One of the critical issues that we have to confront is illegal immigration, because this is a multi-headed Hydra that affects our economy, our health care, our health care, our education systems, our national security, and also our local criminality.

From 1971 onwards, the Memorial Day holiday was officially observed on the last Monday in May and became the unofficial start of the summer, with barbecues, blockbuster movie openings and mattress sales.

I think that there is a changing wind. There are black conservatives out there, and their voices need to be heard.

I don't look to a man to get pride in myself. It's not about having a black president, it's about having a good president, and I think that's the most important thing.

As for everyone else, unless you have been shot at by the Taliban, shut your mouth, war is hell.

When I retired out of the military, I registered myself as a Republican because my views and perspectives were more in line with that party.

We are in a new Civil War, and just like the last, it is a struggle for the sanctity of the Union - and it's hardly civil.