Friday, March 31, 2006

Faith in the Power of Assimilation

The WSJ continues its defense of immigrants in America:
This is not Ronald Reagan's view of America as a "shining city on a hill." It is the chauvinist conservatism usually associated with the European right. How Republicans conduct and conclude their immigration debate will show the country which kind of "conservative" party they want to be.
Somehow 9/11 made me a lot fonder of Mexicans. Good family people; generally Catholic. Plus, you know, sometimes I need my lawn mowed.