September 5, 2007

Reason Magazine On Democracy

Shikha Dalmia,[Email] an immigrant from India who writes for Reason Magazine, writes about the Chertoff crackdown, in which she seems to be following Mickey Kaus's theory that the Administration is trying to promote amnesty by making crops rot in the fields:

Robert Samuelson On Immigration And Poverty:"As more poor Hispanics enter the country, poverty goes up."

Robert Samuelson, noted previously in these pages as getting it, has a column today on MSN about importing poverty.

Samuelson: We're Missing the Real Story on Poverty - Newsweek Robert Samuelson - MSNBC.com
Importing Poverty
We can't ignore the facts. Only an act of willful denial can separate immigration and poverty

Web exclusive
By Robert J. Samuelson
Newsweek
Updated: 2 hours, 35 minutes ago

Elvira Wants To Be An Ambassador

It's official. Mexican Foreign Minister Patricia Espinosa has revealed that she has asked the U.S. government to let Elvira Arellano back into the country.

What's not clear though, is that she will be designated "peace and justice" ambassador, as Elvira has requested.

More On The Color Of Crime And The SPLC

Linda Thom writes, re my blog SPLC Vs. PJB On The Color Of Crime:

A pdf file entitled, Deaths: Leading Causes for 2003, that is available on the Internet from the Centers for Disease Control contains vital statistics on deaths and causes. Data show that blacks have the highest death rate by homicide of any race or ethnicity. Whites have the lowest.

South Carolinian wages depressed by immigration

In an unusually fine piece of incisive reporting, Noelle Phillips of South Carolina's The State newspaper got right to the point: Study links Hispanics, pay drop Posted on Fri, Aug. 31, 2007



As South Carolina's Hispanic population has grown, wages for all workers have dropped, a USC study released Thursday found.


While study authors were careful not to pin all the blame on immigrants, their findings were similar to other research done elsewhere, including Harvard University.

An Eagle-Eyed New Yorker Catches An Error In Joe's Response To A Reader

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09/04/07 - An NC Reader Says Sanctuary Cities Break Federal Law

From: A Manhattan Resident

Robert Novak: Prince Of Twilight?

Who Are The Fanatics?