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 […]
Through a glass darkly
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 […]
Alabama learning painful lesson: be careful what you wish for
Ala. GOP leaders have 2nd thoughts on immigration By PHILLIP RAWLS MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Republicans who pushed through the nation’s toughest law against illegal immigrants are having second thoughts amid […]
Nota Bene #120: Crazy Ivan
“If you can make a woman laugh, you’re seeing the most beautiful thing on God’s earth.” Who said it?
The American Parliament: our nation’s 10 political parties
Part two in a series. Forgive me for abstracting and oversimplifying a bit, but one might argue that American politics breaks along the following 10 lines: Social Conservatives Neocons Business Conservatives Traditional […]
Nota Bene #118: VOTE!
“I am not fit for this office and should never have been here.” Who said it?
