Holcombe creases a sense of decrepitude and weariness into his deliberately half-wrecked-sounding voice and uses both to pointed effect, speaking directly to the immigrant, the wanderer, the home-seeker in all of us.
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I am Ashamed to be an American, Part Two
If only someone had miraculously turned back the clock to the good ol' days of slavery, or at least to the pre-Civil Rights era, everything would have been just fine. No one was complaining back then, not even the poor whites, for they were still far better off than the blacks and the rest of us who had trickled in afterwards.
Read More »Book Review: ‘The Girl in the Torch,’ a Young Adult Historical Fiction by Robert Sharenow
Sarah knows her life back home will be unbearable so she makes a decision that could well end in her death. She is determined to follow her heart and jumps off the back of the boat she is loaded on to return her to her homeland. Her efforts at swimming take her to the land of the Lady, the woman of the torch. She finds her new hiding palace is on the island of the Statue of Liberty itself.
Read More »Boston Marathon Bombings Should Not Figure Into Immigration Debate
Make no mistake – Americans are other!
Read More »Increasing Access to Graduate Education Key to America’s Economic Growth
We are not investing in our human capital potential.
Read More »Adam Ozimek is Wrong on Immigration
We are better off investing in the people already within our borders.
Read More »Book Review: Train to Nowhere: Inside an Immigrant Death Investigation by Colleen Bradford Krantz
Book examines how 11 illegal immigrants ended up dead inside a grain hopper rail car in Iowa.
Read More »Book Review: Latitude 38 by Ron Hutchison
Latitude 38 is a realistic story with elements of adventure and dystopia.
Read More »DVD Review: Ugly Americans Volume One
The first season of the wickedly funny Ugly Americans is now available on DVD.
Read More »The Weeping Colossus: Will They Shut My Golden Door?
The Statue of Liberty shares her thoughts on the immigration debate.
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