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Are we closing the door on immigration? We haven’t quite yet

Columns

Can the United States come up with an immigration policy that will prove sustainable? Two writers whom I respect and take delight in reading, despite their widely differing views, Tyler Cowen, who favors more immigration, and Christopher Caldwell, who favors less, have their doubts. Both, incidentally, are writing for The Free Press. They are writing at a time when President Donald Trump’s executive branch is splashily and aggressively enforcing supposedly unenforceable immigration laws, and Congress still has Trumpish Republican majorities. Illegal immigration has been reduced ...

Good news for wildlife

Editorials

For a state that at one time was known for rivers that caught fire, Ohio has made tremendous strides in cleaning up its waterways. More good news came last week from the state Department of Natural Resources, which is seeing success in its effort to reintroduce state-endangered lake sturgeon. The project has expanded to include the Cuyahoga, Sandusky and Scioto rivers, in addition to the Maumee River. Among the reasons for the sturgeon’s sharp decline here were dams blocking access to spawning sites and unregulated fishing. At one time, the Buckeye State had lost all known spawning ...

If you can read this, you did not attend a public school in Chicago

Columns

I hereby apologize to and seek forgiveness from the Los Angeles Times, the rest of the left-wing media and the Democratic Party for the sin of being a proud, no-excuse American. I apologize for being raised by two hardworking, God-fearing parents who grew up in the Jim Crow South, who cared about education, who taught my brothers and me that we were the product of our choices and who convinced us that we are not victims. I apologize that my mother told me, “No one can make you feel inferior without your permission.” I also hereby apologize that my father told me the ...

Summers is not the biggest reveal in the emails

Columns

If you followed the twists and turns of the Jeffrey Epstein saga during the last few weeks, you already know that several prominent names emerged from the tranche of emails that the Epstein estate released. Former Treasury Secretary and Harvard President Larry Summers, who exchanged scores of emails with the convicted pedophile, has seen his reputation shredded. But there is one big name that has so far received very little attention. It’s important to stress that Summers is not accused of any immoral or illegal conduct with underage girls, but he did betray a callous indifference ...

Why limit freedoms?

Editorials

U.S. Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, is proposing a change in U.S. law that would eliminate a freedom that has been cemented since 1967. His proposed Exclusive Citizenship Act of 2025 would eliminate dual citizenship and “establish that citizens of the United States shall owe sole and exclusive allegiance to the United States.” Moreno was born in Colombia. His family immigrated to the U.S. when he was 5 years old. He became a naturalized U.S. citizen at 18, and at that time, renounced his Colombian citizenship. “One of the greatest honors of my life was when I became an American ...

Policies are right, but the messaging is wrong

Columns

I am very willing to criticize President Donald Trump. From tariffs to some of his pardons to his behavior, I am not willing to serve as an apologist or yes-man. He is surrounded by those who will not truly challenge him. We all know the difference between superficial pretenses of pushback and genuine pushback. I suspect he doesn’t actually like pushback once he has embraced a bad idea like tariffs. While I am willing to criticize the president, and such criticisms have cost me jobs and opportunities, there are many things he has done that I agree with. As an aside, the poor man ...