Census and Citizenship: The Wrong Question - The American Spectator

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Census and Citizenship: The Wrong Question

The Founders’ unforced error.

by Larry Thornberry

April 29, 2019, 12:05 AM

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Ever notice how we so often ask the wrong question? Which usually leads to the wrong and/or the irrelevant answer. Sometimes I think our public discourse is one long non-sequitur. We’re currently roil...

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