06 Oct 2011

Goodbye to a Great American Genius: Steve Jobs (1955-2011)

"Form follows function," Louis Sullivan famously said; he was the architectural genius who brought us the skyscraper around the turn of the last century. Today, we mourn the passing of another great American genius: Steve Jobs, the visionary co-founder of Apple Computers, who showed that...

05 Jul 2011

Children of Skilled Immigrants – Part II

Earlier this month, we discussed a new study from the National Foundation for American Policy (NFAP), that found a substantial majority of the top science and math students in American high schools are children of immigrants. (See Study: Immigrant Children Boost U.S. Science Achievement, MurthyBlog,...

02 Jun 2011

Business Group Seeks to Explode Immigration Myths

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce recently released a report entitled Immigration: Myths and Facts, designed to refute several common misconceptions that have crept into our national debate on immigration policy. (See Immigration: Myths and Facts, Labor, Immigration & Employee Benefit Division, U.S. Chamber of Commerce,...

01 Apr 2011

Remembering Our Shared Humanity

If you believed the hype emanating from anti-immigrant fear-mongers, you might think that every immigrant was Latino, every Latino was undocumented, and that all of them had criminal records and was intent to do us harm - or at least to sponge government benefits. These...

24 Mar 2011

Help for Japan and Japanese Nationals Overseas

The Japanese government, with the help of international aid, is struggling to restore a sense of normalcy after the recent earthquake and tsunami left thousands homeless, and a death toll that continues to grow. The international community is rallying to provide humanitarian assistance to disaster...