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Of all the countries in Europe you would expect to be liberal on immigration policies, Sweden and Denmark would be near the top of the list. We all know that Poland and Hungary are standing firm on border issues. Georgia Meloni in Italy won on a "get strict "policy on immigration. But Sweden and Denmark? Yep. It turns out that they are now hard core when it comes to taking back their countries. Sweden is even paying migrants to pack up and leave. In other words, they're going in the direction of Danish policy. It'll be interesting to see if...

Over the past decade, Sgt. Shane Ortega has served three combat tours: Two in Iraq, one in Afghanistan. Two as a Marine and one in the Army. Two as a woman and one as a man. Ortega is a helicopter crew chief in the Army’s 25th Infantry Division in Hawaii. He was born female and would like to serve the rest of his career as a man. That would require a significant change in Pentagon rules, which require that transgender troops be discharged from military service, usually on medical grounds. Last summer, medical tests showed Ortega had elevated testosterone levels...

When "Seinfeld" comedian Michael Richards lost his cool and began a racist rant at some noisy customers in a Hollywood comedy club, it seemed to surprise a number of people. It shouldn't. What is actually surprising is that it has taken this long for some airhead made famous by a very popular but insipid television series to flip out within the context of today's minstrel entertainments. Naturally, a lawyer representing the affronted audience members did not feel that it was enough for Richards to apologize on television; he still needs to pay them some money for what they had to...