The ire over Arizona’s new immigration law is mystifying for two reasons. In the first place, the law merely intends to execute what has already been called for by 50 years of federal law, seconded by the dictates of common sense: illegalize the illegal immigrants.

The buzzword in politics these days is “equality.” However, each year two events ““ the publication of the newest data on college admissions and Tax Day ““ serve as reminders of the vast amount of unequal treatment that pervades our system.

The renascent scandal concerning sexual improprieties within the Catholic Church is saddening. Every day, seemingly, a new case is held up for our mortification, each supplying a new reason to mistrust an institution that has built its reputation on respect for values, civility and human decency.

An enduring moment in the health care saga occurred when House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ascended the steps of the Capitol before the final vote on the Senate bill, wielding the same oversized gavel that was used to enact Medicare, with thousands of ambient protesters calling for her ouster.

Barack Obama may be the best president of the United States that California could have ever asked for.

Popular culture has a tendency to reduce to sanctimoniousness anyone who expresses disgust or outrage at the sexual scandals of public officials. Such was the reaction to people who refused to grant summary forgiveness to former President Bill Clinton after he admitted to improprieties with Monica Lewinsky.

Last week’s ubiquitous snowstorms and continued revelations about erroneous predictions by climatologists have aided the skeptics of global warming.

Given his inability to conjure up electoral victories for Democrats in the last few state races, many political prognosticators say that President Barack Obama will be forced to move “toward the center” if he or his party are to have any chance of maintaining their grip on power.

Last week, Republican Scott Brown’s decisive win in liberal territory (Massachusetts) added another impediment to the would-be political machine that Democrats have been trying to build.

With his mix of inexperience and political “smarts,” candidate Barack Obama challenged Americans to do something that has become increasingly taboo in our secular world: have faith (in him, that is).