August 15, 2005

David Rieff on Muslim immigrants in Europe

In an essay entitled "An Islamic Alienation" (echoing Peter Brimelow's book title) in the New York Times Magazine, Susan Sontag's son echoes many of my themes.

Amnesty Intended For The Profiteers, As Much As For The Illegals.

Joe Guzzardi, as always, makes an excellent point in his column about banks, profits, illegal aliens and the law.

"Illegal aliens are working, illegally, on construction crews that are building houses to be sold, illegally, to aliens who have

obtained their mortgages illegally."

Any reasonable person must agree that making mortgage loans to illegal aliens is knowingly encouraging those illegal aliens to remain in the United States - for a profit.

Numbers Count: David Brooks On Immigration

David Brooks' latest NYT column, Two Steps Toward a Sensible Immigration Policy, confirms his reputation as a good sociological journalist of the Tom Wolfe Lite school and a terrible policy pundit. He starts off pretty well by describing one aspect of the immigration problem:

VDARE.com: 08/15/05 Bulletin

Immigration reform legislation is introduced at the national and state levels everyday...and everyday the bills are voted down. So grass-roots patriots are learning to bypass the political processs and take the fight to the front lines. They're taking the fight to the border...and it's brilliant.