I stood on the bridge; I stood right there on the bridge looking down at the Rio Grande River, and what to my wondering eyes should appear, but a Mexican gentleman who had started himself a ferryboat service.

What does Mr. Gates plan to do with all the extra people that won't die from malaria now that his foundation has found a cure?

Virtually everyone who is anyone in American politics and media has roundly condemned any thought that Iran's President Ahmadinejad should be allowed to desecrate Ground Zero with his noisome presence. They are making a mistake.

China and India are adopting personal automobiles. If they follow our path, each country will put itself in a position of its entire economy being vulnerable to interruption of its oil supplies.

Now comes what may be the solution to the global warming hysteria, and from a most unexpected source.

It is unfair, and it is unconstitutional.

If we can't decide between the bird lovers and the cat lovers without a jury trial, how are we going to decide what to do about "honor killing," "female circumcision," and other facets of "diversity"?

Is American citizenship of such little concern that we don't mind it being awarded as the result of a crime?

The Romans understood nation building, an art we and the British have forgotten.

If Mr. Bush really wants a new immigration law, there's a simple way for him to get one.