Donald Trump says illegal immigration is at a record high. He’s wrong

Donald Trump says illegal immigration is at a record high. He’s wrong

According to recent estimates by the Center for Migration Studies, the number of immigrants living in the country without authorization has fallen to the lowest level since 2003, thanks in part to a major buildup of border security started by President George W. Bush and continued by President Obama.

The decrease among Mexicans has been particularly stark, with net migration of Mexicans to the U.S. falling to lows not seen since the 1940s, according to Pew Research Center.

Which all begs a question: Why has Trump focused on illegal immigration now, given that it’s a less significant phenomenon than it was in the past?

It’s possible that he just doesn’t know and it doesn’t occur to him to ask.

One of Trump’s defining features is that he thinks he is right about everything all the time and never considers that he might be wrong. When reality doesn’t line up with his beliefs he attacks the messenger as being politically correct or a lightweight or for the way they talk or look.

College Kids Aren’t the Only Ones Demanding ‘Safe Spaces’

College Kids Aren’t the Only Ones Demanding ‘Safe Spaces’

conservatives who get hysterical about the “delicate snowflakes” on campus should take a look at their own media-consumption habits. It’s hard to imagine anything funnier than a 70-year-old who watches 90 hours of Fox News a week and then rails against college kids who are afraid of new ideas.

But it’s not just Fox viewers. Most of the cable TV news industry is just a series of safe spaces. There are conservative channels and liberal channels, all of them huge seas of more or less unanimous opinion. Viewers tune in, suckle their thumbs, and wait to have their own opinions vomited back at them.

The ones complaining about political correctness the loudest and longest are the ones most guilty of missing the point.

Universities: Suspend Social Justice in Universities

Universities: Suspend Social Justice in Universities

Once again, there is absolutely no difference between anti-pc outrage politics and the worst excesses of the straw SJWs that imagine themselves in battle with. If saying something offensive is free speech worthy of protection, even if you disagree; then saying “that’s offensive” is also free speech worthy of protection, even if you disagree.

That neither side seems to see this is really disappointing.

Goldman Sachs Finally Admits it Defrauded Investors During the Financial Crisis

Goldman Sachs Finally Admits it Defrauded Investors During the Financial Crisis

This resolution holds Goldman Sachs accountable for its serious misconduct in falsely assuring investors that securities it sold were backed by sound mortgages, when it knew that they were full of mortgages that were likely to fail

The real story here is that Goldman can no longer get away with paying a fine while admitting to no wrong doing.

Was it wrong to hack and leak the Panama Papers? – Marginal REVOLUTION

Was it wrong to hack and leak the Panama Papers? – Marginal REVOLUTION

I normally like Tyler Cowen, even when I disagree with him, but this is the worst argument I’ve seen in a while. The outrage about the Panama Papers is about the hypocrisy and not the money. It’s being covered exactly the same way a sex scandal by a family values candidate would be covered.

Urban poor are parasites who need personal responsibility, Trump fans are victims of economic forces.

Journalists found that in the counties where Trump is most dominant, there are large numbers of white high school dropouts, and unemployed people no longer looking for work. An alliance with the incoherent personality cult of Donald Trump’s candidacy correlates strongly with failure to obtain a high school diploma, and withdrawal from the labor force.… Continue reading Urban poor are parasites who need personal responsibility, Trump fans are victims of economic forces.