Here’s a message that I got in response to the earlier posts on the Harvard e-mail controversy. I do not know the author personally, but I thought it was worth passing along; I certainly saw no cues suggesting that it was insincere or otherwise not credible: I wish I were a tenured professor, and was […]
Archive | May, 2010
Why we aren’t putting Omar Khadr on trial
Omar Khadr turned to terror early in life. He was only fifteen years old in the months after 9/11, but he spent them laying mines for al Qaeda in Afghanistan — and allegedly throwing the grenade that killed Sgt. Christopher Speer, a Special Forces medic. Khadr was pulled from the rubble, patched up, and sent […]
What Will Kagan Say about AZ Immigration Law
While controversy rages over Arizona’s recently passed illegal immigration law, the Supreme Court is considering whether to hear a legal challenge to an earlier Arizona immigration measure signed into law by then-Governor Janet Napolitano, and wants to hear the Solicitor General’s views. As the LA Times reports: In November, the justices asked Kagan to file […]
Matt Welch on the Immigration Law
Matt Welch at Reason writes: I have sympathy for people who are freaked out by desperate immigrants and ruthless smugglers trampling over their property in southern Arizona, and as I’ve said elsewhere, us pro-immigrant types too easily skate over rule-of-law objections. Federal immigration policy is a failure, and poses real public policy challenges that no […]
Arizona Revises Immigration Law
Well that was quick. In response to criticism, Arizona has made a few changes to its controversial illegal immigration law. The LA Times reports: The initial law, signed by Gov. Jan Brewer last week, required police to determine a person’s immigration status if officers formed a reasonable suspicion about their legality during any “lawful contact.” […]
Victims of Communism Day
Today is May 1, May Day. Back in 2007 and 2008, I advocated the idea of transforming this long-time communist holiday into Victims of Communism Day – a day of remembrance for the victims of history’s bloodiest ideology. This year, several bloggers are joining in an effort to commemorate the occasion. Jonathan Wilde of Distributed […]