At no time in recent American immigration history has the gap between the facts on the ground and political discourse been as wide as it is today. There are now two parallel universes -- one based on data and reason, another based on myth and wishful thinking. If the Obama...

Anders Behring Breivik, in the name of ending cannibalism, ate the cannibals.

The butcher of Norway acted with volcanic rage flowing from a world-view that the catastrophic destruction of Europe was imminent. The devil in the details, his extensive Internet postings, weld pre-modern millenarian Christian beliefs --...

The most comprehensive overview of illegal immigration in the United States since the economic crisis began its downward spiral concludes that the flow of unauthorized immigrants into the country has significantly slowed. The annual inflow of unauthorized immigrants was "nearly two-thirds smaller in the March 2007 to March 2009 period...

The visit of First Lady Michelle Obama and Mexican First Lady Margarita Zavala to a Maryland Elementary school serving large numbers of immigrant children offers the world an important teaching moment. As Peter Baker of the New York Times reported, during the course of the First Ladies' visit,...

Next week, as children head back to schools across the country, the rituals of Fall will provide continuity and comfort to millions. Students will come eager to share their most vivid summer adventures. Teachers will work to project equal amounts of authority, competence, and warmth. Parents will dispense, one more...

President Obama's nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court is inviting glossy-eyed "only in America" commentary domestically and throughout the world. But as the likely confirmation storm gathers force, biography will surely be pitted against ideology. To her opponents Judge Sotomayor's judicial philosophy -- particularly her flirtation with...