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McCaughey: End the sanctuary-for-migrants madness

There are over 660,000 illegal migrants already convicted of felonies or facing charges who have come across the southern border and been released into the U.S., according to newly released federal data provided by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Some are in jail - on the taxpayers' tab, ...

Murray: Be ready to engage ideas, not shut them down

One memory came to mind as I chatted with family. I came home from college 30 years ago with all sorts of opinions based on new knowledge. I sat at my grandfather’s table and told him how cool I thought Russian revolutionary Vladimir Lenin was. The fact that he masterminded the Bolshevik ...

Shapiro: A world of leverage

President-elect Donald Trump understands, better than any recent American president, one simple rule when it comes to dealing with the world: Leverage matters and ought to be applied to those who oppose American interests. Trump believes, for example, that tariffs ought to be used to threaten ...

De Rugy: Both parties need to work to restore fiscal responsibility

America's greatness lies not in perfection but in her relentless pursuit of it. For nearly 250 years, this nation has strived to fully realize the revolutionary ideals laid out in its founding documents. While we have often fallen short, our capacity for self-reflection and renewal inspires ...

Crimmel: On the value of reading into things

In the arts and humanities, the work of faculty, staff and students can be a blessing and a curse. We tend to have a lot of questions perpetually sprouting in our minds! Some sprouts are invasive weeds, hard to manage, frustratingly persistent. Others are healthy plants to be nurtured. Both ...