Opinion

To the editor: My solution to immigration: Let birthright citizenship apply only to immigrants with valid immigration visas. As I said before: Let them all in with proper documentation. We are all human beings and we all deserve a better life than what we have. So closing the border is not the answer.

To the editor: As a political scientist somewhat familiar with constitutional rights, I had briefly sparred with my unabashed liberal friend via e-mail that building a mosque near Ground Zero — although constitutional and therefore legal — was not the proper path to pursue. He dismissed my argument for its divisiveness, absolute insensitivity and questionable motives. It was about rights, not responsibilities, he argued.