This is of interest: The troubles for Molenbeek began under the administration of district’s socialist mayor Philippe Moureaux, who ruled from 1992 till 2012. Under his reign the law and order collapsed, and businesses fled the district unable to cope … Continue reading →
Like “Islamophobia,” the word “xenophobia” is a way to pathologize a logical reaction to a phenomenon and give it a label that makes it appear to be irrational and emotion-based. This whole really loooong article manages to do it in … Continue reading →
Since this is from Vox, take it with a grain of salt and ignore the message about the “xenophobia” of the right. It nevertheless says something I’ve noticed, which is that candidates of the so-called “right” or even so-called “far … Continue reading →
Many things happened during last night’s GOP debate. The level of debate discourse (can I use highfalutin words like “discourse” without being called a snobbishly out-of-touch member of the “elites”?) has fallen even further and we are now reduced to … Continue reading →
“Things are negotiable.” Read the whole thing, including the comments, which add a missing sentence to the quote (“and they are going to go out”). Too much to summarize here, but my takeaway is the following: everything Trump says is … Continue reading →
Everyone’s making a fuss about Jeff Sessions’ endorsement of Trump. Before I get into the details, I want to establish one thing at the outset: personally, endorsements mean zero to me and always have. Of course, I understand they matter … Continue reading →
In the comments section of last night’s post there was a discussion about what Trump actually meant to say during his press conference when asked about Obama’s deferred action on illegal minors, otherwise known as DACA. There is a video … Continue reading →
When in doubt, you can always run out the clock with some verbiage, and then promise to “look at it.” In the following clip I also could not help noticing the ever-increasing arrogant dismissiveness of Trump’s manner these days. Note … Continue reading →
Here’s an interesting article in Foreign Policy on the situation facing Sweden in its attempt to absorb the recent wave of Syrian/Iraqi/Afghan newcomers. Reading the first third or so of the article almost made me stop reading it. Although the … Continue reading →
And demographically speaking, 123 men to 100 women (as is now estimated to be the case in Sweden) is not usually a good thing, as China has already discovered : Under each of these scenarios, large numbers of young men … Continue reading →
This is outrageous, and it’s shocking that it’s not more surprising: The Department of Health and Human Services placed more than a dozen immigrant children in the custody of human traffickers after it failed to conduct background checks of caregivers, … Continue reading →
It was not so long ago, either. About the time that Rubio was in the Gang of Eight: To make its point, the ad pulls from sources that range from 1990 to July 2015. The older sources go to the … Continue reading →