The Cato Institute has recently published an analysis of proposed Immigration Reform, and concluded that comprehensive reform is overdue. The entire report is worth reading (I don’t have it in electronic form, unfortunately), as it methodically disposes of a number of charges that are routinely leveled at undocumented workers. One of the interesting studies citedContinue reading “Cato on Immigration”
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Early Voting In Indiana..
Yesterday, in Indiana, early voting for the primary election started. My husband and I walked over to Indianapolis’ City-County building and cast our votes–including our votes for Marc Carmichael for U.S. Senate. In case you haven’t read my previous posts about why Marc deserves support–and why Jim Banks is a MAGA nightmare–I’m pasting in aContinue reading “Early Voting In Indiana..”
Thank You, Nikki Kelly!
I have vented several times about the political advertisements being run by candidates vying for their parties’ nominations in Indiana’s upcoming primaries. (Actually “parties’ nomination” is inaccurate: all of the ads I’ve seen have been for Republicans –Democrats have fewer primary battles and are presumably saving their dollars for the general election.) It’s bad enoughContinue reading “Thank You, Nikki Kelly!”
The “Great Replacement” Fixation
I first encountered the “Great Replacement” theory when I read about the neo-Nazi, “Unite the Right” march in Charlottesville. The marchers–bearing tiki torches–reportedly chanted “Jews will not replace us.” (Those chanting were subsequently called “very fine people” by then-President Donald Trump.) Since I never watch Fox News, I’d missed Tucker Carlson’s full-throated endorsement of thatContinue reading “The “Great Replacement” Fixation”
Real Conservatives Versus The MAGA Party
Vocabulary matters. Precision in language allows us to conduct public debates productively; when labels are misused– thrown about without accuracy–arguments about public policy and leadership go astray. Calling today’ s Republican Party “conservative” is more than a harmless misnomer; it is a slur on genuine conservatism, deeply unfair to principled conservatives and encouraging of irrelevantContinue reading “Real Conservatives Versus The MAGA Party”