In this episode, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler discuss impolite culture of air travel, necessity of civic education, immigration special status for Mexico, our Mexican-American community, other immigrant populations and H-1B, anchor babies, China’s military interests in Covid, and Biden’s befuddled four-years in office.
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Professor Hanson,
First I’d like to say that your words of wisdom and straightforward analysis of the weekly news has been like a life-line for me over the last year of insanity. I’d also like to thank Mr. Fowler for “Civil Thoughts” which is always a welcome sight in my inbox each week.
I want to touch on on the H1B VISA issue from experience: not so much as correcting your statements in this episode, but to supplement them.
I spent 38 years in technology development: specifically microelectronics. In that business, we needed to hire engineers from a range of technology disciplines. In some disciplines, for example analog circuit designer, we always looked for domestic applicants. Candidly, VISA sponsorship is a big hassle for a hiring manager. In many cases, there were virtually no applicants who did not require VISA sponsorship: ZERO!
You are correct, most of the best engineers come out of US technical schools, but we send them home to compete against the US. Employed correctly, these people can contribute to growth , competitiveness and innovation.
There is some truth in the statement that American kids don’t want to go to engineering school. I wince every time I hear a smart kid saying they want to be a lawyer, but I hear that much more often than engineer.
Perhaps your idea of a Musk school of technology, would start to influence young people in that direction, but it needs to happen soon.
Bless you and Jack and Sami for the great work that you all do.
Can you please spell out the name for the doctor you referenced…Steven “Key”?
I remember when Covid 19 was going through Italy and I read an article by an Australian. When I went back to share it with my husband, it had been “disappeared “. I knew then it was all being hidden from us.
Steven Quay is the name of the Dr.
Dr. H. hit the nail on the head about the current state of airline travel. For me, “flying buses” first hit the scenes in 1978, after airlines fares were deregulated. Out of Denver’s old Stapleton International, for example, you could see, first-hand, what were called the “zoo airlines” (United, Continential, Western, Braniff etc.) jam-packed and crazy when doing the trip to SFO. Those of us who preferred something a bit saner would take TWA’s daily DEN-SFO 5 p.m. flight, originating in St. Louis. No crowds, polite passengers, superb staff.
Yep. Those days are gone, at least here in the States.