Actually the best martial art is not Gracie jiujitsu because most schools only deal with the ground game. The best art is Judo, which deals primarily with standing but also ground skills. The last place you want to be is on the ground trying to do a triangle choke. By the way, Gracie comes from Judo.

I really like the idea of sending illegals to San Francisco and Berkeley. When can we start?

Imagine that. We have responsibilities to go along with our rights. How does that play out in our schools? Fat chance our little ones are told about their responsibilities. Great article.

Rachel, I think you're absolutely wrong on the issue of dual citizenship. Citizenship at some point in history required a degree of loyalty to one's country. I don't know how you can be loyal to more than one country. While stripping away dual citizenship may not immediately help integration, in the long run a return to loyalty to one country will. Dual-citizenship and multi-culturalism are destroying the fabric of nations.

I'm in favor of curtailing abortion, but what do we then do with the millions of babies that are born to parents who don't want or can't afford the child? Do welfare rolls hit the stratosphere?

Not much of what the French do is right, but I firmly support Sarkozy's ban on the burqa, regardless of his motives.