Open Letter to President Obama
As 2015 drew to a close, the Washington Post reported that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was cranking up its deportation...
Constitutional Decibels
Well, our president, by most tallies, “went big” on immigration action – just before going equally all presidential on us with regard to...
Of Guilt vs Responsibility
The uproar over juvenile refugees crossing our border exposes a shameful flaw in our approach to immigration: our refusal to place the...
The Stickiness of an Uncomfortable Slogan
I don’t like sloganeering. At its worst, it is a conduit for lies and libel, and the medium of scoundrels. At best, slogans are an...
A Landmark Non-Decision
In February, the Supreme Court declined to hear the cases of Hazleton, Pennsylvania and Farmers Branch, Texas late last month. They...
A Kinder and Gentler Immigration Court?
Allow me to engage in a little unabashed, albeit educated speculation on a topic with large implications for the perception of our...
Championship Backslide
One really must wonder why Speaker of the House John Boehner does not suggest to his patrons that they take his job and…well, you know....
Threading an Un-threadable Needle
Oh, what to do, what to do? In the decade after 9/11 – and with spiked fervor since the Tea Party came to town on a wave of...