Gregory Rodriguez

Attack on 14th Amendment is wrong

Just when you thought the Republican far-right had enough enemies to keep itself busy -- gays, socialists, Muslims, Arabs, illegal immigrants -- it launched a new war against babies "dropped" (in the loving words of South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham) by illegal immigrant mothers. These politicians want to change the 14th Amendment so that those U.S.-born children would be excluded from "birthright citizenship."

Americans distrust of government has deep roots

Let me get straight to the point: Americans' profound distrust of government is neurotic -- irrational, defensive and born of emotional trauma.

That doesn't mean I discount other sources of our disabling distrust of Washington. I believe the scholars who cite watershed events like Watergate and Vietnam as having undermined our belief in governing institutions.

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