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Five years ago, few were objecting to the numbers of legal migrants. Now, rise in legal immigration isn’t on the table, but reductions are

Previous presidents agreed to limited protectionism in return for support for free-trade deals, but that is not the case now

Too many priests and bishops aren’t treating the abuse scandal with the gravity it deserves

Is nationalism versus globalism the axis on which American political life will turn now?

Since very little in the accord is binding on the parties, withdrawing from it can’t have major consequences by itself

We are very far from having any consensus, but there’s also no consensus for the White House position that there’s nothing to see here

It would make a real difference, on the other hand, if GOP increases its share of white voters by only a few percentage points

A lot of mythology has grown up around 2012 Republican frontrunner’s political career. We can expect 
to see its resurgence now that he is reportedly running for president again

On education, health care, taxes and the economy, the former president’s brother is leaning even more to the right

Republican grandees are very unsure of who their candidate should be

As foreign crises multiply, Candidates with an eye on 2016 are pushing the GOP towards one of two foreign policy extremes

Four great sources of happiness within human control are apparently faith, family, friends and work, but each of these is in retreat