Donald is a hateful bigot, and his Administration has turned his bigotry and hate into official US policy.
Two years of bigotry by Donald and his Administration
U.S.-Mexico Relations Tea Leaf Reading
There are plenty of facts to be found. For this exercise in prognostication, I leave it to Dear Reader to find their own, connect them as they will, and make of the […]
An immigration reform and border security proposal
Just to show that I don’t only grouse and that sometimes I have a proposals for solutions that I think would work and might even appease most parties in a compromise, here’s […]
Border proposal: a high-speed commuter rail line
It’s not enough to complain and resist. We need forward-thinking ideas. I had an idea at work earlier. Good or bad, at least it’s an idea, something Democratic leadership seems to be […]
Through a glass darkly
I’m sharing this article from Independent Journal Review just to make a point. Independent Journal Review: Those Outraged At Trump Blocking Refugees Didn’t Seem To Care About What Obama Did To Cubans I […]
Seamus Kennedy’s folk songs of conflict and immigration
We will need protest songs for Donald’s presidency, but listening to Seamus Kennedy’s folk songs of conflict and immigration on the drive home yesterday was a good start. My family and I […]
At the border, an arbitrary fate
Desert grasslands reveal a more nuanced view of illegal immigration by Bruce Lindwall A journal entry from a February day during an Expedition Education Institute semester in the Desert Southwest I went […]
What President Obama didn’t mention in his immigration address
There’s a sequence of 6 letters that appears nowhere in the transcript President Obama finally addressed the nation today regarding the executive actions he’s taking in regard to our broken immigration system. […]
State's Rights: be careful what you wish for
My friend Mike, recently retired editor of a major newspaper, writes: Luckily Scalia and his pals were in the Supreme Court minority on the Arizona immigration ruling, but his logic is scary: […]
America's immigration "problem" is "solved" (a story with heavy implications)
You may have noticed this story in the Wall St. Journal several days ago: Tide Turns on Border Crossing – Number of Immigrants Arriving From Mexico Now Equaled by Those Going Home Net […]
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