With nearly 1 million illegal immigrants having already self-deported from the U.S. since Donald Trump’s election victory, many affluent Americans are apparently wondering who’ll left be around to mow their lawns. Casie Chalk in The Federalist suggests they start doing the job themselves – and stop looking for cheap labour for innumerable other household chores as well. They’ll not only save money but might, Chalk suggests, find it strengthens their family life to boot.
Inhuman for Criminals, the Luck of the Draw for You and Me
The EU may have banished the “‘inhuman,’ ‘degrading,’ and ‘irreversible’” death penalty for criminals, writes Frank Haviland in The European Conservative – but its member states’ soft-on-crime, easy-on-illegal-immigrants policies are making violent death an increasingly common fate for innocent Europeans. In a world gripped by barbarian forces, writes Haviland, it’s time for Great Britain to hold a national referendum on restoring an older form of justice.
