In the aftermath of the mass shootings in Aurora, Colo.; Newtown, Conn.; Tucson, Ariz.; Virginia Tech; the Washington Navy Yard; and sadly, other locales, conventional wisdom held that the epidemic of mass shootings was a problem of gun control. I wrote columns attempting to draw attention to the mental health system in America that so wrongheadedly fails to treat the dangerous mentally ill.

Defending Common Core and immigration reform, former Gov. Jeb Bush, R-Fla., opened the door to following his fathers and brothers footsteps and running for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016.

Bush spoke at the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library over the weekend and parts of his talk were broadcast on Fox News. During his remarks, Bush said he would make a decision by the end of the year, though he said he was not looking forward to entering the vortex of the mud fight."