The New York Daily News reports on a disturbing scam to put unqualified drivers on the road. Philip and Pui Ng, through their company N&Y Professional Service Line, helped non-English speaking drivers cheat to pass the written test for a commercial driver’s license. Using wireless cameras hidden in a test-taker’s jacket to see the...
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Yesterday’s Republican presidential debate didn’t offer us much in the way of substantive discussion, vis-a-vis immigration. Most of the evening was spent debating relevant foreign policy matters, such as the question of how each candidate would handle a potentially nuclear-capable Iran, what should be the government’s stance towards foreign aid to Pakistan, and what...
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This video report from the Mexican metropolis of Tijuana illustrates the manifold problems inherent in immigration reporting, particularly with regard to the New York Times. Followers of American Rattlesnake should be intimately familiar with the failures of the New York Times when it comes to giving an accurate, objective, and honest assessment of the problems that...
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One of the most persistent myths propagated by open borders enthusiasts is the notion that America’s approach to border security, despite not existing in many places along our southern border, is both unique and quintessentially inhumane. The predominant narrative usually takes the form of American Border Patrol agents callously impeding the free flow of brown-skinned, impoverished...
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Were it not for Aaron Copeland, Charles Ives might be remembered as the 20th century’s greatest American composer, which is why I thought it fitting to choose one of his most famous compositions in celebration of our country’s 235th birthday. Unfortunately, many of the liberties that former generations took for granted have been diminished...
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While the video above provides a brief synopsis of the celebration’s origins, there’s an interesting article in the Washington Post describing the feelings of newly naturalized American citizens on this occasion. I highly recommend reading it.
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Multiculturalism, the notion that all cultural norms and practices are equally valid, was popular in the latter half of the twentieth century. Rather than assimilating immigrants into the broader culture, Western nations, suffering from imperial guilt, allowed immigrant groups to form sclerotic pseudo-societies separate from the rest of the population.
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It turns out that the U.S. is not the only country worried about the lax security and enforcement mechanisms at its borders. Like dozens of other nation-states and regional entities both in Europe and elsewhere, the Greek government has now realized that having an unprotected border can endanger its citizens, and would-be migrants, in manifold ways.
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One of the more disturbing developments in recent years has been the concretization of an alliance between the multiculturalist left and reactionary Islam that has existed in one form or another for decades. Perhaps the ground zero of this phenomenon is the snowbound state of Minnesota.
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Before I write anything else, I’d like to wish all of my readers a very Merry Christmas! Though few in number, you make up for it in dedication. Without the efforts of people such as yourselves, we wouldn’t have been able to celebrate the defeat of the DREAM Act or the success of...
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