Francis Wilkinson

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump holds a Hispanic advisory roundtable meeting in New York, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2016. At right is Jovita Carranza, former Small Business Administration Deputy Administrator.

Wilkinson: Trump never really had an immigration policy

August 24, 2016 at 1:10 p.m.

Donald Trump hasn't changed his policy on immigration because he never had a real policy on immigration. He doesn't have a real policy on anything.

University of Texas at Austin anthropology professor Pauline Strong posts a sign prohibiting guns at her office on the first day of the state's new campus-carry law on Aug. 1. The law, pushed by Gov. Greg Abbott and the Republican legislative majority, makes Texas one of a handful of states that guarantee the right to carry concealed handguns on campus.

Wilkinson: Texas professors learn to like guns, or else

August 15, 2016 at 3:55 p.m.

Three University of Texas professors were informed last week that they will be "subject to discipline" if they try to ban concealed handguns from their classrooms.

Former President George W. Bush speaks Tuesday during a memorial service honoring the five Dallas police officers who were killed last week, as President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama look on.

Wilkinson: Obama, Bush share a message in Dallas

July 13, 2016 at 10:43 a.m.

Former President George W. Bush spoke at the memorial service for slain police officers in Dallas on Tuesday -- but his message was lost in the shuffle.

Police watch as citizens gather Friday in Dallas for a prayer vigil following the previous night's shooting deaths of five police officers.

Wilkinson: Some want a race war, but Dallas won’t deliver

July 8, 2016 at 2:04 p.m.

There is a virulent quarter of America that seems disappointed that we haven't had a race war. They insist that Black Lives Matter and Blue Lives Matter are somehow mutually...

Wilkinson: Bill and Hill in 10 talking points

July 9, 2016 at 5:09 p.m.

Point One: Bill and Hillary Clinton are victims of a perpetual right-wing smear campaign, a highly personalized subset of a decades-long crusade to discredit government.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks Tuesday during a news conference in Briarcliff Manor, N.Y.

California’s warning to Trump-led Republicans

June 9, 2016 at 3:11 p.m.

Is Donald Trump damaging the Republican Party or destroying it? It depends on whether the GOP will be able to evolve into a multi-racial majority party after Trump's campaign is...

Muhammad Ali hugs former President Bill Clinton at the grand opening celebration for the Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville, Ky., on Nov. 19, 2005. Clinton will deliver the eulogy at Ali鈥檚 funeral on Friday.

Wilkinson: Muhammad Ali is the greatest counter to Donald Trump

June 6, 2016 at 12:52 p.m.

It's just a twist of fate, of course, that "the Greatest" should die in the middle of Donald Trump's misbegotten campaign to Make America Great Again.

Wilkinson: For Obama, human rights begin at home

May 25, 2016 at 5:24 p.m.

President Obama's cold realism abroad, overlooking oppression in pursuit of national interest, is contrasted by his steady investment in human rights at home.

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