The Time I Committed Election Fraud

Check out my latest at the Partial Observer. A true story, but I rigged it in favor of the candidate I opposed, and learned a lot about immigration and citizenship in the process.

9-11 Nine Years Later

Check out my latest at The Partial Observer. Excerpt:

Imagine a British citizen and Catholic monk of Irish ancestry wanted to build a monastery in London. Should this be denied, considering the Catholic associations of the Irish Republican Army which was responsible for numerous terrorist attacks in London over the decades?

Does anyone believe that it was agreement with Catholic theology that motivated the IRA to commit terrorism?

Cordoba House Resources

Best Op-Eds I've seen so far:

Mike Luckovich Cartoon

Beyond the Mosque by Jack Hunter

Two Cheers for American Tolerance by Shikha Dalmia

"Mosque" Debate is a Red Herring by Gene Healy

Cordoba House: The Acid Test by Justin Raimondo

French Fascism

So the French government believes it has the authority to ban Muslim headscarves and other conspicuous religious symbols in French schools. But if a private citizen, Brigitte Bardot, merely says something critical about Muslims or other immigrants, well that's also a crime.

What you wear is the business of the State. What you say is the business of the State.

But give France credit: it's an equal-opportunity oppressor: it persecutes Muslim immigrants one day, national treasures the next. They got the égalité down -now they just need to work on the fraternité and, especially, the liberté.

Islam & Immigration

This is my latest at the Partial Observer. Brief excerpt:

An English-speaking, highly-skilled immigrant with a clear criminal record may want to become a permanent resident of the United States. Just the same, if his beliefs are hostile to our social systems and our laws – if he would overturn them if he could - it makes little sense to admit him, or others with the same beliefs.