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James Ledbetter of Slate hypes immigration as a cure-all, despite reality - 09/09/10
... reality aside, James Ledbetter of Slate offers "Give Us Your Tired, Your Poor. Really. We Mean It /Economists are making the case politicians are afraid to: Immigration is great for the U.S." (slate.com/id/2265974).
Here are a few ways Ledbetter isn't in touch with the reality that the rest of us share:
1. He makes the misleading claim that "If you pay attention only to politics, you'd be...
Christopher Hitchens has no clue about the tea parties - 08/31/10
... Beck's "Restoring Honor" rally (at Slate: slate.com/id/2265515 ).
A few comments:
1. The leaders and many of the followers of the tea party movement are all about the money. Those like Dick Armey (of FreedomWorks) and Grover Norquist aren't in any way white nationalists; in fact, both strongly support massive immigration (whether those following them know it or not and whether their followers...
People for the American Way, TPM begin personal destruction campaign against Frank Ricci (what you can do) - 07/11/09
... at 1:26PM
* Dahlia Lithwick of Slate offers "Fire Proof/The New Haven firefighter is no stranger to employment disputes" (July 10 at 6:50 PM, link)
Dave Weigel /Slate /Reason Magazine lies about Obama birth certificate issue - 12/04/08
... Magazine takes to the webpages of Slate to offer "Change They Can Litigate/The fringe movement to keep Barack Obama from becoming president" (link). It contains at least one lie and several misleading statements (I didn't read the whole thing, so there's probably more).
The lie is his claim concerning the "state of Hawaii's official statement that the certificate was legitimate". There is no...
Jacob Weisberg/Slate: only racism prevents Barack Obama from being elected - 08/23/08
Jacob Weisberg of Slate offers If "Obama Loses/Racism is the only reason McCain might beat him" (link). I hopefully don't need to excerpt any of it to point out that it's not only wrong, it's also a roadmap for how the Democratic Party will operate for the next four years (or in perpetuity). Note that Weisburg isn't just some nobody; he's the "editor-in-chief of the Slate Group".
So, I'll just...
Steven E. Landsburg is a complete idiot - 06/12/07
... Everyday Economics column for Slate magazine. His latest is called "How much is an immigrant's life worth, exactly?" Read an excerpt and a partial discussion here, and the following is adapted from a comment I left at Slate's Fray:
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Obviously, it's extremely sleazy for him to use loaded phrases such as "three-fifths of a full-fledged citizen" and his reference to hunting Mexicans. But, let's...
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