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Alien Nation by Peter Brimelow 
April 15, 2009
"Our Country"--Just Where--And What - Is "Our Country"?
I recently received an unusual birthday card from a family member, a devout Catholic, that caught me off guard.
For years she and her husband, who is a Catholic deacon, have known of my involvement in the immigration restriction movement, and they have never commented on the many news stories I've sent them dealing with an immigration policy that is destroying this republic. During family gatherings, they've never once raised the issue.
Tierney: "Single Female Seeking Same-Race Male"
John Tierney blogs in the New York Times about a study of "speed-dating" Columbia University:
There’s also a clear gender divide, as the researchers note: “Women of all races exhibit strong same race preferences, while men of no race exhibit a statistically significant same race preference.”
The Pew Hispanic Center
The Pew Hispanic Center, which I've long admired for doing good statistical analyses without all that much political correctness, has a new report out on illegal aliens (or "Unauthorized Immigrants," as Pew terms them). It was written by Jeffrey S. Passel and D'Vera Cohn. As I started to read it, this slab of boilerplate caught my eye:
"Personality Decided At Birth, Say Scientists"
That won't come as any surprise to anybody with more than one kid, but the relationship to brain anatomy is interesting. Steve Connor reports:
Personality types are linked with structural differences in the brain - which could explain why one child grows up to be impulsive and outgoing while another becomes diligent and introspective.
New Jersey's Next
From the Pew Hispanic Center report on illegal immigrants, the five states with "Largest Share of Unauthorized Immigrants in the Labor Force, 2008:"
1. Nevada - 12.2%
2. California - 9.9%
3. Arizona - 9.8%
4. New Jersey - 9.2%
5. Florida - 8.2%
Kathy Shaidle Speech
Kathy Shaidle made a highly successful speech on Canada's Human Rights Commissions in London, Ontario. You can read it here. Check out this part on the "No Irish Need Apply" urban legend:
The original mandate of the HRCs was to deal with discrimination in employment and accommodation.
Obama Has A Dream
Here's the penultimate paragraph from the President's speech on the economy: