“The roundups are getting worse. The checkpoints are getting worse. The harassment is getting worse. The things we were worried would happen are happening.”—Angus Johnston, professor at the City University of New York No one is safe. No one is immune. No one gets...
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Incompetence Can Be a Virtue
When it comes to government. This piece from The Hill explains that President Trump managed to deport 26% fewer people back to Mexico this year than President Obama did in 2016. Needless to say, this probably isn't due to a lack of trying on Trump's part. So, all else...
DACA Can Be Both Good Policy and Unconstitutional
It is possible to simultaneously be skeptical of the Trump Administration’s motives, supportive of DACA as a policy, and dubious about its constitutionality. Some of these positions may seem mutually exclusive. They are not.
Not a Police State Yet but Getting There
“The First 48” is an excellent reality TV show that follows homicide detectives in various cities as they try to solve murders, most of which seem to be committed primarily by blacks and secondarily by Latins, typically over drug dealing. The show is not sanitized by...
Trump budget cuts bankroll new waste
Trump proposes to devote almost all of the savings from cutting domestic programs into the Pentagon. President Trump’s proposed budget takes a big step towards draining the swamp in Washington. This is the first time since the Reagan era that a president has sought a...
On Military and Spending, It’s Trump Versus Trump
It can be a challenge to follow the pronouncements of President Trump, as he often seems to change his position on any number of items from week to week, or from day to day, or even from minute to minute. Consider his speech last week at the Conservative Political...
Are Citizens the Government’s Property?
The first oath of naturalization defined the citizen's responsibility as vigilance in holding the government accountable to the Constitution; the current version requires new citizens to say, in effect, "I place myself at the disposal of my new rulers." What the...
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