I have a few questions for thought today. I am not answering them, though the reader may well have some idea where I am on them. So just read and ponder. Please feel free to comment too. I have not read the Iran nuclear deal yet, but I understand it will aid Iran in developing […]
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Some Questions to Ponder: Just Asking
15 Jul 2015
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As we approach the new year and incidentally, Old Christmas (January 6), I thought I would leave you with a few “gifts.” These come from Federal, state and even local actions over the past year. I don’t really wish these on anyone, but they are current reality. Release of five more Guantanamo detainees, whose threat […]
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The Next SNL Schoolhouse Rock Spoof
24 Nov 2014
Last Saturday evening Saturday Night Live’s opening skit parodied President Obama’s executive order on immigration. I’ll leave the detail to the script writers, but I do suggest the next Schoolhouse Rock parody to be based on:
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The Real Crisis
22 Nov 2014
In light of President Obama’s speech on immigration and his new regulations, I came across an excellent article by Charles C. W. Cooke in the National Review. It can be found here: http://www.nationalreview.com/article/393248/congress-seems-happy-have-its-powers-usurped-charles-c-w-cooke (sorry I can’t do better with links). The real crisis is Congress’s happy relinquishment of its prerogative over time, and the quite predictable results. […]
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Obama’s Decision Puts GOP in a Box
21 Nov 2014
President Obama’s Executive Order (which essentially places about five million illegal immigrants beyond the reach of federal law enforcement) is now, it seems, a matter of history. The media have, for a while, fixated on how the decision might influence current political dynamics, as opposed to examining the propriety of the act itself. Now that […]
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Immigration: “Fixing” a “Broken” Government?
20 Nov 2014
President Obama has announced, via Facebook and other outlets, that he is going to issue an executive order that will, if sources are correct, shield at least five million illegal immigrants from law enforcement. The President, and others, are floating several justifications for the action. In his own video, Obama claims he is going to […]
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Immigration Law
19 Nov 2014
Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, With conquering limbs astride from land to land; Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command The air-bridged harbor […]
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Obama, Immigration, and Presidential Power
17 Nov 2014
President Obama appears to be weighing the possibility of unilateral executive action to redefine the legal status of between 5 and 10 million illegal immigrants. His party’s defeat at the polls just two weeks ago appears not to have chastened the President, but has, perhaps, precipitated a constitutional crisis. Obama’s defenders are invoking previous Presidents […]
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I put crisis in quotes just because I’m unsure what constitutes a crisis anymore–certainly politicians try to whip support for whatever is their latest pet issue by declaring it a crisis. But on to the post. I just returned from a short term mission trip in Honduras Saturday night, and am really glad to be […]
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Gridlock is Good
27 Jun 2014
Yesterday (June 26) the White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest (we could only wish) said, regarding immigration, “We’re not just going to sit around interminably for Congress.” He went on to say that the Obama administration was growing impatient with Congress. Well, this isn’t exactly earth-shattering news. We have known for say, seven years, that […]
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