February 11, 2009

Doctor Norm Matloff On Kerr And Lincoln Working Paper On H1-Bs And Innovation

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The US Chamber Of Commerce Would Lobby for Foreign Workers During a Depression

Roy Beck raised an interesting question today on his NumbersUSA blog.

Dr. Norm Matloff: American Immigration Lawyers Association, Chamber Of Commerce Fight Sanders/Grassley Amendment

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As many of you will recall, last week I reported on the Sanders/Grassley amendment to the economic stimulus package now being considered in Congress. See here.

The amendment, which passed unanimously in a voice vote, would place certain restrictions on hiring of H-1Bs by financial institutions receiving TARP bailout money.

Politically Correcticizing Darwin

A featured review, "Charles Darwin, Abolitionist," by Christopher Benfey, a professor of English, in the Feb. 1, 2009 New York Times Sunday Book Review asserts:

You Get What You Pay For

After Hank Paulson's turn as Treasury Secretary, the conventional wisdom became: We don't need as Treasury Secretaries anymore of these CEOs with 700 million simoleons, a fancy suit, and a firm handshake. We've had enough self-confident blowhards with endless Wall Street connections and conflicts of interest. Instead, we need a ... civil servant! That's right, a career bureaucrat, a regulator. Why didn't anybody think of this before?

The Kvetcher: Who the hell do these Jews think they are?

Jewish Far-Leftist Boasts Goal of �Progress By Pesach’ is to Thwart the Will of the Majority Population!

The Kvetcher blogs

The New Jersey Jewish News reports,