Feb. 2, 2018
Happy Friday from Washington, where it’s like old times as lawmakers again talk about granting amnesty to illegal immigrants and funding pet projects using earmarks. David Inserra and Paul Fredrick weigh in on fixing immigration, Dennis Prager comments on why liberals don’t want to do that, and Romina Boccia warns against tolerating corruption. Plus: John-Michael Seibler and Rob Gordon on a federal case over frogs, Bob Moffit on a conservative’s progress, Jarrett Stepman on dishonoring flawed heroes, and Kelsey Harkness on Hillary Clinton's false moves. Enjoy your weekend.
The San Jose City Council votes to remove a Christopher Columbus statue from City Hall as the California jurisdiction joins a long list of other municipalities that have considered removing Columbus statues or have abolished Columbus Day in favor of Indigenous Peoples' Day.
Read Steve Forbes’ introduction to the 2018 Index of Economic Freedom.
One reason for the left's support for virtually unlimited immigration is that one of its most enduring tenets—from Marx to the present-day Democratic Party—is that the nation-state is an anachronism.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officials tell Louisiana landowners and businesses that they may have to abandon productive development projects so that someday, maybe, the dusky gopher frog can live on their property—where it has not been seen for 50 years.
Over the years, congressmen and senators have inserted numerous earmarks into bills to fund projects that benefited themselves, family, or business affiliates.
The U.S. is largely alone in its prioritization of family reunification. In 2016, 68 percent of American green cards were issued to immigrant family members. In Canada and Australia, these percentages were 26 and 32.5 percent, respectively.
When Arnold Steinberg entered the political fray in the '60s, the left represented the "counterculture." Today, he observes, the left literally owns "the culture."
We have some thoughts on the excuses-filled statement Hillary Clinton issued to explain why she kept a staffer on her 2008 campaign after a woman complained he had sexually harassed her.
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