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Should immigration policy be left to states?

National Columnists

According to a recent poll, over three-quarters of the Americans who voted for Harris in 2024 believe immigration makes the United States better off. Fewer than one-quarter of those who voted for Trump agree. It sure looks like voters in blue states support immigration, while those in red states do not. There is a way for the opposing camps to both be satisfied. In Canada, decisions about immigration are influenced heavily by the provinces, which can decide how many immigrants they want and which kinds of applicants best meet their local needs. Why couldn’t the United States do ...

Does US still have Constitution?

National Columnists

Legal scholars have many lenses through which to examine the Constitution. Lawyers need to master about 150 Supreme Court decisions in order to have a sufficient understanding of the government. But most of what lawyers have studied is theory — how the Constitution is supposed to work, as opposed to how it actually does work. This “supposed to” versus “actually does” conundrum is often called the formal versus the functional. Formally, the United States still has a Constitution. We still have the three branches of government. Congress still has the House of Representatives ...

Will Democrats lose midterms?

National Columnists

Democrats are buzzing over the surprise victory of Taylor Rehmet in a Texas state senate race. Rehmet won by 14 points in a Fort Worth-area district Donald Trump carried by 17 points in 2024. That outcome inspired a piece by Republican strategist Karl Rove titled “Midterms Are Dems’ to Lose — and They May.” Rove doesn’t gloss over Republicans’ weak spots — the president’s dismal approval ratings, falling consumer confidence and the daily churn of Trump-fueled chaos. But he also notes the Democrats’ penchant for nominating far-left activists in moderate districts, ...

Current elections give warning signs for Republicans

National Columnists

Republicans are beginning to sound the alarm about the 2026 midterm elections, and not without reason. The concern was crystallized by a Texas state Senate race in a district President Donald Trump carried by 17 points in 2024 but which recently shifted 14 points toward Democrats — a staggering 31-point swing. That race is not an anomaly. Republicans closely tracking special elections from Texas to Mississippi to Georgia are seeing the same troubling pattern: deep-red districts drifting, sometimes sharply, toward Democrats. These are not battlegrounds. They are places Republicans ...

Patterns, not paranoia, are necessary reckoning

National Columnists

Americans are often warned about the dangers of overreaction, hysteria or xenophobia, and rightly so. But there is an equal danger in denial. What the country has witnessed over the past several years is not a series of disconnected curiosities, nor the product of political imagination. It is a pattern of incursions, violations and exploitations that demand sober attention and serious response. Start with what was visible to everyone: a Chinese surveillance balloon traversing U.S. airspace before being shot down off the American coast. This was not speculation. It was confirmed by the ...

Black History Month — Tribute to my siblings

National Columnists

As we kick off Black History Month, I am going to take the liberty to salute my siblings, the city of Waterbury and the state of Connecticut. My story is an American story. And I am blessed to have come from a strong and loving two-parent household, a culture of hard work, and always putting God first with prayer and thanksgiving. That was our practice. In our family, we looked in the mirror when we missed a beat or a step, not at others for someone to blame. We were determined to simply outwork our peers and naysayers while realizing every achievement was truly due to the grace of ...