Linda Chavez

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Samantha Dell wears a Baltimore Ravens' Ray Rice jersey as she tailgates before an NFL football game against the Pittsburgh Steelers on Thursday in Baltimore, Md. (AP/Patrick Semansky)

Violence is inherent in the sport of football

Linda Chavez · September 12, 2014 8:32 pm

In a joint op-ed with British Prime Minister David Cameron, President Obama promised that "we will not be cowed" by ISIS. "Those who want to adopt an isolationist approach misunderstand the nature of security in the 21st century. Developments in other parts of the world, particularly in Iraq and Syria, threaten our security at home," Obama and Cameron wrote. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Can Obama win the fight against ISIS?

Linda Chavez · September 6, 2014 8:58 pm

Attorney General Eric Holder makes a statement at the Justice Department in Washington, DC after visiting Ferguson, Missouri, on Thursday. (Getty images / Alex Wong)

Fanning the flames of racial tension

Linda Chavez · August 22, 2014 7:58 pm

Medicare is fast becoming unsustainable, especially as baby boomers like me enter the system. We may be living longer and healthier lives, but it's costing taxpayers more than we can afford unless something changes. (iStock Photo)

Solution for the looming Medicare crisis

Linda Chavez · August 8, 2014 2:53 pm

Midweek, the Times reported that 1,410 Palestinians have died and only 59 Israelis, while Israel had launched 3,577 rockets into Gaza compared to 2,753 fired by Hamas at Israel. (AP Photo)

Hamas’ propaganda victory

Linda Chavez · August 1, 2014 2:53 pm

Texas Department of Safety Troopers patrol on the Rio Grand along the U.S.-Mexico border, Thursday in Mission, Texas. (AP/Eric Gay)

Stop the fear mongering on border security and illegal immigration

Linda Chavez · July 25, 2014 3:39 pm

When it comes to an agreement with Iran about its nuclear program, no deal is better than a bad deal.ÃÂ (AP Photo/ISNA, Hamid Foroutan)

We’re talking to the wrong Iranians

Linda Chavez · July 18, 2014 3:06 pm

Hundreds of mostly Central American immigrant children are being processed and held at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Nogales Placement Center in Nogales, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Quit playing politics with kids

Linda Chavez · July 14, 2014 2:36 pm

House Speaker John Boehner has had enough of executive usurpation of power. He announced this week that he will ask the House of Representatives to file suit against President Obama for ignoring laws the president doesn't like and for using agency rule-making, executive orders, memoranda and even simple letters to accomplish that on which the president can't get Congress to act. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

John Boehner targets Obama over usurping powers

Linda Chavez · June 27, 2014 2:50 pm

U.S. Border Patrol agents patrolling the border fence near Naco, Ariz. (AP/Ross D. Franklin)

Immigration crisis born of inaction

Linda Chavez · June 20, 2014 4:40 pm

Eric Cantor's loss shouldn't be read as a referendum on immigration reform. (AP Photo)

Wrong lessons from Eric Cantor defeat

Linda Chavez · June 13, 2014 3:48 pm

Being pro-English is also pro-immigrant

Linda Chavez · June 6, 2014 7:49 pm