Some time ago, I wrote a piece (Do Illegal Immigrants Hurt the Economy?) arguing that immigration is not a net drag on the economy–that immigrants do not, in the long term, “steal jobs and depress wages”, as the myth often goes. Unfortunately, some readers took this to mean I was advocating illegal immigration. In fact, [...]
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The latest installment of Lou Dobbs Tonight saw a longwinded panel on energy, with all the customary clichés at the forefront of the discussion. The group’s explanations for rising prices in the energy market ranged from the president’s environmentalist agenda to evil speculators rigging the market. There is much truth to the first claim—while the [...]
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On Monday morning, members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus and Congressional Black Caucus will hold a press conference to urge President Obama to increase the debt ceiling without the authorization of Congress, and without any spending cuts attached. A growing number of Progressives, including Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), Sen. John Kerry (D- Mass.), and Former [...]
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It looks like my recent commentary, “Libya and the Hypocrisy of the American Left”, touched a nerve with one of my colleagues. Unfortunately, Mr. Grau’s eloquent rebuttal still exhibits the same flawed thinking as I identified in my original post. What Progressives cannot avoid, despite their best efforts, is that A is A. Gertrude Stein [...]
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