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The Long View 2006-05-24: The Next America

Here are a couple of graphs to help illustrate John Reilly's points here. If we would really like to emulate the success of the last large wave of immigration to the United States, from roughly 1840 to 1930, it would be prudent of us to stop, and give

The Long View 2006-05-22: Immigration & the West; Various Elections; Unauthorized Photo

I see two good predictions John Reilly made here. 1. The Democratic Party was going to gain in the 2006 Midterm Elections in the United States 2. The Open Borders Movement was going to become increasingly bold Immigration & the West; Various Elections; Unauthorized Photo Of course the Republicans are

The Long View 2006-05-19: The Potemkin Cathedral; Immigration & Economic Growth; The Real Da Vinci Hoax

In 2006, John correctly noted that Open Borders was starting to become a defining feature of the ideology of the governing classes throughout the West. He also correctly noted that few people in the electorates at the time noticed just how extreme many politicians and career bureaucrats had become on

The Long View 2006-05-16: President Bush, Immigration, and Puppy Killing

It shouldn't be any surprise that how you ask a question has a big influence on polling results. When it comes to polls asking about Americans political support for immigration, one of the biggest factors is what the respondent thinks the number of immigrants is per year. And

The Long View 2006-05-12: Three Presidents

From the Wikipedia article, Demographics of Russia, it would appear that whatever changed in Russia in 2006 had pretty much the desired effect. Three Presidents President Putin's State of the Nation Address this week bears comparison with the major speeches of FDR, one of which it apparently cites.

The Long View 2006-05-08: Unauthorized Versions

John Reilly mentions the Gospel reading from May 7th, 2006 mostly as the set-up for a Monty Python reference, but today's Gospel reading, from the second chapter of the Gospel of John, really does read like an internet meme: 15 He made a whip out of cords and

The Long View 2006-05-04: Mousssaoui; Nagin; Benedict; The Islands of Stability

Essences or forms are widely misunderstood in a materialistic age. Nonetheless, everything tends to point to the reality of essences, if you know what you are looking at. Mousssaoui; Nagin; Benedict; The Islands of Stability I'm as bloodthirsty as the next guy, but I think that Peggy Noonan