Free to Lose: Jews, Whites, and Libertarianism
The political philosophy of libertarianism has recently attracted a wave of support in the United States among the mainly White Tea Party movement, and the supporters of Ron and Rand Paul. The catalyst has been the perceived failings of the Obama administration’s response to the global financial crisis and subsequent recession: a response characterized by...
Read MoreRepublican Immigration Fantasies
In my previous post concerning immigration, entitled “Immigration and Conflict,” I quoted the thinly veiled threat of Fernando Torres-Gil, assistant secretary for aging in the Department of Health and Human Services:“The nation will be heavily dependent on workers from minority groups ‘for the productivity and labor skills and the political willingness to...
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