by Eugene Darden Nicholas | Nov 21, 2018 | Economics, Immigration, Opinion, Politics, Taxation
The midterm elections are over, and where the Trump phenomenon began as a radical overturning of our political status quo (“right diagnosis, wrong treatment,” I argued at the time), the traditional rules of American politics return: the incumbent...
by Peter Venetoklis | Aug 11, 2018 | Immigration, Opinion, Politics
Illegal immigrants have broken the law. For many, that’s reason enough to want them all deported, and reason enough to oppose amnesty of any sort, including DREAMer legislation, and to go as far as arguing against birthright citizenship, declaring that the...
by Peter Venetoklis | Aug 1, 2018 | Economics, Immigration, Politics
After a couple years of constant exposure to Trump’s speeches, statements, off-the-cuff remarks and, especially, tweets, it behooves the prudent observer to avoid taking every word literally… AND, to avoid waving off everything he says as “serious...
by Eugene Darden Nicholas | Jul 16, 2018 | Culture, Immigration, Opinion
I will holler “Amen!” with the choir of much of the nation whenever President Trump is called a big fat meanie. He is. He’s an awful person. But that sentence might have been written the same way, minus President, if we are back in 1990 “Trump...
by Peter Venetoklis | Mar 8, 2018 | Immigration, Opinion
Many years back, I took an quiz (in the pre-Internet days) that gauged political sophistication. One of the quiz’s questions was whether I agreed with the statement “The law is the law.” As I recall, it seemed a bit stark and jarring in comparison to...
by Peter Venetoklis | Mar 2, 2018 | Culture, Economics, Immigration, Opinion, Politics
In a move that further roiled an already-jittery stock market, President Trump announced substantial tariffs on imported steel and aluminum, supposedly in the name of national security. The assertion is risible, but it makes for great theater for the protectionists...
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