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It is an understatement to say there were mixed feelings here in my city upon the announcement of a presidential visit following the horrific massacre of police by a murderous monster inspired by Black Lives Matter. This is sad. We should be able to unify in appreciation for the inherently proper gesture of such a visit on such an occasion. But few things are as they should be here. We should have the ability to sanely discuss racial disparities in law enforcement without reflex assumptions that every black suspect’s death at the hands of police must automatically bear a racial...

Over the past three weeks, one Republican has gained more national attention than any other: Gov. Rick Perry (R-TX). He has been everywhere - calling up the Texas National Guard, appearing on network interviews, headlining Sunday shows, touring the southern border with Fox News' Sean Hannity, appearing on The Blaze with Glenn Beck. Perry has penned national op-eds on border security in The Wall Street Journal and The USA Today. Gov. Perry greeted President Obama on the tarmac, met with him in Dallas, and spent the next day on the southern border--a marked contrast with President Obama who spent the...