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COMMENTARY: The case to fund law enforcement presence at all schools

BY STATE REP. LYLE LARSONAt 11:19 a.m. on April 20, 1999, a shot was fired at Columbine High School in Colorado. The last shot...

COMMENTARY: When it comes to food, what’s in a name?

BY RICHARD WILLIAMSVegetarian interlopers are carving out a growing foothold in the meat and dairy sections of America’s grocery stores, and the conventional food...

COMMENTARY: How Russia has regressed since winning its World Cup bid

BY ALEXIS MRACHEKWith the World Cup underway in Russia, the host country is naturally enjoying a lot of international attention.Conspicuously absent from that coverage,...

COMMENTARY: Trump’s executive order won’t fix broken dialogue on immigration

BY RUBEN NAVARRETTE JR.It’s not often that President Trump finds the courage to do the right thing when it comes to immigrants and refugees....

COMMENTARY: Only values-based conservatives can conquer Trumpism

BY MICHAEL GERSONOn the issue of child separation, President Trump had to be dragged kicking and screaming into basic humanity. His initial goal was...

COMMENTARY: Liberals get ‘woke’ that families at the border get separated

BY RUBEN NAVARRETTE JR.In the words attributed to the great Panamanian boxer Roberto Duran: “No mas!” I can’t take it anymore.Even as a Mexican-American...

COMMENTARY: How to sleep at night when families are being separated at the border

BY ALEXANDRA PETRIThe trick is forgetting they are children.If you remember that they are children, you will not be able to go on with...

COMMENTARY: Trump administration defends border cruelty with heresy

BY MICHAEL GERSONLogic not being the strong point of the Trump administration, it claims that it is not to blame for the separation of...

COMMENTARY: Pride for life

BY EDWINA P. GARZAIn the mission to save lives through the power of organ donation, we are often met with a number of barriers...

COMMENTARY: Is the ‘gig economy’ a myth?

BY ROBERT J. SAMUELSONThe “gig economy,” RIP. Well, maybe.As you’ll recall, the gig economy refers to a radical transformation of the nature of work...