Population Surpasses Economies of Scale
The Chamber of Commerce and trade associations often suggest that economic well-being depends on more growth. Their stance is dangerously outdated in... Read More
The Gang of Eight’s Porous Immigration Bill Offers No Safety Against Future Terrorism
The Boston marathon bombing perpetrators arrived in the United States on a fraudulent ayslum application, readily apparent as falsified but ignored during... Read More
Desperate Housewife Explains Immigration
Actors get a lot of grief for being political – from Jane Fonda, Daryl Hannah and Susan Sarandon to Alec Baldwin and... Read More
The devolution of Sierra Club environmentalism
The Sierra Club was once America's premier environmental organization, founded 121 years ago upon the environmental ethic of John Muir, who remarked... Read More
The Immigration Bon Bon Factory
In the 1950's one of the most beloved television programs was “I Love Lucy,” one of the very first sit-coms, in which... Read More
Congress’ immigration lie in 1965; today’s lie in 2013
In 1965, Congress passed the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) that increased legal immigration from about 200,00 per year to over one... Read More
Senator Patrick Leahy and His Forgotten Lessons
On April 22, I sort of watched the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on S. 744, the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration... Read More
As People Read Amnesty Bill, Scales Fall from Their Eyes
During the three months that led up to the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act midnight drop, patriotic Americans wondered... Read More
Earth Day Misses Most Critical Issue
The original version of this column appeared in the Los Angeles Daily News, April 21, 2011. ______________________________________ EARTH Day 2011 titles itself... Read More
Three Things for the Earth Day To-Do List
Here’s my recommended list for Earth Day … and beyond. It’s just three things, but they’re three important ones: (1) Watch the... Read More