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Immigration

Politicians have already outsmarted AI

Human deception in American politics is still a few magnitudes better than the best AI can generate. Politicians do...

How did Americans screw up immigration?

It is about time to ask our politicians about the merits of telling businesses how many foreign workers they...

Jun 11, 2022

Even the Nobel Prize cannot change the thinking of American lawmakers about immigration

We need to send to the world a simple message that whoever can find a job in the United...

Jan 9, 2022

Jack C. Lee is wrong. Are you too?

Almost everyone breaks our idiotic immigration law. We do not report it to authorities because we benefit from the...

Jul 8, 2021

The New York Times’ dance around the truth

Mr. Friedman seeks a compromise on immigration, ending with a pitiful conclusion that two plus two is 4.5.

Jun 7, 2021

On immigration, the government is the problem

Getting the government out of micromanaging immigration is the only way to fix our current mess.

May 18, 2021

Where do open borders work?

When politics aspire to rule the economy, both fail. The Europeans knew that 30 years ago; the Americans still...

May 17, 2021

American hubris caused our border crisis

Democrats and Republicans talk about illegal immigration not to eliminate it but to advance their ideological agendas.

Apr 22, 2021

We need a new immigration policy

Let Democrats prepare their ideal immigration policy concept and let Republicans do the same. Let them convince us of...

Mar 25, 2021

There is no need for immigration plan B

The Citizenship Act plan needs to be withdrawn and replaced with a bipartisan immigration reform proposal.

Mar 23, 2021
Remark of the day

Israel against Gaza and Iran

June 19, 2025
Life and politics

Gaza is a thorn in Israel’s politics. There are still speculations about why the attack on October 7, 2023 happened. But there is no doubt that Israel’s military did not annihilate Palestinians’ resistance and did not free all hostages, despite that no one house was left standing. Iran helped Palestinians in Gaza, so now Israel went after Iran, which has 45 times more residents and 4,500 times larger territory. Israel’s armory is technologically the most advanced; Iran’s is not. Judging by Israel’s success in Gaza, what outcome can one expect from its venture in Iran?

Are comparisons to Hitler justifiable?

April 26, 2025
Life and politics, Media

In the criticism of the Trump administration’s concepts and methods of implementation, some see parallels to ...

When will DOGE be credible?

March 28, 2025
Life and politics

The interview at FOX sounded good. In the early 1990s, I was looking to expand my ...

It is much bigger than Ukraine

March 22, 2025
Ukraine

Donald Trump asks Ukraine to make territorial concessions because Russia is stronger. If we accept war as a way of resolving dispute...

Where does the violence against Tesla come from?

March 21, 2025
Health care, Immigration, Life and politics, Ukraine

Elon Musk asked that question on X earlier today. He should look in a mirror for answers. Donald Trump...