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Romney’s Borking Strategy

Many presidents leave their most enduring legacy to the nation in the justices that they name to the Supreme Court. So what inspired former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney to name former judge Robert Bork to co-chair his presidential campaign advisory committee on law, the Constitution, and the judiciary?

Immigration is a Human Rights Issue

by Carlin Christy

Carlos Ruiz was born in Mexico but grew up in California. He speaks English better than Spanish and has two young daughters who were born in the United States. He was deported back to Mexico nearly two years ago, and since then hasn’t seen his children, mother, or sister, who are still in California. People like him are at the center of the immigration debate, especially this election year.

Gender Gap

by Khalil Bendib

Rubio’s False Promise

by Raul A. Reyes

Sen. Marco Rubio will release his memoir, “An American Son” in June. In what his publisher is billing as an inspirational story, the Florida Republican writes about his family’s emigration from Cuba, and details the sacrifices that his working-class parents made so he could succeed.

The Great White Mancave

by Emily Schwartz Greco

For years, researchers have parsed the nation’s top op-ed sections and deemed them to be too male and too white. With this problem so openly acknowledged, you’d think that there’d be some improvement. Well, you’d be wrong.

Taxation without Representation

by Matias Ramos

Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to be free. I’ll give them some taxation without representation.

Riding on the Wrong Track

by Donald Kaul

I can feel some sympathy with those people who keep telling pollsters that they think the country isn’t on the right track. What I don’t understand is why so many of them keep trying to make things worse.