Points for Moxie

You've got to hand it to Brad Plumer. Not many people can write a post about a proposal as politically radioactive as opening the borders, and do so in such a reasonable and cogent way as to have on nodding one's head every step along the way.

(By the way, Brad Plumer has been hitting 'em out of the park lately. Read him on the underlying injustice of the "broken windows" approach to law enforcement. And here, on America's divided "patchwork" welfare state.)