With the United States a Part-Time Job Society, Immigration Policy Remains Unchanged
San Mateo’s Art Bailly hopes to get lucky and find work at a fast food franchise. Said Bailly: “I’m running around out... Read More
Another California Dubious Distinction: Of Five Cities with Nation’s Highest Unemployment, the Golden State Has Four
Unemployment rates vary widely from state to state and, within those states, from city to city. In Pittsburgh, my home town, unemployment... Read More
Irish Eyes Not Smiling Yet; No E-3 Visas
Now that St. Patrick’s Day has passed, the chances for Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown’s legislation to issue to 10,500 E-3 visas to... Read More
White House Promotes More Scary Ideas to Displace Struggling American Workers
If you read the details from President Obama’s press conference last week here, you’ll see some scarier than usual stuff. Obama’s advocacy... Read More
What could the U.S. do with $37 billion?
According to the World Bank Factbook 2011, the US is the top migrant destination country and had the largest inflows of migrants... Read More
“Hopeful” Employment News Is Really Not So Hopeful
At first glance, last week’s report that the number of people applying for unemployment benefits fell to the lowest level since early... Read More
Ellis Island and Other Myths
We have often been told that "America was built by immigrants." Certainly our nation has been one of the most welcoming nations... Read More
Truth? You Can't Handle the Truth.
To see reason returned to discussion on policy issues would be so welcome – and so unlikely to happen anytime soon apparently. It... Read More
Explaining the Congressional Black Caucus’ Abandonment of Its Core Constituency
A recent Fox News survey shows that the economic crisis currently engulfing African-Americans is worse than previously estimated. Since the earlier statistics... Read More
Steering Toward Population and Immigration Sanity
The United States is the world’s highest-consuming nation. Our per capita level of consumption is severely magnified by our large population which... Read More