To paraphrase the very model of the modern Dr. Strangelove, Donald Rumsfeld, "Would the world come to an end if we stopped using the term 'illegal immigrant'? Answer: No." Neither would the world end if the news media kept right on using it forever, as The Associated Press...
Posted October 11, 2008 | 10/11/08 01:34 PM ET
When you hear the sound of Barack Obama's voice, how does it make you feel? How about the sound of John McCain's voice?
Musicians talk a lot about 'timbre,' the overall quality of a sound, be it vocal or instrumental. And if pressed, most musicians will admit that the...
Posted April 14, 2008 | 04/14/08 10:03 PM ET
Presidential hopeful Barack Obama posted a short Op-Ed piece in today's Charlotte Observer on immigration, advocating tough borders for us, and tough love for them -- the 12 million undocumented. It's a document designed to please both "sides" of the immigration "debate" -- as if the issue can be...
Posted February 26, 2008 | 02/26/08 05:21 PM ET
I had a "way homer" moment returning from the Clinton/Obama debate in Austin last week. Both candidates were questioned about their 2006 votes in favor of the Secure Fence Act. HRC got off an applause line by blaming the Bush Administration for how "absurd" the...
Posted December 9, 2007 | 12/09/07 07:01 PM ET
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Lest he be mistaken for a "compassionate conservative," Mike Huckabee decided to take a ride on the anti-immigrant Tancredomobile. With timing some of his handlers must be labeling as unfortunate, Huckabee, on the eve of the Univision debate in...
Posted November 18, 2007 | 11/18/07 03:49 PM ET
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It seemed like such a good idea. And the security experts - Richard Clarke, Margaret Stock - thought so too. The idea? "[A]n
Posted October 7, 2007 | 10/07/07 03:45 PM ET
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In the Democratic presidential candidates' debate at Dartmouth on September 26, 2007, Hillary & Co. were asked if they would "allow sanctuary cities...
Posted September 26, 2007 | 09/26/07 09:48 AM ET
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