The point of my ideal world is not to be trite but to illustrate the proper advocacy of Christians in the public arena. We must not compromise in our message, though we ought to be willing to compromise in what the state chooses to implement.
Christians ought not to advocate for statist solutions. They are unjust. [...]
A little research:
The first federal immigration law was the Page Law in 1875 which was written primarily to prevent polygamy among Chinese immigrants, a law adopted from California where men had been sending to China for second wives and concubines.
For the previous 400 years of foreign migration to North America there were no immigration laws.
The [...]
“What if 50 or 100 million come?”
What are the incentives for people to move here? Let’s just focus on Mexico for a few minutes. Most other immigrants face lower barriers to entry anyway.
If 20 million Mexicans are in America now, we are doing okay. No big deal.
If another 20 million come, then wages in America [...]
Birthright? Birthright?!?
Birth-privilege is more like it.
Rights know no borders. Rights know no collectivization. They are inherent to the individual.
With this in mind, no one has a right, or lacks the right, to be an American citizen. Citizenship is a privilege.
But, most Americans have a revulsion to the concept of privilege.
“Privileged? [...]
I heard this first on the Brad and Brit show, and it’s sad. Just sad. But true.
Monkeys in Kenya are failing to refrain from making lewd gestures at farmer women and are stealing their corn.
The BBC says so.
Gavel bang to Kids Prefer Cheese
So Angus had an agricultural culinary moment at the last remaining grocery in Norman, and his most relevant thought was,
Cool, I can blog this!
It’s like when the person who you are talking to isn’t really listening, but instead is thinking of what they are going to say next.
Update:
Don’t miss the comments, and don’t be [...]
Megan has a post explaining why NYC will always get Republican mayors.
The gist is that the Democrats, having such a majority in NYC, will always nominate a candidate too liberal to win the general election. Instead a liberal Republican will get the job. This would be interesting to test. If it is [...]