What we can learn from Glenn Beck’s humane gesture and the response
Glenn Beck’s humane gesture towards unaccompanied alien children, and the logic he deployed in defense of the gesture, brings him closer to open borders than he might realize.
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The inaugural issue of Peregrine, and the citizenistic case for migration liberalization
The Hoover Institution recently started a new online journal called Peregrine on immigration to the United States (website, Wikipedia). The journal is part of the Hoover Institution’s Conte Initiative on Immigration Reform. Judging by its inaugural issue, the journal seems to lean in a pro-freer-migration direction, but with a citizenistic focus. In particular, there’s an … Continue reading The inaugural issue of Peregrine, and the citizenistic case for migration liberalization
The Ethics of Illegal Migration
Is it morally wrong, or morally permissible, to migrate to a country illegally? The question matters, to those who have done it, to those who feel indignation at others who have done it, to those who profit by the labor of those who have done it, to the friends and neighbors and children of those … Continue reading The Ethics of Illegal Migration
A job thought experiment
Here’s a thought experiment for you. Imagine you’ve been applying for a good job, and the hiring manager calls you in for the final interview. He tells you that there’s only one hurdle left: The interview process has narrowed the contestants down to just you and one other candidate. Your potential boss gives you some … Continue reading A job thought experiment
Open Borders Allow People, Not Their Place of Birth, To Control Their Lives
Fabio Rojas has written that to convince the public to support open borders, advocates “need a simple and concise idea that undermines the belief that people from other countries must be forcibly separated from each other. This idea must subtly, but powerfully, undermine the distinctions that make people believe that only citizens have the right … Continue reading Open Borders Allow People, Not Their Place of Birth, To Control Their Lives