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Barone: “From this evidence I draw two conclusions. First, stricter enforcement — the border fence, more Border Patrol agents, more stringent employer verification, state and local laws — has reduced the number of illegal immigrants. Second, the recession has reduced the number of both legal and illegal immigrants.” But is this permanent?

Peter Feaver on dangerous doubts: “There are few things more toxic for effective civil-military relations in wartime than the military believing that their political commanders are not serious about seeing the conflict through to a successful conclusion. No army can remain more resolved than the Commander-in-Chief is — not for very long, anyway.”

“ADP Employer Services said private employers cut 298,000 jobs last month, topping the average economist estimate of 250,000,” throwing a wrench into things. “U.S. stocks yesterday retreated for a third day, the longest losing streak since June, as concern banks will post more losses overshadowed manufacturing and housing data that topped economist estimates.”

What, is a war on? Is the Hun bombing us again? How else to explain such embarassment? “Demand for power from homes and businesses will exceed supply from the national grid within eight years, according to official figures. The shortage of supplies will hit the equivalent of many as 16 million families for at least […]