Category Archives: National

Judge: TX Can Deny Birth Certificates for U.S.-Born Children of Some Immigrants

This is an interesting legal development with respect to the intent of the 14 Amendment’s language on birthright citizenship: A federal judge ruled Friday that Texas officials can continue to deny U.S. birth certificates to the children of immigrants who … Continue reading

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Photo of the Day: Leif Erikson

From a National Geographic piece asking “Why Do We Celebrate Columbus Day and Not Leif Erikson Day?“: Christopher Columbus and his holiday are controversial today largely because of the way he and subsequent European explorers and settlers treated Native Americans. … Continue reading

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Happy Birthday, 1965 Immigration Act!

From Ann Coulter’s latest column (“The War on America Turns 50“), a brief retrospective on the most calamitous piece of legislation every passed in the United States: So in 1965 – 50 years ago this week – Sen. Ted Kennedy … Continue reading

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An MRI on TPP

The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a 12-nation global trade pact, of which Obozo and the vast majority of GOP, Inc (including most the GOP POTUS contenders) support. In a Breitbart article titled “Jeff Sessions: Obamatrade Can Be Killed“, is a … Continue reading

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Oregon Shooting

Earlier today a local Oregon man killed 10 people on college campus that was a ‘gun free zone’: ROSEBURG, Ore. — Ten people were killed and another seven injured Thursday after a 26-year-old gunman opened fire in a classroom at … Continue reading

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The Laws of Gravity

Things aren’t going too well for the CEO Dude who decided he would just, like, raise everyone’s pay to, like, a minimum of $70,000: The Seattle CEO who reaped a publicity bonanza when he boosted the salaries of his employees … Continue reading

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Calexico: The Future of the U.S.

The more that American cities and towns become Mexican-dominant, the more those American cities and towns will resemble Mexico. Mexicans have very different ideas of what ‘government’ is and does, and what ‘la policia’ is and does. The appropriately named … Continue reading

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Puerto Rico: America’s Greece

From a WaPo article on the Puerto Rican debt problem: As much as some Puerto Ricans chafe under rules made in Washington, it is also true that, as U.S. citizens, Puerto Ricans are protected by the federal safety net. About … Continue reading

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How Liberal Racism Skews Depictions of the American South

At least half the time, I think online sites like Politico publish hysterical stories like this just for click-bait purposes. “How the South Skews America” writes Michael Lind (ahem). “We’d be less violent, more mobile and in general more normal … Continue reading

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Sacrifice

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