All Posts Tagged With: "nativism"
Can We Tell Those Huddled Masses to Scram? Immigration and the Constitution
In 1873 some Presbyterians in Kentucky invited a young Canadian to be their pastor. Tensions in the border state were still high following the War of Southern Independence, and the congregants hoped that a neutral outsider could pacify folks not only within their own church but even across denominations.
Rev. A.B. Simpson succeeded so well that [...]
Assimilation, American Style by Peter D. Salins
Basic Books • 1996 • 272 pages • $26.00
Rita Simon teaches in the department of justice, law and society, School of Public Affairs at American University, Washington, D.C.
Author Peter Salins says up front that he had two major reasons for writing Assimilation, American Style. First, to tell about the wonderful contributions immigrants have made to [...]
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The Evil of Government Debt
As we’ve seen in the last two TGIFs, Destutt de Tracy, writing (pdf) in early nineteenth-century France,... Read More
Where There’s a Will There’s a Way?
Many aphorisms and common expressions take on a different meaning when seen through the lens of economics. One... Read More
Will Medical “Reform” Cut Real Costs?
It seems that the so-called health care “reform” bill will become law soon enough. (President Barack... Read More
The Welfare State Kills Children
On February 22 a court in suburban Washington, D.C., passed judgment in one of the most horrendous cases... Read More
Government as Consumer
Destutt de Tracy, as I discussed last week, was a French economist whom Thomas Jefferson did his utmost... Read More
