Washington Affairs

12 January 2004


Bush Proposes Immigration Reform
With an estimated 8 million illegal immigrants in the US, President Bush's proposed reforms of what is laughingly called American immigration policy look like the right direction in which to move. Ideally, there should be no illegal immigrants, but facts are facts, and Mr. Bush has prudently opted for an approach that will legalize their status. So long as it doesn't become yet another amnesty, it might even have long-term benefits. Click here to read more.

Media's Focus on Horse Race Misses Campaign News
The trouble with the American media's coverage of the campaign for the Democratic nomination for president is not its omnipresence, nor its ideological bias. The problem is the attention to who is "ahead," this before a single vote has been cast. This is not a horse race; it is a national debate about the policies the most powerful government in the history of mankind will pursue for the next for years. Click here for more.

Connecticut Governor Rowland Has to Go
John Rowland, the embattled Republican governor of Connecticut, went on TV last Wednesday night to tell his constituents that he had accepted gifts from businesses doing with state contracts and that he has been lying about it. It takes a certain integrity to make such an admission, and that should help him get a job in the private sector. If he won't jump, he should be pushed -- that is, resignation or impeachment. Click here to read on.