America’s Immigration Policy

There’s a lot of noise about America’s immigration policy. What do you think? Is what is in place well reasoned? Does it serve the security interests of the nation? Does it keep us protected from disease spread, public health concerns? Does your social security rest on the results of bad immigration policy?

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Schools and Guns: Fund Both, or Neither

In cognitive science, it’s often said that when we want to think about something, it helps to think about something else instead.  The idea is to set up analogies, which allow us to step away from details that would distract us, and from preconceptions and emotional responses that might interfere with our reasoning.

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Representation Without Elections

One good thing about the current electoral mess is that it’s providing an opportunity to discuss a very important, but often misunderstood point about elections.  People often think that the purpose of an election is to select the right person for a job.  But that’s not really the case.  History and common sense make it clear that there is no right person for any job that involves wielding power over others.

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A Sad Tale Of COVID Sheep And Wolves

New Hampshire has a snow emergency in effect or something like that. Heavy snow. Large flakes and lots of them. Heavy, wet, wind later, power outages likely. People were out early getting things done and gassing up vehicles, filling fuel “cans.” Me Too, and what I saw at the gas station made me want to laugh out loud.

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Facebook Accused of Discriminating Against American Workers

It’s nice to wake up to happy news, and there’s so little of it, but we’ve got this. Facebook, maybe you’ve heard of them, is being sued by the Feds. No, not for violating section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. No, not for suppressing speech rights. They are charged with giving jobs Americans will do to foreigners to save money.

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