It’s a scary thought, and something only a few years ago I thought I’d only read in the Onion, but I just read an article about a US Citizen, born in California, that had been wrongly deported to Mexico. Think it can’t happen to you? Short of always carrying your Passport, or Citizenship Certficate, if […]
Philippe Legrain, who despite his first name is apparently British not French, is an economist/journalist who offers a perspective on immigration that you don’t hear lately. The case against immigration in the US is based on fear, and racisim/xenophobia, covered in a veneer of economic half-truths. Legrain spent six months researching immigration policies, and his
I haven’t run into an article that resonated so immediately with me, that as I read it the following thought crystalized "I guess I’m not a Progressive with a capital P". Read Boudreaux’s column "Progressive — not!" Just as feudal lords protected their serfs from being raped and pillaged by invading hordes, so, too, will
Via Reason, Democrats are backing out of their promised "pay-go" reform, which was supposed to not raise spending without a corresponding rise in revenue. Today’s congressional Democrats aren’t unique in using a sleight of hand like the Reserve Fund to mask the fact they are spending more of our hard-earned tax dollars on another of
Apparently, some White House staffers have decided that the Legislative branch of our Government is more of a threat than foreign spies, crackers, and terrorist. To avoid leaving a trail of subpoen-able and incriminating emails, they set up their own unsecured, non-government email servers. Its a practice officially banned by other federal agencies. The whole
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Someone does Government 2.0 style – OpenCongress is live, complete with "Beta" sunsplash thingy and a few gray gradients. This, along with The Open House Project, seem to be built on top of the data provided by govtrack.us. Will it make a difference? Will you use it to track any issue, industries, or your local
Colorado, home to the nation’s toughest anti-immigrant law is finding that enforcing the law has cost more than $2 million and resulted in no savings. Who would have thought such a law wasn’t the brightest idea? Not the politicians running up to an election who need to show the voters that they’re "doing something" about
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Please take 5 minutes to let your legislators know that you oppose Deleting Online Predators Act (DOPA). Like much legislation with a why would you oppose it type name, the bill is overreaching and censors legitimate speech. Cutting off social networking’s legitimate uses is bad enough, but DOPA also gives the FCC wide latitude to
Its always fun to laugh at those in power. Since it’s friday, check out this hilarious clip documenting the processes used to write George W Bush’s speeches. It’s a hilarious mash up that uses footage from actual speeches.
I’ve been wanting to post these links analysis the Suprem Court Kelo decision for a while now. I don’t have any of my own insight into this but its an issue to be informed about. “Drop-kicked by eminent domain” Case studies for Kelo Kelo, stadium subsidies, and economic development