WHY ISN’T THERE AN ELLIS ISLAND BETWEEN THE U.S. AND MEXICO?

How far would you travel to find a better life? Between 1892 and 1954, over 12 million immigrants passed through a place in Upper New York Harbor Bay ethereally quiet today called Ellis Island. Their journey took weeks under the most difficult, often life-threatening conditions? If you answered “Whatever it takes,” you echo not only … More WHY ISN’T THERE AN ELLIS ISLAND BETWEEN THE U.S. AND MEXICO?

Is there a precedent for the Dutch man to change his age?

  I want you to know I’m in complete accord with this Dutch man who’s trying to legally lower his age. And why not?  It makes perfect sense to me.  And aren’t there precedents for fundamental changes in how others perceive us? If I were the judge I’d say, “Young man, to look at you … More Is there a precedent for the Dutch man to change his age?

FRIEND OR FOE? IT’S A HUGE DIFFERENCE, MR. PRESIDENT

Mr. President, I wouldn’t call NATO a “foe” as you did the other day.  NATO is hardly our foe.  The word is not really interchangeable with “opponent,” which I’m sure is what you meant when you described NATO members as foe whom you’re exhorting to pay their full share. No, a foe is not someone … More FRIEND OR FOE? IT’S A HUGE DIFFERENCE, MR. PRESIDENT