Recently Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) made offensive and ludicrous comments, including his charge that radical Islamists are training future terrorists to act like American Hispanics. 

These comments should be denounced and repudiated by leading Texas and national Republicans including Sen. Ted Cruz, Sen. John Cornyn, Gov. Rick Perry, Sen. Marco Rubio (Fla.) and Chairman of the Republican National Committee Reince Priebus.

The Gohmert comments are offensive to all fair-minded and decent Americans and Texans.

"This is our f------ city, and nobody is going to dictate our freedom. Stay strong.” — David Ortiz, addressing the crowd at Fenway Park before the game this past Saturday

Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick took questions from the press at Fenway on Saturday afternoon. His comments are worth repeating:

In the midst of bombings, threats and fear this week former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford (R) provided some badly needed comic relief. 

No one will argue that Sanford is incredibly smart and a truly principled conservative — principled in his fiscal policy anyway. And yes, he may still make a comeback and win a special election for his old House seat on May 7. But recent developments in his political campaign have revealed that indeed he is a singularly strange guy. 

Bad news for Hillary. Elizabeth Warren too and Rand Paul and Rick Perry. 

Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick has just moved to the front of the line. And well he should. What an astonishing piece of work on behalf of the feds, state and local authorities.

Boston FBI special agent Richard DesLauriers brings a resolute commitment to task, but the governor brings a steady presence, a ballast, the feeling that we are here, we will not be turned away. We are coming for you and we will get you.

Obama’s failure to push his gun control agenda through the Democratic-controlled United States Senate revealed the craven political power of big government.

A president with the assistance of a friendly media can drive emotional messages featuring victims, along with media-certified four-Pinocchio statements to try to whip the nation into a frenzy to urge legislation. Yet, only when it fails does the real big government beast expose itself. 

The language of the daily newspaper, at least the doorway to what is behind in mind and soul, and initial-response headlines this morning suggest we are not yet fully ready to defend ourselves.

A Drudge Report headline, for example, tells that Fox (correctly) pulls an episode of the (loathsome) "Family Guy" show with a joke about people being killed during a Boston Marathon.

The Hill's A.B. Stoddard takes your questions on gun control legislation and immigration reform's chances of passing both chambers. 

Glad I can clear that up for you Mr. President, David Axelrod and Chris Matthews.

President Obama's consistent reluctance to call violent acts of terrorism "terrorism" is becoming increasingly more disturbing, with him taking a full day to refer to the Boston bombing as an "act of terror."

Never before in my memory has a potential presidential candidate been tested in the manner that Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) will now be tested, through a single dramatic legislative action, with the immigration bill that may ultimately be the most important bill of the current Congress.

This is good for America. We need an immigration bill, and we need presidential prospects who are tested through the crucible of real life events. While I have never been a big fan of "Groups of 8" (or any groups or gangs), I applaud the immigration group of Democrats and Republicans working in good faith who are producing a credible and important benchmark for debate and hopefully action on immigration.