A thoughtful, conservative Californian discusses the immigration debate calmly, while gently bashing the "nativists." The Bird Dog tends to view the waves of immigration in Western countries as invasions without guns, and would much prefer that people try to improve their own home countries. Is that nativist? I suspect that the French, Brits, and Scandinavians would be happier today is they had been a bit more nativist as Islamic countries unloaded their poor on them over the past 15 years.
Click here: The Hedgehog Blog: Illegal Immigration: The Issue The GOP Simply Must Get Right. Another update on the subject:
Click here: Conservatives Oppose Bush Illegals Plan
"All in all, the European model is unlikely to be replicated on the world stage--and it may be scaled back and even dismantled in Europe itself when the evidence that India and China are overtaking it becomes too embarrassingly clear." If you have 15 minutes, James Bennett has an excellent essay on the history and economic history of Europe.
Click here: The National Interest | | Publications::Article
It has become a truism that campus diversity means nothing more than diversity of skin color and sexual proclivities. Are these not the dumbest things for universities to be thinking about? Bird Dog was around during the mythic 60s, but the battle against segregation is long won. There must be a lot of self-righteous folks out there trying to relive it or to recreate it. Silly. Truth is that there is NO diversity of ideas on campuses, and yet ideas are what they are supposed to be concerned with. If they want to change the world, I'd suggest a little experience in it, first.
Click here: The American Enterprise: Diversity on Campus? There Is None
Steyn wonders where all of the "Not in Our Name" protesters went: "Islamism, with its plans to destroy America, take back Europe, colonise Australia and set you up with 72 virgins, may be bonkers but it’s a big idea. And you can’t beat it with a small, shrivelled idea like another decade or three of Mubarak or Assad or some such. The Bush administration decided that the only big idea they had to sell was liberty" Click here: SteynOnTheWorld 
