Politicians and historians love to use the word “crossroads.” It’s become as American, and cliched, as “Mom’s apple pie.” The historian Shelby Foote, wrote, “The Civil War defined us as what we are and it opened us to being what we became, good and bad things. … It was the crossroads of our being, and it was a hell of a crossroads.”
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We’ve known for years that our immigration system is broken, and reform has been near the top of the national agenda since at least 2007. But Congress addressed neither conservative anxieties — unsecured borders, people staying with expired visas — nor liberal concerns, such as treatment of immigrants (legal or not), paths to citizenship, etc. …
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As Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton steps down from her job Friday, many are assuming she will run for president. And she may. In fact, five of the first eight presidents first served their predecessors as secretary of state. It hasn’t happened in more than a century, though that may change should Clinton decide …
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