The US: A Special Case for Open Borders
I respect the point that Will made last week in his post arguing against open borders and for a sort of mild restrictionism. Will sums his argument up thusly: So the West is both...
Tagged: immigration
My Immigration Dilemma
As someone who’s won the citizenship lottery (read: American born), I’m very reluctant to comment on immigration. But I do believe in certain mild restrictions on the influx of new arrivals, so here’s my...
Arizona: Enemy of Federalism
By Transplanted Lawyer So the Federal Department of Justice has sued the State of Arizona over Arizona’s immigration law. Once again, I am forced to think critically about something of which I superficially would...
Geography, Politics, and Arrogance
Last week, Erik and I had a fun discussion about the role of geography in shaping one’s political opinions, what this means for Erik’s arguments for competitive federalism and localism, and the way in...
Gillespie rants; Los Suns win
I usually shy away from linking to Reason, mainly because you’re probably reading them already. But this brilliant rant from Nick Gillespie on immigration and the Phoenix Suns deserves top billing.
Department of Useful Concepts: The Corner Solution
A corner solution arises whenever, when faced with a tradeoff among two or more variables, we declare that one of the variables is to be minimized regardless of the state of all of the...
Good news, no more Lou!
Via Kevin Drum it looks like nobody stuck watching CNN will have to suffer through any more of Lou Dobbs’ nonsense! CNN still employs Nancy Grace, however, so not all is true and good...
A few thoughts on immigration and Europe
Without lapsing into Steynian hysteria, I think there are real concerns about the growing population of alienated, socially immobile Muslim immigrants in Europe. In that vein, Michelle Goldberg’s review of Reflections on the Revolution...
Why Being a Judge Is Hard
First, since today is Good Friday, let me apoloize upfront for the disturbing nature of the case around which this post is built. Unfortunately, it serves as a compelling follow-up to the enjoyable and...
