When everybody has their own truth, and no two truths look alike, we will become – as we are becoming – a society unable to effectively mobilize itself, even to save its own life.

No nation can survive if it fails to control its borders. Our nation is unique in the world. We are a nation of laws. We are a nation with a rich history. If we abandon what our forebears fought to preserve, what will be left but a shell of a once-great country?

Trump got a handle on the border, which in 2014 and again in 2019 had descended into chaos. Call it what you will, a crisis or a challenge or something else, but Biden is on a path to heedlessly repeat this experience.

China, Russia and India have all prioritized their most vulnerable citizens, naturally. But they are also giving the rest of the world a chance to protect those most at risk. Some of their shipments may be self-serving tokenism — but not all.

The truth is, Dr. Seuss Enterprises, like Aunt Jemima and the Washington Redskins, has simply undergone a belated but needed process of self-reflection; they woke up and smelled the 2021. So, this outcry is less about outrage than opportunism, a means of firing up a certain segment of white America.

Boundaries are rapidly being erased in American culture. It seems everything has been sacrificed to opinion polls, campaign contributions from certain advocacy groups and editorial support from major newspapers.

It is time to get politics out of the constitutional right of everyone — especially the poor — to an attorney when charged with a crime. It is one of the most basic rights afforded to citizens in a society that endeavors to call itself free.