Washington Times almost never shows bias in its news coverage, but when it does, it's inevitably a reporter from the Associated Press.

A sensible and reasoned voice from our nation's capitol.

The best editorial and commentary section in the nation!

Dear Mr. Pruden:

I moved to the Washington, DC area in the middle of 1985 to attend graduate school at George Mason University. I started reading the Washington Times shortly thereafter. It was an eye opener; a newspaper the likes of which I had never experienced! It was truly a breath of fresh air compared to other newspapers, particularly the other paper in Washington, the one that leaves your fingers full of newsprint.

I was a regular subscriber from 1985 to 1999. Now that I have moved out to Arizona, I miss many things about Washington, DC, but the thing I miss most is The Washington Times, so much so that I am a subscriber to the weekly edition. I look forward to reading the paper for many years to come.

Happy anniversary!

Best wishes,

Rick Gerrard
Phoenix

I consider the Washington Times to be one of the pilars of modern day conservatism. With the help of Ronald Reagan, Rush Limbaugh, Speaker Newt Gingrich, Sean Hannity, and Fox News the Washington Times has changed the course of modern history. I thank you sincerely and hope the next 25 years will see the spread of the conservative values stated so well in your paper. You have been my home page from the day I bought my first computer. I couldn't do without my Washington Times!

Many thanks for your news coverage.

I don't believe much in the news these days until I read The Washington Times coverage.

We live in Columbus, OH and it was a real pleasure when I "discovered" your paper on the web.

Keep up the excellent work.

Dear Mr. Pruden:
Without the Washington Times, those who read would be awash in opinions reported as news. I know I can read the WT and get the news - not opinions. (Although the articles designated as Opinion in the Washington Times are equally great)

Thank you all for your Great newspaper. My morning isn't right till I have a Washington Times in my hand. Your newspaper can be a little hard to find in Norfolk, Va, but always worth the quest.

I only read the online version. I especially like the opinion/commentary section. Suggest you give readers an easy way to post a comment for each article, like this capability.

I think the Rev. Sun Myong Moon said it best, ""I founded The Washington Times as an expression of my love for America and to fulfill the Will of God, who seeks to establish America in His Providence."

And so He has. Congratulations, Washington Times!

Mr. Pruden: I have been reading the Washington Times since I discovered it, several years ago. Now I look forward to getting the teaser version in my email box every morning. I especially look forward to Tuesdays and Fridays to read your column. I wish I'd know about it 25 years ago. I'm sure I would have been an enthusiast then, too.

The Washington Times may well be the only major NEWSpaper in the US. In most of the other papers with which I am familiar, the opinion and commentary begin on page 1, sometimes above the fold. Maureen Dowd has not yet made her appearance on page 1 of the New York Times, nor has E. J. Dionne appeared on page 1 of the Washington Post, at least not openly; but, there's still time.

Keep up the good work.

I subscribe to the Washington Times but every morning on my way to work I also pick up a copy from one of the vending machines at Shady Grove meto station. As I sit on the train, enjoying your great paper, I cannot help but feel sorry for my fellow passengers around me reading the other paper, sorry because they are missing out on your balanced reporting, incisive commentaries, and just great journalism all around. Kudos to Oliver North, Cal Thomas, Thomas Sowell, Diane Wiest and others for their insightful articles, to the sports writers for some entertaining read, and to you, Mr. Pruden, for your brilliant column. Thanks for giving independent thinking Washingtonians like myself a superior alternative.

Your online edition is my home page and I believe it's the finest paper in the country. I visited DC a couple of years ago and reading the real thing with coffee on The Mall while looking up at Congress was like having a conversation with a good friend aboout our great country. I've gotten to know your editorialists and fine reporters well over the years. Over and over again you prove to be the first, last and best word on this complex world. Keep up your good and patriotic work. Lee Kleypas, Houston

This paper did a disservice to its reader when it fired Samual Francis in 1995. That man was a better and more insightful writer than anyone published by a major newspaper today.

Once in awhile I look at your newspaper online. Just wish you were fair and balanced newspaper!

We began reading the Washington Times about 1997. We hadn't realized such a good, fair and balanced newspaper existed until a fellow worker began bringing it into work. I can never thank him enough!! We began watching Fox News at about the same time, thanks to our son Adam who always seemed to catch on to things faster than his mother.
We have since moved to West Virginia but even in this tiny little rural town we are able to get the Washington Times every day. We pay double, but it's the best bargain in the whole world for the low, low cost of 50 cents!! We make it a point to go out and buy the Times every day. Over the years we like to think we've turned several friends and relatives into Times fans too. We sure hope so.
You have a wonderful paper and we just enjoy so many of your writers. Pruden is the BEST!! And all the little "side bits" we get from Inside The Beltway and Inside Politics are priceless. You are fair and balance, that was not a flip remark, you give the best news available on every issue.
Continue on with your fine work. You have a paper for which you can be PROUD!!
Most Respectfully,
Judy Nave
Keyser, WV

A voice giving FACTS in the wilderness of liberalism.

Congratulations to TWT on what I trust is but the first of many quarter-centuries of newspapering. I was proud to be part of your newsroom for 17 of those exciting years.

I live in Wisconsin, but worked in Washington for 25 years (l953 to 1978). I appreciate the way TWT covers the news, and look forward to the Washington Times Insider each morning. It is so refreshing to read the news and then be able to click on the comments.
Congratulations and Happy Anniversary.

My best wishes for the 25Th aniversary of this interesting newspaper. I am Spanish, and I live in Spain. Through The washington Times I can keep well informed about what's going on in USA. I apreciate the objective point of view, and the efforts of many people in keep an alternative voice in Washington DC. Thanks for your hard work, and my best wishes for the next coming 25 years. Miguel from Spain.

I was a charter subscriber when the Washington
Times was first established. I found it to be
without a doubt the BEST newspaper I have ever
read. The formats have changed over the years
but what hasn't.

Unfortunately postage costs for mailing the paper
have become unreasonable.

Please never give up your thrust and orientation
established over the years.

We have been subscribers since your paper started. Thanks for giving us an alternative to the liberal media. Keep up the good work!

My husband reads your paper from cover to cover every single morning. Not me. I go right to Wesley Pruden's column and then I know I have the straight scoop on Washington politics.

I have been thanking God every day for the last 25 years for The Washington Times. Even though I have moved away from Northern Virginia, the first thing I do when I get up is read the online version. You guys blow The Washington Post away.

I start each day with your Insider Headlines in my e-mail box then move to articles online. The balance in your writing is much appreciated. Here in Denver, the local crab wrappers never reach the high standards of the Washington Times. Thanks.

No newspaper during my 84 years thus far has matched the accuracy and objctivity of The Washington Times, surely America's Newspaper, recording history as written, not history as invented. The WT makes my day, every day. Congratualations on your first quarter century!

Thanks for a great newspaper. When I lived in Norfolk, Virginia, I picked up my copy each day. All the fellows at work waited on me to finish it so that they could read the paper "on my dime." Since I've been gone (which is almost 7 years) I read the paper every day on the web and enjoy it immensly. Thanks for your service to the enlightened people of the world. Hope you enjoy another 100 years.

The Washington Times is, and has been, a breath of fresh air in a town that once was dominated by that left-leaning "other" newspaper. A long time ago when I was a young reporter, my city editor told me to "be honest and objective in whatever you write." In its news columns, The Times has been just that. Sorry I can't say the same for the "other" newspaper in D.C.

Wes:

I remember when you had the small office; when you had the opportunity to have the Luxury Suite, you stayed put in your small office on the newsroom floor. That's when I knew that you were a true newspaper man.

Thank you for humoring me over the years. I did my durndest in marketing and promotion.

Thanks for giving to me a product in which I could believe and honestly sell to others.

Best for the 25th. Seems like yesterday that we were doing the 10th.

Don

Two excellent reasons for reading TWT; Wesley Pruden and Bill Gertz. I hope the "movers and shakers" at the State Department, as well as the DOD, pay attention to what Mr. Gertz is revealing and discussing in his writings.

Congratulations on your 25th.

The Washington Times is the best newspaper in the US. I read it every morning online. While stationed in Europe, the weekly edition was what kept me up to date in a balanced fashion, compared to the Int'l Trib and NY Times European edition.

My local paper, the Dothan Eagle, has an all AP "B" section. The contrast between the WashTimes and the AP on the same story is usually quite stunning.

Keep up the good work,

Doc

John (Doc) Willingham
CW4, US Army Aviation, (Ret.)

I find the Washington Times intellectually stimulating, unbiased, and pro-American. Thank you for your vital contribution to our free society.

I absolutely love your newspaper and website. Every election time, even though I live in Tennessee, I subscribe to the Washington Times. to get the truth during that crucial period in America.

From 1963-1994 I lived in the Washington area. I saw the Evening Star fold to the sadness of many readers, leaving us the very liberal and biased Washington Post! Moving to Richmond, VA, I again suffered in a 1 newspaper town, starving for lack of much national and global news. Having the Christian Science Monitor as my home page just didn't "do it for me" and so now I've relegated the Washington Times as my home page paper. Since its inception, I have thoroughly enjoyed the straigtforward conservative bent of the paper, and it gives me a warm feeling to know the goings on of an area I still call "home". Thank you, thank you!!

Thank God for the Washington Times. My local Newspaper is Newsday, the official mouthpiece for MoveOn.Org here on Long Island. I look foward to going to your Web site everyday. Happy Birthday ...

Have been a dedicated reader since the demise of the STAR. Found WT to be a most worthy successor.
"Pruden on Politics" is must reading I often fwd to friends ... especially those of the liberal persuasion. Now, if we could just have Jim Berryman's cartoons.

I live in Atlanta now, one of the few things I miss about living in Baltimore is the print edition of the Washington Times. Anyway, I'm glad you have this Web site. This is the best newspaper in the world. Best magazine: Liberty.

Thank you The Washington Times for being such a great paper. I'm so thankful to have a paper that is proud of America -- instead of repulsed, like most mainstream publications are. May God bless you and may the next 25 years be even better than your first 25.

Congratulations on this historic anniversary. It really means more hard work, objectivity and fair play. Do well to fight for the downtrodden, the developing countries, especially in Africa. God bless your good efforts.
R, HARRY REYNOLDS, GROUP EDITORIAL MANAGER, GHANAIAN TIMES , BOX 2638, ACCRA-GHANA

My day would not be complete without my Washington Time. Thank you very much and keep on publishing the truth.

Your paper is an excellent counter-balance to the other Washington broadsheet. Even when I don't agree with your editorials I find them refreshing and thought-provoking. Kudos!

The Washington Times subscription I have had now for several years was initially a gift from my now deceased father, whose main emphasis in my childhood was for us children to "think for yourselves" and not buy everything we saw or heard on tv or the commercial media. I'm not always happy with what I read in my Weekly Edition of the Washington Times, but to get a point of view other than the trash spewed out all over this country by the other "news" media is refreshing, and reassuring. It helps me continue, and pass on to my two children, my father's greatest legacy: Look at all sides of a subject, and still think for yourself. Be knowledgeable. So, The Washington Times Weekly Edition subscription is a memorial to my wonderful father and his urging for us his children to know how to "use your brain". God Bless you all. Robert L. Bouchard, Jr.

I moved from Northern VA to the South at the end of 1994, and everything here is better...except I can't get the Washington Times delivered to my home daily. I still read the paper online every day. I miss the paper, and seeing my letters published on the editorial page. Thanks for your great work and integrity over the years.

I wouldn't leave the house without being armed with the knowledge provided to me by the Washington Times. Ordinary and tired political observations by my peers are freshened by my contributions that are provided to me by the Times. Thanks for making me smarter then they.

As an employee of The Washington Times I am excited to be a part of this company. Celebrating our 25th anniversary is monumental. We have over come so many hurdles and climbed many mountains to become the voice we are today. This was no easy task with other voices telling us we couldn't. But the newspaper didn't back down. We continue to report the truth and serve our community and readers. As I reflect about where I work on this monumental occasion I also reflect on my cousin Bill. He is, as we speak getting ready to climb to the summit of Mt. Everest. He will begin his ascend on Thursday, May 17, the day we ascended into the market 25 years ago. He was on Mt. Everest last year, but fell ill and was not able to continue on. Voices told him he shouldn't go back, to be thankful that he had tried. People tried to hold him back from his dream, but that didn't stop him at all. He continued to grow strong and kept a keen focus on his goal, to get to the summit of Mt. Everest. He is a fighter and God willing he will get to the summit and make his voice heard atop a glorious mountain. So with my cousin heading to the Summit of Mt. Everest, I am proud to be his family and with The Washington Times celebrating 25 years, I am proud to be a part of this family.

To all of you at TWT, thank you. Thank you for your hard work in providing us with information that seems like only you can get. Thank you for not giving up and just going the way that everyone else in the dog pack media does, telling us about their agenda. Thank you for treating us like adults that have the intelligence to understand the facts of the matter and can make up their own mind. Thank you for being just a great newspaper!

Just remember that that there are many of us who only read TWT daily to get our news. The articles written by the staff at TWT is what I look for, instead of the AP copy. I read Inside Politics, Inside the Beltway everyday and Inside the Ring every Friday, and Pruden on Politics and many of the editorials.

Keep up the good work that you have done over these many years, but please don�t stop either; there are not many other places to turn to.

A very faithful on line Inside Edition reader,

Mark Hile
Richmond, VA

At a time when an overwhelming majority of news outlets (print or electronic) in the counry have quit the business of journalism and practice perception management en masse, reporting only what is favorable to their political agenda while under-reporting, distorting, or totally ignoring what does not help their favorite causes (one of them is to spread the message that the United States is the bad guy in the world), the Washington Times remains a shining example of true journalism. Isn't it ironic that we Americans have to rely on the Washintgon Times and Fox News, two media owned, founded, or closely affiliated with foreign nationals, to know what is good about this country?

Kwan-Ming Choy