Stating_the_Obvious

http://williamlanderson.blogspot.com/2011/09/who-is-this-guy-kidding.html

Great response to the ignorance of James's opinion piece in the WSJ. But I think just pointing this stuff out isn't enough anymore. What about solutions? What about action readers can take? Reading blogs and articles with this tone will just make you depressed if there is no constructive outlet.

One the other hand if the writer of the opinion piece believes the status quo is so quo that he writes the inaccurate closing paragraph, saying something is better than nothing.


Different_take_on_immigration

Third, and most interestingly, Bohanon and Van Cott argue convincingly that the open-immigration policy America followed during these years effectively undercut tariff protection. After all, if people can come freely to the U.S. – as they did, in droves, during this time – the notion that growth depends upon protecting American workers from foreign workers is undercut.
http://cafehayek.com/2005/04/immigrants_and_-2.html