November 13, 2013 - 6:00pm
Only a year after his big win in the 2012 presidential election, President Barack Obama appears to be the lamest of ducks. His poll numbers are spiraling downward and Democrats in Congress are starting to grow louder in their demands he change his signature federal health-care law.
WASHINGTON -- One reason Washington makes so much bad history is that so many people here know so little history. This helps explain why "comprehensive" immigration reform is foundering: Too few of today's legislators know what happened 163 years ago.