Stay classy, professor A top economic adviser for Mitt Romney, a Harvard professor named Greg Mankiw posted a “joke” on his blog yesterday that really makes you question the guy’s judgement. Here’s a screen shot: Click for a larger version Budget CutsNext Month, the Immigration Department will start deporting seniors (instead of illegals) in order to lower Social Security and […]

The Washington Post has a fascinating article today about an 18 year-old young woman trapped between wanting, desperately, to serve the United States in the military and her inability to do so because she was brought here as an undocumented citizen when she was 11. When Noheli Carrasco takes charge of her teenage battalion at South Lakes High School – […]

This week, across the country, Organizing for America (OFA) held phonebanks for the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell (DADT) and passage of the DREAM Act. Last night, as Community Organizer for OFA, I participated in one in the Ann Arbor, Michigan area. It was a huge success so I thought I would share some thoughts with you on where […]

This is, in part, how the GOPosaurs won the day in Michigan: by drumming up fear and promising solutions to problems that don’t actually exist. Halting social benefits to undocumented immigrants should be the first step toward eliminating Michigan’s $1.6 billion structural deficit, state Sen.-elect Joe Hune said. Hune, a Republican from the Fowlerville area, raised the issue on the […]

As predicted, the odious “Papers, please” law recently passed in Arizona is spreading like cancer throughout the country. In a couple of weeks, it hits Michigan. A Michigan lawmaker said she believes the state’s law enforcement officers need the authority to arrest illegal immigrants and is drafting legislation similar to Arizona’s new immigration law. Rep. Kim Meltzer, R-Clinton Township, said […]