"I am in this race because I believe I am the strongest candidate. ... The White House is won in the swing states and I am winning the swing states." -- Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) during her victory speech...

Becoming bogged down in statistics is an occupational hazard when reviewing a complex, weighty subject, but the numbers regarding America’s prison population send a conflicting, though troubling, signal.

Editor's Note: The Mississippi bill, SB 2988, requires employers to use an electronic system to verify immigration status, called E-Verify. It will become a felony for an undocumented worker to hold a job.

The United Kingdom has been ranked as one of the most stable and prosperous countries in the world, beating the United States, France and even Switzerland in a global assessment of every nation’s achievements and standards.

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