Shikha Dalmia was a senior analyst at Reason Foundation.
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The Insane Hindu Protests Against a Bollywood Movie
India is becoming one, big offense industry
What Donald Trump Should Say About Immigration in Tonight's State of the Union
We can fantasize, can't we?
The White House's Proposed Dreamer Fix Is an Abomination
It'll throw millions more immigrants under the bus than it'll save.
Trump and GOP Nativists Are Preparing to Screw Dreamers
Their poison pill demands are making a deal nearly impossible.
The Great Wall of Trump Is Fighting the Last War
More Mexicans are leaving than coming to America.
The Republican Plan to Build a Wall Is Fighting the Last War
It is a reactionary and obsolete plan.
Republicans Are Preparing to Shut Down the Government Out of Anti-Immigrant Spite
The GOP is declaring war on Dreamers.
Shitholers of the World Are Making America Great
It was true when the Pilgrims came, it's true now, and it'll be true forever.
Indian Americans: America's Shithole Success Story
Countries of origin are no measure of the quality of immigrants.
Immigrants Are Paying the Price for Obamacare
Barack Obama sacrificed them to push his signature law.
A California Judge Overstepped in Ordering Trump to Keep DACA
His heart is in the right place, but his conclusion is faulty.
Sanctuary Churches Take in Immigrants and Take on Trump
With deportations on the rise, hundreds of houses of worship are joining the resistance.
Immigrants Are Suffering Because Obama Threw Them Under the Bus for Obamacare
His legacy will be grim.
Trump's Plan to Strip Work Visas from Talented Immigrant Wives Won't Make America Great Again
No immigrant of any kind is safe from this administration's assaults.
#MeToo Is Turning Into a Witch-Hunt
Taking down decent men on flimsy grounds like Freep editor will discredit it.
Trump Is Offering the Country a Sophie's Choice on Dreamers
Lawmakers should be prepared to shutdown the government to escape it
The Detroit Free Press Eats its Own in the #MeToo Feeding Frenzy
It fired its top editor on flimsy grounds
The GOP Senate Tax Bill Takes Two Rights and Makes a Wrong
Big Insurance will be the chief beneficiary of scrapping the Obamacare mandate
America Has Made the World a Better Place
Even Trump can't take that away from it
The Right's Retrograde Quest for a Homogeneous America
Enlisting a Harvard liberal can't whitewash the problems with an anti-diversity agenda.
How Immigration Crackdowns Screw Up Americans' Lives
The war on immigration has taken a great toll on unauthorized aliens, its targets. But it is also badly affecting Americans themselves, its intended beneficiaries.
Cultural Appropriation Means Never Having to Say You're Sari
Kennedy wears Indian garb, gives anti-cultural appropriators a mass coronary
The Right's Incredibly Shallow Argument Against Immigration and Diversity
It depends on misusing the research of a liberal academic
Virginia's Gubernatorial Race Will Show if Trumpism Can Survive Trump
If Ed Gillespie's foul campaign works, more conservatives will follow suit
Nativists in the Trump Administration Are Demanding Ransom for Dreamers
Congress shouldn't hand it.
The Trump Administration Wants to Holds Dreamers Hostage to Advance a Sweeping Restrictionist Agenda
Nativists have taken charge of immigration in the White House
Feel Good Remedies Like Gun Control Won't Stop Mass Shootings
America needs a completely different approach based on building multiple defense lines.
A Liberal War on Guns Is Not the Answer to Mass Killings
It'll eviscerate not just the Second Amendment, but much of the Constitution
Trump's New Travel Ban: Mean and Senseless
It will do nothing to Make America Safe Again
Roy Moore Should Get a Female Muslim Uber to Drive Him to Saudi Arabia
His version of Christianity is the spiritual twin of Sharia
Trump's New Travel Ban Is More Incoherent and Just as Useless As the Old
Throwing North Korea and Venezuela on the list doesn't make it less discriminatory or America more safe
The Murder of an Indian Journalist, a Hero, My Friend
The slaying of Gauri Lankesh, an implacable foe of Hindu fanaticism, shows how much trouble India's liberal democracy is in.
It's Up to Congress to Save the Dreamers Donald Trump Just Threw Under the Bus
Scrapping DACA is a callous act that'll hurt the country.
Trump Doubles Down on His Fake Immigration Plans in Phoenix
His enforcement action has nothing to do with the drop in border apprehensions.
Americans Can Fight Bigotry Without Trump's Help
The president's appalling equivocation on Charlottesville is strengthening private moral forces
A Free Country Can Do Without a Conscience in Chief
Otherwise, with Trump as president, America would never recover from the moral damage
Marco Rubio Sells Out the DREAMers and His Principles
But then what's new with the Florida senator?
Why the Left Can't Solve Global Warming
Greens are more interested on assigning blame than looking for fixes.
Why Does the Left Keep Losing Its Fight Against Global Warming?
All its solutions suffer from the collective action problem
