Category Archives: Immigration

The national question

Posted on October 17, 2016 by Stephen W. Browne

If anything good comes out of this election, it may be that we’ll finally approach some sensible dialog about what some call “the national question,” immigration. The question is, what kind of a nation are we and what kind of … Continue reading →

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The Invasion of Europe

Posted on January 12, 2016 by Stephen W. Browne

One day in 1998, while I was working at an Industrial Training Center in Saudi Arabia, I heard that sound which once heard is never forgotten. It was the sound of hundreds of voices screaming mindlessly, the sound of a … Continue reading →

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In the sick house

Posted on February 10, 2015 by Stephen W. Browne

We are now ensconced in our new home, mostly unpacked and semi-organized. I also have two sick kids and I’m not feeling tip-top myself. My daughter came home from school with a scratchy throat. Took her to a nearby walk-in … Continue reading →

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Something occured to me about the European demographic argument

Posted on July 1, 2012 by Stephen W. Browne

Longtime readers know I’m in basic agreement with Mark Steyn about the demographic situation in Europe. Simply summarized, much of Western Europe is in serious danger of ceasing to be “European” in any meaningful sense, due to, 1) disastrous population … Continue reading →

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Random thoughts on the hot-button issue

Posted on May 10, 2010 by Stephen W. Browne

Note: my weekend op-ed. “¡Pobre México! ¡Tan lejos de Dios y tan cerca de los Estados Unidos!” (Poor Mexico, so far from God and so close to the United States!) -Porfirio Diaz, President of Mexico 1876-1911 The issue of what … Continue reading →

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My recent "West and the Rest" moment

Posted on August 22, 2009 by Stephen W. Browne

I just spent Friday covering the second day of a two-day jury trial, and am currently wrestling with how to write it up. Apparently I missed all the excitement the first day of the trial. Thursday I saw a cop … Continue reading →

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The Amnesia Issue, Part 1

Posted on May 30, 2007 by Stephen W. Browne

“Nobody hates America like native Americans. America needs immigrants to love and cherish it.” -Eric Hoffer In my post ‘Can you think?’ http://rantsand.blogspot.com/2006/10/can-you-think.html I posed the question, “How often have you changed or abandoned a deeply held belief because of … Continue reading →

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