The best thing we can do, as a society, is to get all the facts straight. There are many contradictions and many things that are just weird. (As in the Aurora case.) One interesting thing about Aurora is that it was a huge crime/nightmare/story for a few weeks. Then the discrepancies began to mount up. That is, the story was just getting interesting, you might think. But the media lost interest, and turned way. Suddenly, that's how I remember it.. In other words, the media wanted only an anti-gun story. They did everything to push that. But as soon as other elements intruded, they got bored...Let's see if it happens again.

Tom Sowell is a national treasure. But may I add, while we sort out the politics, that we start enforcing the Law. Everywhere we look in the last four years, we see possible crimes that don't seem to result in arrests or convictions. A few more of these would change everything.

There Is a really horrible pattern with Obama. He uses federal money to bribe states and individuals to do what he wants. As in ObamaCare; Race to the Top/Common Core Curriculum; this medical scam; and coming voting "reform" scam. Safe rule: if the government has to use bribes, you know it's a bad idea. Don't even think about taking the first dollar. As for voting reform. I have a sense that Obama is doubling down on fraud. I hope Michelle Malkin will report on this.

There's something simpler. Leftists want power, really want it. That means they have to hate and attack ANYTHING in their way. No matter how big or small. Attack it and kill it. Here's a partial list of things in their way: family, religion, good schools, patriotism, capitalism, guns, knowledge, reading, arithmetic, history, independent thinking, manliness, bravery, traditional marriage...basically, everything that the Founding Fathers would have thought more or less ordinary.

Another thing not mentioned. Hispanics still like macho, and respect strong men. From what I read on the internet, Obama is not exactly macho. Remember when Arnold called somebody in Ca. "a girly man." Imagine the Republican conveying that message. Romney wins big time, all other factors being exactly the same. (Dear Star, please tell the Republicans how to be a little tougher. They need help.)

Eric Holder? He hasn't quit? He hasn't been fired??? Why the heck not? If only Romney, in one of the debates, had demanded answers. Could have changed the election. Never mind. Republican leaders should demand answers every day.

Yes, we need more brave, outspoken leaders. Let's support all of them we find. Obama is vulnerable in so many ways. But people seem hesitant to say anything. Then they don''t support those who do speak. Looking back at the campaign, the bravest man in US was Donald Trump. Did you cheer him on?

I'm optimistic if we have lots of leaders who stand up and tell the truth. (I think McCain and Graham are doing great.) What we can't have is so many wimpy people standing in one spot. Mumbling. Evading. Apologizing. Looking scared. Pretending to believe lies....There is a ton of stuff on the internet that never reaches ordinary people. TALK ABOUT IT. In the campaign, all Romney had do do was throw a few spears at Obama. (Why are you still protecting Holder? He should have been fired months ago.) Etc. Last week a big shot editor with huge credentials casually let slip that Obama was from Kenya. You don't say? Etc.

Pravda also said in this article that Communists have taken over American schools. Pravda should know. To save our schools, the first step is to realize they didn't go to hell by accident. John Dewey, his so-called Progressives, and all the people following them, have been Socialists, Communists, Marxists, etc. They degrade the schools as a way of making kids dumber and more pliable. The same ruthless twits, as I think of them, are now campaigning under the banners of Social Justice and Fairness. For these far-left people, bad education is a good thing. (These people, the ones at the top of the Education Establishment, are probably best understood as the Pigs that Orwell described in "Animal Farm.") Bruce Deitrick Price

Thomas Sowell for Secretary of Education. Or, if he's willing, President.

Yes, and one other thing. A few weeks ago I wrote a piece called "The New York Times Won't Report The News." My local paper follows their lead. And then people say, "I didn't see that in the paper." It's really sad.