Why the sorry state of debate?

Some original answers to the question in the post title are now posted at American Spectator Online.

Some things to be thankful for...

Love.
Music.
Honesty.
Faith.
...and YouTube videos that actually brighten days




Here's another one, this time with a great cover of an iconic Beach Boys tune:



Enjoy!

Bookworm on Birthright Citizenship

Her essay is long, but -- as always -- worth reading.

One conclusion:

"Congress was thinking about former slaves, not immigration, whether legal or illegal, when it drafted the 14th Amendment. Indeed, it could not have been thinking about immigration, because, before 1882, the wide open, primarily agrarian, income-tax free and welfare-free United States had no immigration laws."

This photo seems tangentially related. I saw the little shoe on a tree outside my polling place.