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Tag Archives: Illegal Aliens

Illegal Immigration: Who Benefits?

May 6, 2013 9:30 pm /

Why does the well-off California suburbanite stand shoulder to shoulder with La Raza?

by Victor Davis Hanson

National Review Online

Why are over 11 million foreign nationals residing illegally in the United States? Read more →

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The Baffling Logic of Barak Obama

May 5, 2013 9:22 pm /

by Victor Davis Hanson

NRO’s The Corner

When President Obama virtually ceases all new federal oil and gas leasing on public property, why would he then brag that despite his efforts, private companies on private land increased U.S. oil and gas production to new highs? Read more →

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The D-word

April 30, 2013 6:05 pm /

by Victor Davis Hanson

Tribune Media Services

Deportation has become a near-taboo word. Yet the recent Boston bombings inevitably rekindle old questions about the way the US admits, or at times deports, foreign nationals. Read more →

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Obama’s Psychodramas

April 27, 2013 5:48 pm /

by Victor Davis Hanson

National Review Online

Barack Obama has a habit of trying to energize his legislative agenda by stoking the fires of emotionally charged current events — and in ways usually illogical and incoherent. Read more →

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Near-Suicidal Immigration Policies

April 25, 2013 6:48 pm /

What does it take to get deported? More than you would think.

by Victor Davis Hanson

National Review Online

Deportation has become a near-taboo word. Yet the Boston bombings inevitably rekindle old questions about the way the U.S. admits, and at times deports, foreign nationals. Read more →

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Illegal Immigration as ‘Slavery’?

April 22, 2013 6:24 pm /

by Victor Davis Hanson

NRO’s The Corner

Marco Rubio’s press secretary, Alex Conant, might wish to cease his demagoguery when he’s behind. Read more →

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Five Days of Hope and Despair

March 24, 2013 9:04 pm /

by Victor Davis Hanson

PJ Media

Here is a brief travel log of five days amid 21st-century California. Read more →

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How to Weaken an Economy

March 16, 2013 4:16 pm /

by Victor Davis Hanson

PJ Media

It is not easy to ruin the American economy; doing nothing[1] usually means it repairs itself[2] and soon is healthier than before a recession. Read more →

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Brave New World

March 3, 2013 7:18 pm / Leave a Comment /

by Victor Davis Hanson

PJ Media

The Revolutions We Missed

Sometimes societies just plod along, oblivious that the world is being reinvented right under their noses. In 2000, one never saw pedestrians bumping into themselves as they glued their noses to iPhones. Read more →

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Can California Be Fixed?

May 29, 2012 11:45 pm / Leave a Comment /

by Victor Davis Hanson

NRO’s The Corner

Recently, I was driving down pot-holed, two-lane, non-freeway 101 near Monterey (unchanged since the 1960s) when the radio blared that on a recent science test administered to public schools, California scored 47th in the nation. Read more →

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