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Jeremy Raff / Jackie Lay / The Atlantic The Border Patrol's Corruption Problem
More than 140 Customs and Border Protection agents were arrested or convicted of corruption in recent years—and President Trump’s promise to hire 5,500 new agents could make the problem worse.
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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 or…
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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…
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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?
