Terry Golway ponders immigration reform, inspired by a documentary on Mount Rushmore. Immigration has long been a theme in American politics, and immigrants have long been deemed a threat to American ideology. America's immigrants also continue to change what it means to be American. In the era of global terrorism, border security must accompany immigration reform. more>

If you believe that elected officials are supposed to be role models as well as lawmakers, then their private behavior certainly does matter. But that raises a host of other questions: What sort of behavior disqualifies a politician from being a role model? Infidelity? Neglect of family? Lying? more>

With caricatures of Mohammad and mass international protests featuring the destruction of the US flag and the hatred of Danish cheese, it would be interesting to see Americans stage a protest of their own against the Middle East. Unfortunately, with America’s “addiction” to oil and large sport-utility vehicles, this seems impossible. more>

John Kerry, the third Catholic to win his party's presidential nomination and fourth Catholic nominated for national office, has set off another round of theological hand-wringing. This time, however, the Catholic candidate's problem isn't that he will try to subvert American liberty by installing the pope as his co-president. Just the opposite, in fact. John Kerry's problem appears to be that he isn't, well, Catholic enough. more>