I am writing to express my support for the implementation of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Ecuadorian immigrants who have been residing in the United States for many years, and can’t return to Ecuador due to the civil unrest and unsafety. TPS for Ecuador would offer eligible ...
"I do not agree with a word that you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." — Voltaire (1694-1778) Holy Week was not a good week for personal liberty as governments throughout the United States engaged in direct and subtle attacks on free speech. The freedom of speech is ...
The Utah Legislature has passed an unconscionable law encouraging that the Ten Commandments be studied in public schools. The measure says that the commandments should be added “to a list of historical documents and principles that school curricula and activities may include for a thorough ...
Leaders of both parties agree: We must reduce globalization. "China is ripping us on trade," says Donald Trump. Our trade deficit is "an immorality," says Nancy Pelosi. But it's not. In my new video, Scott Lincicome of the Cato Institute points out, "Selling us stuff is hardly ripping us ...
A week ago, while Baltimore slept, the Francis Scott Key Bridge stood, its gorgeous and graceful truss lighting and spanning its busy global port. It is — was — a beloved landmark. When the city woke in the dawn's early light, the bridge was not still there. A massive 21st-century cargo ...
In the summer of 1997, the Republican-controlled Senate Governmental Affairs Committee was investigating whether the Clinton-Gore White House and the Democratic National Committee had engaged in improper, or even illegal, fundraising practices during President Bill Clinton's 1996 reelection ...
My daughter decided in the middle of her junior year to switch to choir from percussion. She had never taken a choir class, so this was something new. She had to move her schedule around to make it possible and, to be honest, I was thinking that perhaps she’d rather have a study hall, but she ...
I visited with a friend the other day who apologetically told me he isn’t a very good writer. People do that to me — apologize that they’re not a very good writer, as though all of us are supposed to be. If it’s any consolation, I’m not a very good mathematician. Numbers drive me up ...
I find it interesting that today, Joe Biden is trying to hold on to the presidency any way he can. He is embarking on a campaign today with Obama and Clinton to raise money to help him fund to hold on to the presidency, Donald Trump is attending a very sacred service a New York police officer ...
We Americans with kidney failure must accept the fact that we will be in medical debt for the rest of our lives. To pay for dialysis treatment, some patients keep working and use private insurance. Others live in states that supplement the other 20%. For me, although I have my husband’s ...
