Calvin Coolidge signed into law the Immigration Restriction Act just over 100 years ago, stating flatly ‘America must remain American.’ Among other things, it introduced visa requirements, the border patrol, and the legal category of the ‘illegal alien.’ The law dramatically reduced the number of people coming into the country, and provided a breathing space for a diverse population to coalesce. By the 1950s, an American society existed, with all the Poles, Germans, Jews, Italians and so on more or less integrated into the Anglo-American culture. It can be done again.

In a new working paper, Cleveland Fed economists explore the question: are revisions to state-level #GDP data in the US well behaved? Their findings say no, see their explanation: clefed.org/3RwoEsq

Indiana congresswoman says, “You violated the law, you don’t get due process.” These are the same lawmakers who oppose Red Flag Laws because they don’t provide armed domestic abusers with … due process.