The video I watched last night says that the 1990s saw the biggest population boom in U.S. History. This is undoubtedly true. What NumbersUSA does not tell us, is that this is in strictly nominal terms. Sure, the country’s population grew by more persons during that decade than in any other decade in history. But is this the relevant metric? I submit that it is not. Furthermore, does NumbersUSA present that information in a...
In response to a comment yesterday evening warning against anything even approaching an open-borders policy, I’m putting together a response. Commenter “razorgator” suggested that I watch this video on google. I hate watching videos, for the record – and this goes to everyone: don’t send them to me, give me text. I can read much faster than I can watch, and text is also much easier to cite in response. There are serious ethical...
Do illegal immigrants have a right to file suit in U.S. Courts? It sounds awfully far-fetched to me, just as a matter of reason. Now, I’m on record as opposing immigration laws – but I’ll hand it off to Don Boudreaux at cafehayek, who discussed recently the substantive difference between malum in se and malum prohibitum: Looked at differently, to call “criminal” those persons whose only offenses are merely malum prohibitum is unfairly and...
