Creators Syndicate

Bulldozers seem as common a sight as cows dotting the landscape of this rural Virginia farmland. When we moved here two years ago, only a handful of new houses were...

In a couple of weeks, my husband and I will celebrate our 33rd wedding anniversary--an accomplishment equal to anything either of us has achieved professionally, yet something we more or...

As if being a good parent were not already one of the most difficult jobs in America, the U.S. Supreme Court this week decided to make the job harder yet....

Crime is down for the eighth year in a row, so why don't Americans feel safer? Public opinion polls show voters still rank crime as one of their most serious...

A lot of folks would like the Elian Gonzalez case to go away, but it's not likely to anytime soon. What started out as an issue of one boy's fate...

`When all efforts failed, there was no alternative but to enforce the decisions of the INS (Immigration and Naturalization Service) and the federal court, that Juan Miguel Gonzalez should have...

What would happen if schools administered tests, but students refused to take them? Several hundred students in Massachusetts decided to find out for themselves last week when they boycotted state-mandated...

I 've never before been ashamed of my government, even when I've disagreed with its leaders or opposed its policies. But the specter of U.S. Marshals whisking away a 6-year-old...

Next time you're wondering whom to thank for this booming economy, thank an immigrant. That's right, any immigrant--from the fellow laying bricks in the new housing development down the street,...

Who says Al Gore has no sense of humor? Why, he had them rolling in the aisles earlier this week when he stood with straight man Russ Feingold to announce...