WBZ TONIGHT

I will be on WBZ-AM in Boston tonight from Midnight to 5 AM, filling in for Steve Leveille. Among the topics I am considering tonight...

The Massachusetts GOP is trying to get a debate on immigration reform, with an amendment to crack down on employers who hire undocumented workers, among other things. I really wonder if rank-and-file Democrats back a policy of lax enforcement, open borders, and benefits for undocumented workers and their children. Since Massachusetts is an overwhelmingly Democratic/Independent state based on voter registration, it will be interesting to hear my audience comments on the issue.

As a veteran, my name, Social Security number, and birth date is certainly part of the database that was stolen from a suburban Washington home the other day. If you are a veteran who served after 1975, your information is part of that database, as well. The moron who thought it was OK to take the information home with him needs to be fired. Hopefully, the burglars who took the stuff are even dumber and will either be caught soon, or will not understand the significance of what they have.

Scot Lehigh writes about Senator John Kerry in the Boston Globe today. Is Kerry really a serious contender for the Democratic presidential nomination? Some folks think so.

Some in the U.S. Senate want to make English the official language. E.J. Dionne, who speaks French, thinks it is a bad idea. Under normal circumstances, I would agree. But I am convinced that multiculturalism is like a cancer in our body politic, and official English might be one form of societal chemotherapy to kill it, before it kills us.

Senator Feinstein has some ideas about what to do with immigration reform. Essentially, if you came here illegally before January 1, 2006, you could get an "orange card". Read the article and, if you can, find out more. I am open to any idea that can bring the 12 million into the light, as long as we close the border first (which, I think, Senator Feinstein does not want to do).

Prime Minister Olmert will be visiting the President this week. Ariel Cohen thinks his West Bank withdrawal proposal is folly.

Claude Salhani has some thoughts on what to do about Iran.

Is it still possible to win in Iraq? Frederick Kagan says we can, and has a strategy for accomplishing the mission. Ralph Peters says we are winning in Iraq, and the over all war on terror.

Do you really care about the details of the married lives of Bill and Hillary Clinton? The New York Times thinks it is news, worthy of the front page. Yeesh.