Commentary
Immigration: Numbers Are of the Essence
By Mark Krikorian
National Review, September 4, 2020
Excerpt: All these efforts at addressing symptoms are essentially defensive, and my hat’s off to those fighting in the trenches. But victory comes only through offensive action. And the first step toward being able to take the offensive is to ensure that your own side knows the goal. So, to adapt Don Jr.’s observation, if Republicans really wanted to help minorities and underserved communities — and all American workers and taxpayers — they’d limit immigration.
In Which I Get the Tom Cotton Treatment
By Mark Krikorian
National Review, September 3, 2020
Excerpt: You would hope that any editor with an ounce of self-respect would respond to reader threats with the words of NR’s late patriarch: “Cancel your own damn subscription!” But the Chronicle of Philanthropy, like the Times, is a business designed to turn a profit (it’s owned by the Chronicle of Higher Education, Inc.). Both rely on essentially the same customer base of bien-pensant liberals, and placing before them something from outside their bubble is bad business. So despite the Chronicle’s supposed commitment "to sharing a broad range of diverse ideas on our site," its goal, as with the Times, is simply fan service.
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