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- Letters to the editor
This month, there will be a retirement of an Army unit at Fort Benning, Ga., that few will know of or care about. A piece of history will quietly slip away, but to a few people who were part of an event the morning of April 4, 1968, it will never be forgotten.
- DAVID S. BRODER THE WASHINGTON POST
Heading right on immigration reform
This Memorial Day finds the nation's capital consumed by the issue of immigration – a topic that reaches as deep into our history and values as any that could occupy our holiday thoughts.
- GEORGE F. WILL THE WASHINGTON POST
Funding politics in a free market
John McCain's undeclared but ubiquitous presidential campaign will produce a delicious moment when he announces, as he surely will, that he will not participate in the public funding system for presidential primaries. And if he is nominated, he and his Democratic opponent probably will be the first nominees since 1972 to rely on private money in the general election campaign.
- Senate's immigration bill reflects a noble vision
Last week the U.S. Senate took an historic step forward in crafting, and passing, a comprehensive immigration policy that reflects the best of America. The Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006 serves our legacy of being a welcoming nation, while at the same time firmly setting in place provisions that will secure our borders.
- America's Finest Blog
Last week, I checked out Presidio Park for the first time. While in an area across from the Serra Museum, I came upon a small, old, five-sided building. I walked up the outdoor stairs. On the roof was a large pentagram laid out in the tile. At the center of the pentagram: remains of a large red candle.
- Q&A: Alan Simpson; 1986 immigration reform legislation
Simpson served as a famously straight-talking Republican senator from Wyoming from 1979 to 1997 and as a member of the House of Representatives from 1964 to 1977. He was co-author, with Kentucky Democratic Rep. Romano Mazzoli, of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986.
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