Working Life

    I was struck today by two trends underway that are, on the one hand, not connected but, in another way, are connected because they paint a picture of what government can do and what it shouldn’t do.     On the one hand, take this story from the Associated Press, printed as a brief in […]

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    I was on a plane today so just catching up…This was kind of a bizzaro vote–from the Wall Street Journal… WASHINGTON — The Senate fell 14 votes short of the 60 needed to end debate on immigration overhaul, dealing a near-fatal blow to the landmark bill and one that could very well dash President […]

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    The immigration bill is headed back to the Senate floor today. It is unclear whether there will be enough votes–60 are needed–to allow the bill to proceed. And, even some of the Senators who say that they will vote to allow the bill to proceed–i.e., they will vote to cut off any filibuster–are saying […]

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    Here is a good example of the drift of the Democratic Party. Steve Levy, the executive of Suffolk County, NY (that would be over on Long Island for the non-New Yorkers) is a Democrat. And he’s making himself a political reputation by going after illegal immigrants. In a piece today in The New York […]

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This immigration bill is a mish-mash: a mess created by trying to appease the wing-nuts in the country, not to mention the business community. I admit that as a son of two immigrants, it gets me particularly hot that we’ve got a bunch of people in the country who want to make the lives of […]

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    As most people have heard, there is a Senate deal on immigration, cut between a bi-partisan liberal/conservative group that includes Ted Kennedy and Jon Kyl, among others. Personally, I detest the “Build the wall” portion and the requirement that for people to become citizens, they first have to leave the country and return.     […]

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