Although an increasing proportion of the Hispanic population is foreign-born – about half of adults in this group – English proficiency is and should remain a requirement for citizenship.

Journalists are supposed to be skeptical, that’s what keeps them digging rather than simply accepting the official line, whether it comes from government or corporate bureaucrats.

Liberals believe they own the franchise on minorities and can’t stand any Hispanic or black who breaks rank.

Less than 8 percent of private sector workers belonged to a union in 2004, and, overall, only 12.5 percent of American workers carry a union card – down from about one-third of workers in labor’s heydays in the 1950s.

Choosing one’s leaders is an affirmation that the person making the choice has inherent worth.

From George Washington to George W. Bush, presidents have invoked God’s name in the performance of their official duties.

The United Nations was founded in the aftermath of World War II, just as the world was beginning to learn the full horrors of history’s worst genocide, the Holocaust that consumed 6 million Jews and 3 million others in Europe.

When have handouts ever worked? In the United States, we learned that welfare for our own citizens not only turned into a debilitating crutch, it created a more or less permanent underclass.

We have created not a Brave New World, but a vulgar marketplace, where human attributes come with a price tag.

The terrorists hide behind Allah.