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Rush Limbaugh was blathering on, the other day, about how Republicans are afraid of backlash when talking about immigration. It occurred to me that Republican political opponents are right to lambast Republicans about the immigration "issue". It further seemed to me that socialists were right to insult Republicans on every "issue" and they are right to do so because Republican pundits and politicians continue to concede the intellectual point. On immigration for instance, Republicans have conceded that the system is "broken". Once this intellectual barrier has been breached the Republicans must eventually accept amnesty for those people that came here illegally. A broken immigration system means not only that it should be overhauled/reformed but that the people who came here illegally are not criminals but victims. If Republicans agree that the system should be revolutionized in order to avoid victimizing migrants then why are the Republicans so slow in...

I read an article in The Objective Standard (TOS) blog yesterday about assisted suicide. The article, written by Ari Armstrong, concluded that conservatives, by opposing assisted suicide, were imposing conservative values on those people in this country that are not conservative. Unfortunately for Mr. Armstrong he fails to understand that there is no such thing as "assisted" suicide. Only euthanasia. The articles in TOS and the TOS blog have a tendency to be shallow and when I read about any issue in the TOS or the TOS blog I look for deeper cultural and philosophical foundations. As I was thinking about the article in question the phrase "assisted suicide" struck me as odd. Upon further reflection I realized that it was the word "assisted" that bothered me. When I thought about it I realized that there is no such thing as "assisted" suicide. Suicide is the taking of one's own life. Homicide is the taking of another's life. If ...

President Obama has signed and will continue to sign executive orders to "fix" our "broken" immigration system. The Republicans in congress have declared that they will fight the executive order "tooth and nail". Of course the Republicans are screwed. All efforts to resist the president will be seen as petulant and rightfully so. Many years ago the Republicans conceded the intellectual point by admitting that our immigration system is broken. As a consequence President Obama's actions look reasonable and rational by default. You're welcome.