Mae M. Ngai: How Grandma Got Legal
Illegal-immigration foes say today's migrants are different from their own forebears. They don't know U.S. history.

Daniel Cohen: Kadafi Killed My Child
The U.S. has forgiven him, but we'll never forget who bombed Pan Am Flight 103.

Diane Ravitch: PC Textbooks Full of Flawed History
California has tinkered with the past in a foolish attempt to make students feel good about themselves.

Joel Stein: Angels With Ammo
The Bible gets fully automatic in a new video game offering a dress rehearsal for the apocalypse.

Editorials

The Right Words
President Bush talked a good game, but will Congress listen?

A Church-State Rescue Mission
Earthquake-damaged Mission San Miguel Arcangel needs an engineer, not an ugly 1st Amendment fight.

Letting Libya up
The nation's atonement for its terrorist past shows that tough U.S. diplomacy can work in the Arab world.