July BLS Report: ‘Accentuate the Positive, Eliminate the Negative’
For skeptics of the monthly Bureau of Labor Statistics jobs report, July provided plenty of fodder. Superficially, the numbers looked good, and... Read More
Hillary Clinton’s Immigration Goals Make Her Economic Promises Impossible to Achieve
On July 24, 2016, Hillary Clinton joined Virginia Senator Tim Kaine, her Vice-Presidential candidate for a joint interview by Scott Pelley, correspondent... Read More
CAPS Ad Urging Less Immigration Airs Tonight on CNN
Slowing Immigration Not Racist, Just ‘Common Sense’ Since 2000, record high immigration has displaced American workers. Today, the last day of the... Read More
Good June Bureau of Labor Statistics Report – Except for the Fine Print
At first blush, the June Bureau of Labor Statistics report looked decent. Last month, the economy created 287,000 jobs. But analysts’ excitement... Read More
Coaching Soccer: Job Americans Won’t Do?
No one would ever guess that there’s a shortage of American soccer coaches. Millions of American boys, girls and young adults play... Read More
CAPS Kicks Off Wisconsin TV Campaign Asking House Speaker Ryan Why He Ignores Unemployed Americans, but Pushes for Work-Authorized Immigrants
Since elected to Congress in 1998, House Speaker Paul Ryan has compiled a mostly dismal immigration reduction record. Ryan, whose pro-immigration actions... Read More
Calamitous BLS Report Underlines Ongoing Employment Crisis for American Workers
I’m running out of adjectives to describe the consistently awful monthly reports from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. For April, I’m using... Read More
On Jackie Robinson Day, April 15, 2016, Fewer Blacks, More Overseas Players
Tomorrrow, Jackie Robinson Day, Major League Baseball will celebrate the anniversary of the first African-American player to break the color line in... Read More
Women Excluded from H-1B Bonanza
Feds are tight-lipped about shortage of female visa recipients. The debate about H-1B visa hiring has a fascinating secondary dispute. On April... Read More
Costly College Degree … Today’s Labor Market Generating Jobs that Don’t Need It
Parents of college-bound graduating high school seniors got a rude jolt recently about the value of a college diploma in the moribund... Read More