Emma Lazarus

Too bad Emma Lazarus was not more clear-eyed and pragmatic. — Anon.

Huddled Masses

Yearning to breath (and live) free ...

Headlins

California's expected next governor tamps  down expectation for single payer

Breaking: Fed's balance sheet runoff hits another snag

FACEBOOK flags the Declaration of Independence as hate speech ...

Neil Young slams Trump at Indepedence Day concert

Trump reiterates de,and to deport undocumented immigrants, asylum seekers without due process

The U.S. labor shortage is reaching a critical point

Protester climbs Statue of Luuiberty ...

Update: Statie of Liberty climber Congolese national

Affermative action guidelines dropped by the Trump administration

France is trying to end its longtime love affair with cigarettes

Mueller adds MORE prosecutors to help with growing probe ...

London's Khan: 'Obscene' Trump blimp to fly over president's visit

Headlines

These headlines are real ... they have all been discovered on Internet news sites. Guess which ones came from Politico?

White House: Don't call it Trumpcare

Ivanka clothing line record sales ...

Former CIA Director Michael Hayden says it's impossible Trump was wiretapped by Obama

Droids diagnose more accurately than almost any doctor ...

Brain activity recorded 10 minutes after death ...

Ryan disappoints his friends with Obamacare replacement bill

Sorry Ben Carson critics: Obama also called slaves immigrants

Pelosi: Trump created nothing except chaos

Palestinian Authority names youth camp after terrorist who killed 38 Israelis

Update: Statue of Liberty mysteriously goes dark ...

Tim Kaine son arrested after disrupting Trump rally ...

Huntsman offered Russia ambassadorship

A Woman of a Certain Age

The Statue of Liberty is about to receive another makeover costing $27.25 million (see: Lady Liberty Upgrade).  This seems a little surprising in that the Lee Iacoco-managed complete 100-year restoration, costing $89 million, had just been completed in 1986 (see: 1986 Restoration) and a $20 million security upgrade was done in 2004.  One would think that such extensive restorations,  a mere 7 years and 25 years ago, would have held up a mite site longer?