Bryan Caplan - along with TCS/Insty fave Arnold Kling - is one of the contributors to "EconLog", a libertarian/"free" market-oriented site that, like other libertarians, can't seem to understand how massive illegal immigration violates the supposed libertarian support for national defense and their supposed opposition to subsidies.

In his latest post (econlog.econlib . org/archives/2006/12/mmm_immigration.html), Caplan has - according to this - descended into self-parody, and I concur. While not specifically concerning the illegal variety of immigration, he supports immigration from Cambodia... because Cambodians are good at making fresh donuts:

...In L.A., independent shops with fresh doughnuts are the rule. What gives? ...After learning a bit about the industry, I advanced a simple explanation: Los Angeles has Cambodian immigrants to thank for its happy situation.

Thankfully, commenter "superdestroyer" provides some counterpoint to Caplan's starry-eyed blather. And, I join in with a link to my Jobs for South Asia satire.

If Caplan would like to be taken seriously, he might consider approaching some of the downsides of what he's promoting in a future post.