... two conservative pieces from William Voegeli ("The Big-Spending, High-Taxing, Lousy-Services Paradigm", city-journal.org/2009/19_4_california.html and "Failed State", claremont.org/publications/crb/id.1650/article_detail.asp). Only the last briefly mentions immigration in a reference to Proposition 187. And, of course, Glenn Reynolds links to Douthat's piece approvingly (pajamasmedia.com/...