MORE IMMIGRATION: First, thanks to Brink Lindsey for the link. If you came fro there, you’re looking for this.

Second, reader Francis Logan writes: “My mother emigrated from France after WWII; my dad’s side of the family dates its presence in this country back to the founding of Philadelphia. Both sides, however, are noted for their wanderlust — nobody has stayed put for more than 30 years or so. I’m writing from California, but I grew up in New York. My dad worked in New York but grew up in Montana and Illinois.

My grandad grew up in the South . . . and so on.

“We are a nation of people who are self-selected to be dissatisfied with the way things are, and hopeful that things will be better someplace else. No other nation in the world can make this claim. To the contrary, our ancestors who stayed behind have self-selected on the basis that things will get better there. This may explain the differences between Europe and the U.S.

“Our immigrant heritage also means that I believe the doors should stay open to anyone who wants to come who can work. I believe (without any background in economics) that our unemployment rate is largely due to the actions of the Fed, not the number of non-English speaking immigrants. Highly-motivated individuals who want to come to this country will find work — or invent it, not stay on welfare.”