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It's Ok That We Don't Have More Female Firefighters
Over the last devastating week of wildfires, there are many things that we've learned that the Los Angeles Fire Department needs -- and more women firefighters isn't one of them.
This isn't to slight the contribution of female LAFD personnel who are out there giving it their all in dangerous conditions, but to note that of all the phenomena ...Read more
Trump The Expansionist Knows Real Estate Matters
In business, Donald Trump was a real-estate guy. In the presidency, he might be one, too.
The prospective foreign policy of his second term has taken an unexpected turn, with his recent talk of annexing Canada, buying Greenland and taking back the Panama Canal. Rather than the neo-isolationist that he's often accused of being, Trump is ...Read more
Sorry, Canada -- We Don't Want You
"54-40 or Fight" was the slogan of supporters James K. Polk in the 1844 presidential campaign, referring to their desire to take a substantial slice of what would eventually become Canadian territory.
For his part, Donald Trump isn't bothering to set out any latitude lines when he discusses his ambitions on Canada -- he wants the whole thing,...Read more
Our Legal Immigration System Is Scandalously Stupid
Over Christmas, Elon Musk and his tech allies started a yeasty intra-MAGA debate over recruiting top immigrant talent to the United States and the role of the so-called H1B visa program.
Musk is right that we should want to get exceptionally gifted people into the country, and the immigration hawks are right that the H1B program, which awards...Read more