Here is a link to the text of the executive order on CNN's website. (The White House website has yet to post it.) David French, a columnist at National Review and a vocal opponent of Donald Trump -- so much so that he considered mounting an independent presidential campaign as...
Posted by Michael Bates on January 28, 2017 11:05 PM
From the Miami Herald's "Naked Politics" blog: In GOP State of the Union responses, different messages in English and Spanish on immigration. (Highlighting of key differences added.) The Republican Party's immigration split was reflected Tuesday in the two responses hand-picked party members gave -- one in English, one in Spanish...
Posted by Michael Bates on January 14, 2016 7:13 PM
It's happened twice this week. I've written long blog entries -- long essays with links -- and then hesitated to click the "publish" button. Ironically, the essay arose from a story about a sociologist reluctant to publish his findings because they may give aid and comfort to the politically incorrect....
Posted by Michael Bates on August 8, 2010 1:21 AM
A team of 11 officials from Third World countries observing last Thursday's British election called the UK's approach to voting "corruptible," too dependent on trust. The observers came from countries where election fraud has often been a problem, with methods that include ballot box stuffing, voter intimidation, voter impersonation, and...
Posted by Michael Bates on May 11, 2010 12:46 AM
RightWingNews has published a poll of 50 conservative bloggers on Arizona's new immigration law, illegal immigration, legal immigration, and assimilation. The answers to two questions make for an interesting contrast, although I'm not surprised: 7) On the whole, which of these sentiments best describes your thoughts about illegal aliens? They...
Posted by Michael Bates on May 7, 2010 7:28 PM
J. Wesley Bush, a long-standing friend of this blog, has launched a new website to bring together his world-ranging interests in one place. Bush is "an immigration historian, Russian linguist and East European area specialist," and as you might expect, his blog covers immigration policy and developments in the former...
Posted by Michael Bates on March 19, 2009 11:11 PM
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