Recent content by well named

This article is a pretty good brief overview. Trump says he likes to make big deals. If I were a Democratic congressperson, I would offer the full amount he wants for a wall ($25 billion) in exchange for a comprehensive slate of immigration reforms, e.g. the DREAM act, a pathway to legal...

I think it's exceptionally unlikely that Trump ever gets an actual wall built by calling a national emergency. I'm not saying he won't try it, although you can argue that if he were confident that it would work he would have done it already. Who knows how a court case involving that declaration...

I wasn't being rhetorical when I asked what y'all wanted to talk about, or suggested hiding a thread somewhere and inviting only the worthy (as it were), fwiw

Yes, obviously. Sorry I missed your sarcasm by the way. I had to have my meter checked but Lonelaughter sorted me out :P

Hmm you may be right. It's so hard to tell around here.

It was dumb and annoying when Trump said this about employment numbers during the Obama admin, and it's still dumb and annoying to do it now. It's certainly reasonable to take into account that the numbers are often revised over time (both up and down), but there's no more reason to believe they...

Sorry, I don't mean it to be an insult. I was hoping the disclaimer would convey that information. Maybe it's just the context, but yeah the name does strike me as sort of inherently unconducive to discussion. But I realize that's too prejudicial, which is why I included the disclaimer. Anyway...

There's something magical about people who name their accounts stuff like "BuckToothMoron" complaining about trolls. This probably sounds snarkier than I intend (I have no opinion of your posting), i'm just easily entertained. Which, now that I think about it, may explain why I'm here :P

Is there anything in particularly you want to talk about? You can always invite some folks to one of the lonelier corners of the forum (say, the structured discussion forum) and talk about it there. Odds are the people you're trying to avoid won't see it :p (edit: I don't think it's really...

The point of the "social construct" verbiage is that the racial categories people use (black, white, and asian primarily) do not correspond very closely to the actual geographically structured patterns of human variation, and also (and more importantly) that the beliefs, stereotypes, and...

I usually recommend this article (from a physical anthropologist) as a starting point on this subject: Race is a Social Construction: Race, Genetics, Anthropology When it comes to race and genetics, I usually avoid phrases like “race is a social construction.” Such phrases have become too much...

I think you probably underrate the importance of historical factors like racial segregation within large urban areas, and the concentration of poverty associated with the creation and maintenance of segregation throughout the 20th century. Basically I doubt it's possible to treat this data...

For some more recent discussion on estimates of costs/benefits of immigration, see also: - Politifact on the costs of illegal immigration - A critique of FAIR estimates by Cato - An older critique of FAIR - 2007 CBO analysis of costs of illegal immigration - On the benefits outweighing the...

You've literally just restated my argument. So it's bizarre to accuse me of ignoring facts which I've explicitly stated, and even provided supporting documentation for. Whether or not you participate in this conversation is entirely up to you, but I think it's fair to point out that so far you...

You should attempt to substantiate this claim, and also to show where it matters to the claims I'm making. So for example I cited Peri (2007) in relation to worker complementarity. That research does not distinguish directly between legal and illegal immigrants, but I cited it in response to...