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One of the most important parts of the Senate's bill, and of all the "comprehensive immigration reform" proposals, is a big increase in guestworker programs. Employers demand them as a price for supporting legalization of the undocumented. But our history tells us that this is a very high price. Especially for farmworkers, guestworker programs have been a terrible idea.

A spoof paper concocted by Science reveals little or no scrutiny at many open-access journals.

New York's Metropolitan Transit Authority refused to change its plans to spend $34 million on Chinese steel to repair the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge.

'... a little breathing room to just be human and deal with human needs.'

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

"We will vote against any and every cut to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid."

On the Recent German Elections

NSA, Medicare, Israel, Thomas Friedman, education, "Grand Bargain," Cruz