In the 1910’s the United States embarked on an effort to welcome millions of immigrants into its ranks. It was the beginning of the “assimilation” scam that runs rampant today. The idea was that to become a U.S. citizen, an immigrant must “assimilate” by adopting U.S. citizen “values, beliefs and customs”. The requirement to learn […]
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The Impeachment of Donald Trump
I trust you all had an excellent start to 2020. Unless you are completely oblivious to politics you likely know that Donald Trump was impeached by the House of Representatives as 2019 ended. If you aren’t aware than I’m really shocked that you are reading my blog. The impeachment of Donald Trump will now dominate […]
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Happy New Year 2020
Happy New Year! That is my wish to you and yours. May 2020 deliver to you all the happiness your heart desires. It has been restful end of year clearing my head from the politics of 2019. But it is time to get back to work. Expect a new post tomorrow. But for now, I […]
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Merry Christmas 2019
I just want to take this opportunity to wish each of you a Very Merry Christmas if you are a Christian and if not, wish you the very best celebration of the season in which ever way you celebrate. I also want to thank you for taking the time to read my musings this year. […]
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Nancy Pelosi – A Pocket Impeachment?
Unless you are completely oblivious to politics then you likely know that Donald Trump is now the third U.S. president to be impeached by the House of Representatives. Now Trump’s fate rests at the Senate which is likely to skip an official proceeding and skip straight to the exoneration of Trump. But something caught my […]
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Poverty in the US versus in Mexico
One of the things I hear most often is how poverty-stricken México is. The way poverty is portrayed about México it makes it sound like there are thousands of starving people sleeping on the streets. If you buy into the hype, then you would expect to trip over homeless people on your morning strolls throughout […]
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Understanding the Mexican Worker to Understand NAFTA/USMCA
The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) is back in the news this week. The USMCA is NAFTA 2.0. NAFTA is often blamed as the reason why poverty has exacerbated in México. In 1991, I published a white paper on NAFTA; “North American Free Trade Agreement – A Hesitant Handshake Between Neighbors”. (link) This paper was the […]
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Learn English They Demand
If I had a penny for each time I’ve heard the argument that English is the language of the land, or that immigrants must speak English in the United States, I’d be off on an island basking in the sun with a Margarita on hand and never looking at my Internet feed. But as we’ve […]