At least two declared Republican presidential candidates are scheduled to join a candidate forum in Greenville next month. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, who announced last week that he’s seeking the GOP nomination for president, will speak at the South Carolina Freedom Summit at the Peace Center on May 9, organizers said. Another Republican who has […]
As the old saying goes, “those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” In 1986, acting on the recommendation of a bipartisan task force, President Ronald Reagan signed the Immigration Reform and Control Act. With good intentions, the law originally granted amnesty for those who paid a fine, took a citizenship test, […]
Kentucky Senator Rand Paul raised his public profile last month with his principled filibuster of John Brennan’s nomination for Director of Central Intelligence for a continuous 13.5 hours without a break. In a Democrat-controlled Senate that didn’t pass a budget in four years, it was refreshing to see a Senator using this largely forgotten tactic […]