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Drew Angerer / Getty Images The People Who Pledge Allegiance to the U.S. Constitution
How patriotism among American immigrants is uniquely linked to the country’s founding document
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2016: The Year Latinos Saved America?
Two of my long-time, politically well-experienced friends have been in Nevada recently, doing get-out-the-vote work. Independently, each has just sent…
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Refugees, Immigrants, and the Battle Over Who Is American
Deb Fallows has a new post up, about what’s actually involved in settling immigrants from Syria—or Somalia or Congo…
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Is America in a Boiling Fury About Immigration? Not the America I Have Seen
Over the past year-plus my wife Deb and I have been arguing that the “build a wall!”-style anti-immigration furor in…
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Notes From the Rest of the Country: 'Now That I've Got a Look at This Place, It's Not So Bad!'
My wife Deb and I are on the road again this week, but as a reminder of the ongoing theme…
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A Black Trump Supporter Weighs In
Last night, in chapter #81 of the Trump Time Capsule series, I argued that Donald Trump’s recent “outreach” to black…
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A Different Kind of 'Trump Nation' Report
Western Kansas, where Deb and I have spent time over the past month, is the heart of Trump Nation in…
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Trump Time Capsule #38: Two Lists
Noted for the record, just before action begins in Cleveland for the Republican convention: groups of people lining up for…
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Nicolas Pollock / The Atlantic The Story of Ernestor
Dodge City, Kansas relies on undocumented immigrants—from meatpacking workers to the city’s assistant finance director.
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A Note About Trumpism, From the 'Real America'
For the past week my wife Deb and I have been in western Kansas — Dodge City mainly, also Garden…
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Trump Time Capsule #19: 'Appreciate the Congrats'
Without comment, the online responses of the presumptive Republican nominee, to the horrific mass gun-slaughter of at least 50 people…
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Mitt Romney's Most Interesting Ad
The Obama team may not have seen this one coming.
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Demography as Destiny: The GOP's Self-Inflicted Wound
Who killed the GOP (if it is ailing)? Four hypotheses
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See the World
Should Americans travel across their own country? Or around the world? Yes.
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A Primer on Bigotry
Why it's as wrong to talk about "the Muslims" as about "the blacks" or "the Jews"
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Asian-Americans, the "Mosque" Furor, and Immigrant Idealism
"We shock easier, I guess"
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Quick Retorts on 'Chinese-American View of the Mosque'
Forgetting the past can be a virtue. Up to a point.
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In Defense of Johnny Hallyday
In the spirit of Lafayette and Tocqueville, a voice for Franco-American amity.
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Arizona Is Becoming France: New Evidence
Johnny Hallyday: the true Arizona maverick.
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Essay Question: Is AZ More Like China -- or Like France?
Zut alors! Qu'est-ce que c'est dans l'Etat d'Arizona?
