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Give Ohio State Football Coach Ryan Day His Due
The traditional rivalry week of the college football season unfortunately concluded with some ugly visuals. Brawls broke out at the end of the Ohio State-Michigan game along with fights after wins by Arizona State, Florida and North Carolina State. Attempts by the victorious road teams to plant school flags on their opponents' fields triggered...Read more
The President Still Has Time to Show His Mercy Extends Beyond His Own Son: The Draconian Penalties That Hunter Biden Escaped Affect Many People Whose Fathers Cannot Save Them
"Hunter was singled out only because he is my son," Joe Biden said on Sunday, when he issued a pardon that saved Hunter Biden from serving time for his gun and tax crimes. That much was accurate, but not in the way the president meant.
Naked nepotism allowed Hunter Biden to avoid the consequences of a criminal justice system that punishes ...Read more
Trump Cannot Restrict Birthright Citizenship by Presidential Edict: The Executive Order That the President-Elect Plans to Issue Contradicts the Historical Understanding of the 14th Amendment
For 126 years, U.S. courts have recognized children born in this country as American citizens. President-elect Donald Trump plans to overturn that understanding by issuing an executive order on his first day in office.
That order, Trump claims, will "end automatic citizenship for children of illegal aliens." But the president cannot do that ...Read more
On immigration, taking a lesson from 1924
A century ago, President Calvin Coolidge signed the Johnson-Reed Immigration Act, also known as the Immigration Act of 1924, which precipitated a two-generation-long pause in mass migration.
Upon Coolidge’s signature, multiple benefits to citizen workers ensued immediately. Immigration dropped from 707,000 in 1924 to 294,000 in 1925. Within...Read more
Will 25-year milestone bring a second wind?
Tyrades! by Danny Tyree
Well, that quarter-century went by faster than the weaver’s shuttle!
(Almost as fast as younger readers Googling, “What the %$#@& is a weaver’s shuttle?”)
As of late October, I have been pounding out a Tyrades! column every week for 25 years without a single break, and with no plans to slow down.
Why ...Read more