March 18, 2009

"Shifty Looking Sorts" And Borrowing

Reuters reports:

Vivek Kundra Is Back!

Just a few days after having his office busted into by FBI investigators, Vivek Kundra is back on the job. It took just five days after he took a leave of absence for President Barack Obama to reinstate him. Once again Kundra is in charge of planning our entire national IT infrastructure. Scary thought, huh?

Here is the explanation for reinstating Kundra:

Why They Don't Get It

The New York Times offers an elaborate quantitative map showing the number of foreign-born people per county over Censuses from 1880 to 2000.

The maps make clear a point I've harped on before: that our NYC/DC/Harvard punditocracy is completely clueless about the multi-generational prospects of Mexican-Americans.

LinkedIn CEO Hoffman: Preserve H-1b Corporate Welfare

From the India Times:

CEO and founder of popular site LinkedIn Reid Hoffman urged the US Congress and the Obama Administration to remove the cap on H-1B visas, which enable foreign nationals to live and work in the United States. LinkedIn is a popular business-oriented social networking site.

Was the Bailout Itself a Scam?