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The other day The Congressional Budget Office said, “Our estimates of deficits under the President’s budget exceed those anticipated by the Administration by $2.3 trillion over the 2010-2019 period”. Oddly and sadly, somehow one can almost say to oneself, “2.3 isn’t too big of a difference, and not bad for a long range prediction.”  And I’ll [...]

An editorial in today’s New York Times does what so many similar commentaries and articles do, which is to mischaracterize the debate on illegal immigrants.  Upset that Thomas Saenz was not selected to head Justice Department’s civil rights division, the piece asserts that the “floating of his name led to fierce outbursts from anti-immigrant groups [...]