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For President Barack Obama, Thursday night’s address to the nation was about much more than changing immigration policy. It was about changing a narrative that has recently defined his presidency: that he draws red lines and doesn’t follow through.

The most infamous blow to Mr. Obama’s credibility on setting red lines and following through came last year when he said Syria’s use of

According to some, America is facing a new terrorist threat: the media.

“CNN IS ISIS,” the sign reads. It’s a stunning accusation — particularly when considering that the media are expected to be a stronghold in American society, charged with holding government accountable. Is the nation’s watchdog now a pit bull?

Perhaps it’s a hyperbolic comparison,

Our daughter, who is young, multi-ethnic and fiercely progressive, has been an ardent fan of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez from the beginning. I have not.

But I am an older white man who shares those demographic characteristics with 44-and-a-half of our nation’s 45 presidents, and I admit that I had not previously appreciated the motivational appeal of leaders who provide a different voice