'Your papers, please' must never be heard in America
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They've begun burying the 20 children in the bucolic New England town of Newtown, Conn., this week -- beautiful, innocent kids killed by a psychotic 20-year-old gunman.

National Weather Service officials are predicting savage weather conditions for the next 72 hours, warning residents to stay home to avoid blistering winds and heavy rainfall.

These are difficult and perilous times for boys. A distorted culture has robbed them of virtue against which to measure themselves. The good once associated with masculinity in a patriarchal society has been tossed out with the bad. This, alas, is the era of feminist ascendency.
Guest lineups for the Sunday TV news shows:
Guest lineups for the Sunday TV news shows:
A judge on Tuesday threw out a second-degree sexual-abuse charge against former Iowa football player Cedric Everson but ruled that his trial will continue on lesser charges.

Last weekend's tragedy in Tucson is helping focus needed attention on the intersec-tion between serious mental illness and crime. Modern society prides itself on being open-minded, but there's still much room for progress in how we look at the mentally ill.

Republican governors are a bit edgy about their party's future despite having redone the electoral map in red on Nov. 2.
Former Education Secretary William Bennett says we need to consider placing security personnel in our schools or on the grounds during classroom hours.
I wouldn't want one person in a school armed, ready for this kind of thing," he said on NBC's "Meet the Press."