Einstein famously said that imagination is more important than knowledge. Obviously, we need both, but in many educational systems, emphasis on rote learning - mere assimilation of facts - is crowding out essential lessons on critical thinking and creative problem solving. In this country, educators...
Attorney Sheela Murthy attended a meeting at the Embassy of India, Washington D.C., on March 2, 2011. Following is her report on the meeting and discussion.----------On March 2, 2011, I was joined by Aron Finkelstein, the Managing Attorney of the Murthy Law Firm, as we...
This week, an Arizona jury returned a death sentence for Shawna Forde, founder of the Minutemen American Defense group, for her role in the 2009 shooting deaths of Raul Flores and his nine-year-old daughter, Brisenia. (See Arizona Jury Condemns Anti-Immigration Activist to Death, Reuters, 22.Feb.2011.)...
Update: Due to an agreement on government funding for a two-week period, there will not be an immediate government shutdown. The Continuing Resolution provides funding until March 18, 2011. A shutdown remains possible in the future if a longer term agreement is not reached.-----If the...
This story is far from new, but the warning it contains bears repeating: think carefully about the contents of your electronic devices before you travel outside the United States with them, because you never know what might get searched at the border when you return....
As we reported last week, a new iPhone app called Smuggle Truck purports to satirize our broken immigration system, even while exploiting it for profit, with the object of the game to keep as many illegal immigrants as possible in the bed of a truck...
Notwithstanding recent rumors and hints and portents of a possible thaw in the frozen deadlock that comprehensive immigration reform has become, the real action in immigration policy is still on the enforcement side, and increasingly on the "wholesale" side - targeting employers - rather than...
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Director, Alejandro Mayorkas, addressed stakeholders in early February 2011 with a report on the agency's accomplishments in 2010 and projected initiatives for 2011. This overview of Director Mayorkas's address emphasizes topics that may be of special interest to MurthyDotCom...
The U.S. Department of State (DOS) annual diversity visa (DV) lottery is often a vehicle used by unscrupulous individuals to take advantage of foreign nationals seeking permanent residence in the United States. While the DV lottery is a genuine U.S. government program, it is important...
As the first wave of baby boomers reaches retirement age, more families are beginning to confront the question of who will take care of them when they can no longer take care of themselves. For many Americans, the cost of nursing homes and other long-term...
