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Folks on the Right often toss around the term "common sense," as if that concept is (as the name implies) actually "common." But it's obviously not.
The urgency of restoring funding to DHS is not long airport TSA lines — it's about protecting American citizens from terrorism right here at home.
Neither the current state of our American culture nor the current modus operandi of Congress leaves any room for timely, constructive, apolitical deliberation on controversial issues.
The war outcome we must achieve is a disarmed Iran with no realistic potential to manufacture or acquire nuclear weapons.
Losing a war is catastrophic. But winning one, even by a landslide, is no picnic.
The state of our union is not unified. In wartime, that's a bad thing.
Their message every week: everything President Donald Trump does is awful, and democracy will be gone by next Tuesday.
It's a brutal job. Sure, the perks are great, but the world is watching, the pressures are incessant, and the future of our nation rides on your every decision.
Deep-seated contempt for federal agents who are following lawful orders, on our behalf and for our own protection? Is that who we are?
It hasn't happened. So, call it conjecture. Or wishful thinking. Or just pure fantasy. But we have a serious problem, and something must be done.
There are political alarms sounding, and without a correction of course, the Trump presidency and thin Republican majorities in the House and Senate, are in trouble.
It's time for a simple, clear, and rock-solid conversation with the American public about economic realities. No exaggeration, no spin! We can handle it.
In the wake of the ICE shooting in Minneapolis, perhaps it's time to face the reality that political violence is not just a talking point.
Our society is in deep trouble if many of us would rather see our country fail than see our political opponents succeed.
Our president does a great job of handling the big things, but we need him to avoid the ugly little miscues along the way.
Some people are finding ever more creative ways to harm one another. It's time to confront the underlying problem.
If we paid more attention to real problems — like drug trafficking — and less to political gotcha games, we'd be better off.
Get ready, American voters — NOW is the time to make sure that next November's elections don't unravel a year of major achievements.
Six Democrat members of Congress want U.S. military service members to be on-the-spot arbiters of all directives from their commander-in-chief. How will that work?
In a nutshell, the USCCB's special message is that the Catholic bishops abhor every aspect of current U.S. policy on immigration. All of it.
