"The Old Affection"

"It takes secure boundaries for it to flourish." Peggy Noonan writes a great piece explaining why securing the border has to be the first priority. The close to her article:

"What will we do about the 12 million here? Nothing radical. We're not really a radical people, Americans.

Having no borders--that's radical.

Saying, to the American people, in essence, Back my big bill or I will not close the borders, is radical.

Insisting on "all or nothing at all" is radical.

Leaving your country wide open in the age of terror is radical.

But America isn't radical. If its leaders only knew! Our leaders are in need not only of wisdom but of faith. And, as always, love, as opposed to mere sentiment, and vanity, and pride."

Read the whole thing, you'll enjoy her writing. Guaranteed!