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Immigration amnesty by any other name

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"Dignity" is just another word for "amnesty" in an ill-conceived law now being pushed by a Miami-area Republican congresswoman. Heading into the midterms, the last thing the GOP should be doing is alienating its core voters on immigration, but Rep. Maria Salazar's legislation does just that. In the Orwellian way proposed laws are labeled these days, this one is called the "Dignity for Immigrants while Guarding our Nation to Ignite and Deliver the American Dream Act," or "DIGNIDAD Act" for short — Spanish for "dignity." President Donald Trump signed an executive order ...

Lawyers sue for higher prices

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You aren't going to believe the latest lawsuit fad in America: suing companies as monopolistic for cutting prices to consumers. In legal mumbo jumbo, this is called "predatory pricing" — keeping prices lower than charged by competitors. The idea is to keep prices so low that rival firms can't compete. This is no joke. Recent news reports indicate that the so-called Main Street Competition Coalition, helmed by a former small and midsize grocery chain lobbyist, a Biden administration official and trial lawyers, is lobbying to outlaw volume discounts under a 1936 law called ...

Getting older gives us more memories

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Your memories will try to trick you. I thought about that as I was driving down a street near my house the other day, when I spotted a father walking down the sidewalk, his young daughter slung over his shoulder like a sack of coal he was hauling out of a mine. Her hair bounced along on his back and she looked thrilled. They had been out on a stroll, and she'd asked for a ride: That was the story the image told me. Adorable, I thought, for a second. But wait. What was that look of resignation on the dad's face? Did I recognize that parental exhaustion myself, that ...

Yes, war can settle things

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Countless protest signs have informed us over the years that "war is not the answer." We hear this message, with varying levels of sophistication and differing underlying worldviews, from institutions and people ranging from Code Pink to Pope LEO. "War does not solve problems," the pontiff said in an Angelus address last year. "On the contrary, it amplifies them and causes deep wounds in the history of peoples — wounds that take generations to heal." Now, there are many things that can be said about the tragedy of warfare without crediting the blatantly ahistorical cliche that ...

Pray for those making critical decisions

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President Donald Trump has received a lot of backlash for his recent posts on TruthSocial of himself as a "Christ-like" figure and his criticism of Pope Leo's views on the Iran war. Most people on social media are familiar with the often belligerent nature of Trump's posts, and, for the most part, his devoted supporters defend him. This time, however, was different, as many conservatives thought Trump went too far in his war of words with the pope and his AI-generated image of himself laying his hand on a bedridden man with the American flag, the Statue of Liberty and the ...

Some like their electric cars

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Gasoline prices have surged to their highest levels since the COVID-19 pandemic and it has me feeling pretty good about my electric vehicle purchase. I know that utility prices are also on the rise, but being able to plug my car in at home instead of paying horrid prices at the pump has still saved our family money. Charging an EV at home costs 40%-65% less than refueling a gas-powered car. Plus, driving an EV is a little gentler on the Earth, and that also feels good as we celebrate Earth Day. Even when factoring in the additional energy required to manufacture an EV's battery, ...